I started out as some kind of an independent moderate with basic Humanist values. It's been 40 years since I cast my first vote and now I am some kind of a radical leftist, but my core values haven't changed much at all. I just didn't follow the shifting window as both parties moved to the right.

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." ~Rumi Respect to Rumi, but it's fucking lonely out here alone. Maybe that's exactly why I ended up here.

Can I be in the White House Press Pool just once? I'd ask about some specific detail related to him and Epstein, he'd get mad, then I'd reply "Are you going to answer the fucking question or just pull a stupid face and shit your knickers again?" Then I catch a beating, but it wouldn't be my first!

I have come to the inexorable conclusion that Trump is the amalgamation of the worst instincts of each and every American. The worst potential of each of us personified in a cultural avatar.

If you haven't seen this artist's work, you should. It's original and unique.

It's now 2026 and I'm still in love with Miss Brahms.

No #resolutions but some sincere intentions for 2026! 1: Play more #D&D! 2: Start professional DM'ing! 3: Publish my first D&D book!

My newest great nephew Isaiah!

That time in 1977, when four Black guys from Cleveland started a horror themed heavy metal band? I remember when dubs of their lone 1984 eponymous album were all over northern Ohio because the record stores weren't carrying it. #rock #metal #music

While looking for an old song, that turned out to be 'Pressed Rat and Warthog' by Cream, I found this early prog band Gnidrolog. This is 'Snails' from 1972. Progressive beyond its time, feels very Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd with Zappa like instrumentation, I am currently painting to it! Thanks MsT!

I don't know what exactly this is, some kind of Vietnamese Funk, I don't know what it means, and I don't care, but I'm here for this shit and falling down the rabbit hole.

I just watched Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. Any adjectives I could use to describe it are wholly inadequate. I read that it received a 15 minute standing ovation at the film festival in Venice, but that too is inadequate.

In some odd way, the worse society becomes, the better I feel. Not because I like any of it, but because it justifies my nihilistic sense of foreboding. After decades of intense suicidal ideation, now I'm content to watch the society that never accepted me collapse. Whatever that makes me, I am.

#VeteransDay Memories 1985, I had a Drill Sgt, he was the most hardcore soldier I ever met. He was asked about a flag burning incident in the newspaper. I will never forget his answer. That's why I do this, so they can burn the flag, that's why we're here. We need soldiers like that today!

#VeteransDay My dad evacuating refugees in Vietnam circa 1969.

Veterans Day This is me and my grandmother about 40 years apart in our Army pictures. She was one of the early women to join the Women's Army Corps.

New all female hardcore band out of Austin, Die Spitz. They dropped their first absolute fucking banger of an album in September. Some of it sounds more punk, some more thrash, some more grunge, all of it is dope af! You heard this yet @nehoc.bsky.social

House of Whipcord 1974 Far beyond the women in prison genre, this relies less on sex, nudity, violence and more on mood and lighting. The worst bits are done with cut aways and fade to blacks, leaving you knowing what happened without the gore. This film makes a bold statement about fundementalism.

After diving into the UK Video Nasties controversy, I am taking a dive into the 70s new wave of British horror, when UK filmmakers broke away from gothic horror into modern genres like slashers and exploitation. Below you'll find my reviews of some of these films and where I streamed them.

Quite possibly, probably, my favorite song ever, if I have one.

I woke up with the phrase 'charismatic static' in my head, made some coffee, and wrote this. #poetry #poem #rhyme

In trying to express how I really feel and what I think about our current state of affairs in this nation, I keep returning to these words. Written by Alan Moore for Dr Manhattan in The Watchmen.

Ode To Sake Sake, You cold dry devil. You touch my lips and tongue. A delicate fermented kiss. An unrelenting lover. Boyhood fantasies spring to life in your reflection. Japanese tonight, and that means Sake. We enjoyed each other so much had to celebrate it with a few lines. #poem #poetry

I love it when an old favorite song, from an old favorite band echoes back to me from the past making it feel relevant again. Here's one, I'm sure you can figure it out!

A horrible guy who said horrible shit had something horrible done to him by another horrible guy. I do not give a fuck about either horrible guy, or all the other horrible guys saying horrible shit about each other because of the first two horrible guys.

If you're in or near #Ohio and would like a local/regional light beer that still actually tastes like #beer, check out Cincy Light by Cincy Reigns. Very light and crisp with good carbonation and just enough malty, hoppy bitterness that it still tastes like beer.

Bird of Prey #poem #poetry #poets

If you're an old #punk #postpunk #goth #alternative music freak like me, go back and listen to The Ink Spots from the 30s & 40s. Today it sounds dissonant and haunted, conjuring images that belie the original context. This style of music needs a revival. youtu.be/uVAWoL7Q-_k?...

I made some new friends in Tennessee, and we got on so well that I invited them to come home with me.

This is Chief Logan of the Mingo Tribe and my Sixth great grandfather. The fought on opposite sides in Lord Dunmore's War, but later became respectful friends. I hope there's something in that I can learn from.

This is a picture of my dog. No, it really is my dog! #dogs #pets

Flume Gorge, Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire. Currently planning another trip for next summer.

Travel and drink, it's basically what I do!

My autobiography condensed into a poem. I think it could probably be the biography of a lot of folks. #poetry #poets

That howling #echo Relishing in bloody tears Hunger never ends #haikuhorrorprompt

I was genuinely thrilled to see my first octopus in the wild! I was lucky to get one quick shot before it retreated back into the sea with the next wave. San Isidro Beach, Mindanao, #Philippines #photography #travel

Definitely one of my favorite meals I've ever had! Chicken katsu with green curry sauce, rice and pickled ginger with a matcha milk tea! The gyoza appetizer not pictured. #RAKI-YATA #Cagayan De Oro #Philippines #travel

I'm in The Philippines 🇵🇭 for the fourth time. I realized that every time I've been here, I've been a different person. The me that's here now has benefited the most. For the first time, this place really took me inside, and I it as well. I can't be the same. #travel #photography #Philippines

This is one of my favorite poems I've ever done and I'd like to bring it out again and dedicate it to #PopeLeoXIV #poetry #poets

Fate finally brought us together. I've blown through on the wing a time or two, but there was always something in the way. Why or how I don't know, but something of me belongs here, always has, and I'll be back to look for it. Farewell for now Korea, I'll see you again. #travel #korea #photography

The sun is rising, shedding light on the world outside a window. The morning glow illuminates the mourning. #photography #poetry

Feral cats of Kauai, Hawaii. Some folks feed them, and some folks want them eradicated because they pose a threat to native ground nesting birds on an island with no natural predators. Either way, I thank them for taking the time to pose for a picture! #photography #cats

'OF AGING' Out of time, Out of #place, Staring down, that ticking face. Lost in fear, Lost in tears, Staring down, these fading years. Time ravages, The mind, the soul. Digging deeper, unfillable holes. ~Ron Allen Lynn Porter #vss #poetry #place

Sometimes if we look around we might find art in a random scene.

The consequences of the prevailing tendencies of postmodernity have finally rendered my nihilism vindicable to #infinity. #vss365

His angry shoe struck the empty can. The last one from his tattered pack. Expired chili con carne was his last supper, an unseen casualty of war. There was one bullet left, the final shot he would fire. He knew exactly where to put it, as a sad #lullaby to his service. #vss365 VA Crisis Line 988