‘Explosion of a Motor Car’ (1900, Directed by Cecil M. Hepworth)

An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses and attempts … More

Raising Spirits Georges Méliès 1899 [silent movie]

Thy ranks swell beyond measure [poem and/or song lyrics]

The fallen wounded rise again and say“Killing is easy.In five minutes I’m rid of you.” To the tortured terror of … More

The Buttersnake Man Lurches

The buttersnake man chirps out a foul odor, emanating from somewhere deep in his gut. He is over sixty years … More

I typed ‘Smurf meat is tangy’ into an A.I. text generator

I typed “Smurf meat is tangy” into an A.I. text generator, and this is what happened: Smurf meat is tangy, … More

REPOST: ‘Le Diable au couvent’ (‘The Devil in a Convent’) silent film by Georges Méliès – 1899

“The Devil in a Convent”/”Le Diable au couvent” was released by Méliès’s Star Film Company in 1899. As its title … More

dispatch from the pulsating dynamo of normalcy [a poem]

This is another one of those signs.I wonder if I’ve been too impatient.Penny for your thoughts and energy and downtime … More

“Bawk bawk ba-gawk!” [A Poem]

~Does being positive aid anything?  My own reflex is being negative.Besides, optimists drive me up the wall!~ I’m mailing more junk … More

Out of the Barrel (A Poem, I Guess)

We ate the last of the coleslawand the last of the brisketand the last of the roast beefand the last … More

They they surrendered to the continuity function.

The few standing thick goal-ball of starry. Its visitors don’t advance. The impressive business defines new. And imagines five-star. Long-standing … More