Doc 40

I have always been somewhat ambivalent regarding Halloween and all the nonsense about demons and pumpkins, hell houses, and it being the cel...

On Halloween, Posnan Frozdick would play the Vincent Price organ.

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Oh my. When the awesome Valerie sent the following (and also the image) what could I do (once again) but post the entire package? Especially...

I guess one might reason that this is Pre-Raphaelite science fiction following in wake of steampunk. (But should I devise a fantasy series a...

Just when you stop worrying that an asteroid will hit the Earth, one does exactly that. "The New Scientist website reports the dramatic...

Dog snorts speed? How could I not post this? "A German shepherd K-9 in Ventura County should be eligible for a bump in hazard pay (read...

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Aunt Ayn is confident that traffic lights are only for the huddled masses of the stupid.

Our pal hipspinster sent me a link to some new Dr Who fan anime, but along the way I was sidetracked by a squib for a new Joe Schreiber no...

When Podesta Frozdick got high, her hallucinations were elaborate.

No, it hasn’t been an okay day. It’s been a rotten day. Nothing apocalyptic, just the routine grind-down and the LA heat came back. I would ...

The doctor poured cognac into the prisoner’s balloon glass. The gesture was superficially expansive, but did nothing to disgui...

Even among 1960s comic book artists Jeff Jones was a little strange, but also a hell of draughtsman.

CLICK! (We know who you are.)

Our pal Faux Smoke sent over this unpleasant piece of news with the comment “this old bastard is still out there, lobbying against anything ...

And the damage done?

I found the following on Common Dreams and figured I should pass it along… “In Louis Jordan’s classic song, “Saturday Night F...

Twenty-three states reported unemployment-rate increases in September, with three registering record job losses, according to ...

Soupy Sales -- RIP

“Did you know OnStar has the ability to shut off your engine, deflate your tires and listen to what you are saying inside your ca...

I have always had this strange attraction to Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode To Billie Joe”. If memory serves, I think I once suggested to the rest of ...

“I’m only eight years-old but I already have an agenda. Do you have one?”

But why don’t we take all this a stage further? The last time I heard a number quoted, it was that a tad more than 80% of...

Still basking in a degree of dubious glory, here’s the guys – (l to r) Russell Hunter, yours truly, our great friend Yukiko Akagawa, and Dun...

And after that, things started getting really interesting.

The following came in from MoveOn.org. There are times when I find MoveOn and their constant demands for money kind of irritating, but this ...

Esmeralda Frozdick felt a constant need to reconfirm her allure.

The amazing Noudela has sent us a brand new Simon’s Cat cartoon. Click here.

“Hoping to stigmatize, criminalize and otherwise terrorize women seeking abortions, the wise and compassionate legislators of Oklahoma have ...

The following arrived in the morning email, and it might be described as winning one for our furry friends. Dear Mick, I have ...

I should have posted this piece by Dennis Overbye that Munz culled from The New York Times while I was away, but better late then never. As...

I have never been terribly adept at the kind of self-promotion that sends millions of people out to purchase millions of units of one’s prod...

I would, however, point out to Bikini Barbie that, strictly speaking, it wasn’t actually my stupid band, but an ad hoc assemblage of well-...

These are the somewhat steampunk ruins of the old West Pier in the town of Brighton where I was recently disporting myself as ...

Gallons???? ( Image supplied by the lovely Valerie )

Well neighbors, I have finally landed in LA and my arms actually are tired, so I will probably be writing more later, but, ...