Doc 40

Moments come when I wonder why I am driven to classic images of beauty like Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor. Is th...

The artwork is by Shepard Fairey and sent by Valerie.

My computer has just told me that Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware is Barack Obama's pick as vice presidential running mate. On the convention...

They tell me that I could be a quite persuasive public speaker back in the 20th century. I don’t know how true this is. I recall I did spend...

“John McCain is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.” The dirt on McCain continues to ...

I have to apologize to all of my non-US readers. I thought I wouldn’t have to confront the horror of the upcoming Presidential election unti...

The name of Marmite has been invoked. You are warned. The secret word is Yeast

(Thank you leftcoastcat)

"Although in this picture I look more like Buddy Holly." Rachel Maddow – liberal commentator and Air America host, adored by Doc40...

The secret word is Starquake

“What if there was a vote to decide if $13.5 billion in tax breaks for oil companies should go into oil alternatives, like solar and wind? W...

This is “Lady Luck” by the artist Kirtsen Easthope. (Sent by Valerie – and more of Ms Easthope’s work can be seen by clicking. ) I post it n...

Last Sunday, my fantasy nostalgia Brit breakfast caused a few comments. The cat also has his fantasies. And the ones about food are quite gr...

(Again supplied by Munz) "Hear me, people: We have now to deal with another race – small and feeble when our fathers first met them, b...

How the mighty have been abused.

"Egg, bacon, beans, and chips please, miss."

Like Edna O’Brien already told us, August is a wicked month. It killed Elvis Presley, 31 years ago. And today he is a one dollar coin, and a...

Commercial break Forty bucks for a painted dollar?

The active remembrance of Elvis past has schismed into two distinct camps. The more positive remember the young Elvis and celebrate him on h...

The secret word is Entropy

Patti Smith delivered the following during a recent performance of Rock and Roll Nigger in San Francisco. (Sent by Munz) 'To be outside ...

Today is Doc Holliday’s birthday. Had he lived, John Henry Holliday would have been 157. Doc was my favorite western gunfighter. The Thomas ...

Doc Holliday is one of the primary characters in Jim Morrison’s Adventures In The After Life , one my best and favorite pieces of fiction, a...

Maybe worse than the fear of possible FEMA helltrains and high apocalyptic totalitarian paranoia is the ongoing reality of being nickeled an...

This blog offers no explanations

Down from the wall of Lost Jimmy. (Thanks, pal.) The secret word is Everywhere

To borrow a phrase from Edna O’Brien, “August is a wicked month.” And perhaps, for one of my mindset, today might be the wickedest day. I th...

Fortunately the Perseid meteor shower is still in full swing and visible to all but we in the starless cities. In the pic from Valeri...

Some you may have noticed that I become uncomfortable when the Doc40 comments number thirteen. I have no idea when or how it started. There ...

L to r Michael English, Nigel Weymouth, and Guy Stevens (who would later produce London Calling for The Clash) The follow item from Fortea...

"Seems like old times." The coded message is 54686520446f633430206465636f646572207269 6e6773206d617920676f20696e...

ISAAC HAYES -- RIP

Here at Doc40 we have an incurable habit of posting pictures of Marilyn Monroe. Usually these post are a happy events, but this one is so lo...

Picture lifted from Bedazzled. The secret word is Intoxicant

“You may be seeing me sooner than you think.” I’ve always had the uneasy feeling that, when it came to the unthinkable, ultimate showdown, n...

While not one but maybe two wars seem in the making, the cable news channels have scarcely mentioned either, focusing instead on John Edward...

"Are you a tough guy or just a pussy with a pistol?" The atmosphere was one of danger, imminent but less than clear.

I still have a vestigial tendency to scoff at FEMA death camp fear, but this historic clip from the San Francisco Chronicle was sent by our...

Now play Guns Of Brixton by The Clash

But just suppose we are all going to be rounded up and put in camps, who would be the first to disappear? Who are deemed the most su...

"Ain't it just, comrades."

The following disturbing tale comes from the excellent Prison Planet website and was sent by Kass. “Amazing revelations have emerged concern...

A large object with a turquoise hue plummeted out of the sky and plowed into the earth south of Las Vegas. Eyewitnesses say this was no mete...

The secret words are Sweet and Sour

“More than a third of the American public suspects that federal officials assisted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks or took no action to stop t...

“Hi there, I’m David, Hi there, I’m Bill Performing to you people Would give us such a thrill.”