Awesome | Bearded | Coffee Drinker. Interfaith minister, general nerd, & former theater techie. Comics, pop-culture, 80s tunes, & @bookendedbycats. (he/him)
Southeast PA (USA)
Joined January 2009
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NIOBE was introduced in the Afro-fantasy graphic novel THE UNTAMED by @strangercomics, launched on Kickstarter, and soon to be adapted into a film by Viola Davis. 💥
Now, get the complete hardcover edition of the prequel NIOBE & DURA, plus Stranger Comics' first manga, NIOBE: A World Divided #1, the foundation for the NIOBE animated short film. 🔗 bit.ly/4ifBNCV
Ah! Leah! We've lost Donnie Iris! I listened to him all through the 1980s, and I regret I never got to see him perform live.
RIP King Cool.
Here's a sampling of songs by the Pittsburgh legend who had one of the best screams in rock and roll:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Aaron Rodgers threw the first touchdown pass ever thrown in France. Having also thrown the first ever touchdown pass in Ireland in 2025, Rodgers is the only player ever to have thrown the first touchdown pass in multiple different countries, per @NextGenStats #Steelers #NFL
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Blessings of Winterfylleth (Winterfylleþ)
By Damh the Bard (October 20, 2026)
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"...This time of year has so much magic, depth and emotion. Whether the Veil thins or not is a personal belief, but my mind turns to memory..."
ALT Full moon through tree branches (from Damh's website)
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The Friday #80s Flashback celebrates GET CLOSE by the Pretenders and BLAH BLAH BLAH by Iggy Pop, both of which were released 40 years ago in October. #music bookendedbycats.blogspot.com…
One of these refs has to have an over/under bet on the outcome of this #DALvsGB game. #penalties
"WTF America" – Released 3 months ago in honor of America’s 250th birthday, this is the debut song from You Can't Handle The Truthiness. (It takes about a minute till it starts cooking).
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"Bad AI Consciousness Takes" BINGO – shaming 24 bad arguments against AI consciousness | by Henry Shevlin (Oct 10, 2026)
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This week on the Friday #80s Flashback, I Can Crawl and Stacey Q both had October 1986 debut albums. One is dark and moody, the other is bubbly dance pop. Which is your style of #music?
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Visit the Civics for All Comics Group's Google Site to learn about the group's purpose, see a video of a teacher using comics in class, and access PDFs of their 50+ titles. #comics #education #civics
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Headstones up! Here is Atlas Obscura’s Guide to America’s Most Haunted Cemeteries -- "Not all the dead rest easy. These 13 American cemeteries have the ghost stories to prove it." (October 9, 2026) atlasobscura.com/articles/am…
// NASA Made Nearly 1 TB of Artemis II Data Available to the Public // – Read the WIRED article by Jorge Garay:
wired.com/story/nasa-just-ma…
STRANGERCON OCTOBER 24th at 10 AM PST.
Livestreamed virtual convention with Stranger Comics to kickoff the crowdfunder for NIOBE SHE TRIBE CHRONICLES #1 + NIOBE & DURA HARDCOVER!
YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=U3y8XMwK…
Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/str…
"Human rights and the rights of nature are two sides of the same coin. Respect for both is the same cause. Society cannot fully realize human rights while being severed from the living systems that sustain us." nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
The President is threatening us
In his bright red tie
He’s in the Oval Office
Like a pig inside a sty
"The President (2020 version)" by Robyn Hitchcock #Music
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