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Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild Award- winning and Shirley Jackson-nominated Author. Film and Arts Critic/Commentator. Editor. Book Doctor. Fitness Trainer. Writing Instructor. He / Him www.BluePencilMike.com / www.GetOffMyLawnFitness.com
OK... on a Facebook fan page for 1950s Science Fiction, someone posted a prompt for members to post their fave quotes from 1950s SF novels or movies. I responded with one of the most famous quotes from the entire genre of Science Fiction, courtesy of Alfred Bester. "VORGA! I K*LL YOU FILTHY!!"
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
OK... on a Facebook fan page for 1950s Science Fiction, someone posted a prompt for members to post their fave quotes from 1950s SF novels or movies. I responded with one of the most famous quotes from the entire genre of Science Fiction, courtesy of Alfred Bester. "VORGA! I K*LL YOU FILTHY!!"
Is this Mike doing Eddie Munson cosplay? Or is it Mike wearing the same leather jacket and denim vest he wore in the 1980s? Holding the same Dungeons & Dragons manuals he used back then?
Hint: Ask anybody who knew me in the 1980s. This ain't cosplay.
Hint: Ask anybody who knew me in the 1980s. This ain't cosplay.
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Is this Mike doing Eddie Munson cosplay? Or is it Mike wearing the same leather jacket and denim vest he wore in the 1980s? Holding the same Dungeons & Dragons manuals he used back then?
Hint: Ask anybody who knew me in the 1980s. This ain't cosplay.
Hint: Ask anybody who knew me in the 1980s. This ain't cosplay.
Trump posted on his shitty Truth Social platform last night that anyone who questions his physical health is guilty of sedition or treason. OK... let me put this forward as a statement of FACT. (1)
December 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Trump posted on his shitty Truth Social platform last night that anyone who questions his physical health is guilty of sedition or treason. OK... let me put this forward as a statement of FACT. (1)
Ever have one of those days when it feels like the Turnbull ACs are on your ass?
December 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Ever have one of those days when it feels like the Turnbull ACs are on your ass?
Re-reading Jarry’s UBU PLAYS in the time of Trump doesn’t feel like absurdism. It feels like reportage.
December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Re-reading Jarry’s UBU PLAYS in the time of Trump doesn’t feel like absurdism. It feels like reportage.
Hero... role model... INSPIRATION!
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hero... role model... INSPIRATION!
NEVER FORGET!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
NEVER FORGET!!!!
Current Mood...
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Current Mood...
Revitalizing my chicken stock with fresh scraps and vegetable peelings from Thanksgiving. I’ve been keeping this stock going for about three years now, a personal record! My place smells so good! Gonna let this simmer until nightfall.
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Revitalizing my chicken stock with fresh scraps and vegetable peelings from Thanksgiving. I’ve been keeping this stock going for about three years now, a personal record! My place smells so good! Gonna let this simmer until nightfall.
Here is a picture of Maya Deren holding a little black kitty. Your argument is invalid.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Here is a picture of Maya Deren holding a little black kitty. Your argument is invalid.
Was watching a YouTube thing on some of the lowest rated shows of the late 1970s, and JAMES AT 15 was listed among them. I was flooded with memories of the show. I'd always wanted to escape from Buffalo to Boston for a number of reasons. (1)
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Was watching a YouTube thing on some of the lowest rated shows of the late 1970s, and JAMES AT 15 was listed among them. I was flooded with memories of the show. I'd always wanted to escape from Buffalo to Boston for a number of reasons. (1)
Check out my review of DIE MY LOVE at The Arts Fuse! @theartsfuse.bsky.social
“The sight of two teeny-bopper icons of a few years ago rutting in a manner that makes you wonder if they’re up to date on their rabies shots is jarring in exactly the way it needs to be.”
artsfuse.org/319714/film-...
“The sight of two teeny-bopper icons of a few years ago rutting in a manner that makes you wonder if they’re up to date on their rabies shots is jarring in exactly the way it needs to be.”
artsfuse.org/319714/film-...
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Check out my review of DIE MY LOVE at The Arts Fuse! @theartsfuse.bsky.social
“The sight of two teeny-bopper icons of a few years ago rutting in a manner that makes you wonder if they’re up to date on their rabies shots is jarring in exactly the way it needs to be.”
artsfuse.org/319714/film-...
“The sight of two teeny-bopper icons of a few years ago rutting in a manner that makes you wonder if they’re up to date on their rabies shots is jarring in exactly the way it needs to be.”
artsfuse.org/319714/film-...
This is the face of a fitness professional, who is actually overjoyed that another fitness professional under the age of 30 got his Hans and Franz reference while they worked together this morning.
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is the face of a fitness professional, who is actually overjoyed that another fitness professional under the age of 30 got his Hans and Franz reference while they worked together this morning.
From AP:
‘MAGA Missouri State Sen. Bill Eigel (seen here burning boxes) said he would burn books he found objectionable, and that he'd do it on the lawn outside the governor's mansion. He later said it was all a metaphor for how he would attack the "woke liberal agenda."'
‘MAGA Missouri State Sen. Bill Eigel (seen here burning boxes) said he would burn books he found objectionable, and that he'd do it on the lawn outside the governor's mansion. He later said it was all a metaphor for how he would attack the "woke liberal agenda."'
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
From AP:
‘MAGA Missouri State Sen. Bill Eigel (seen here burning boxes) said he would burn books he found objectionable, and that he'd do it on the lawn outside the governor's mansion. He later said it was all a metaphor for how he would attack the "woke liberal agenda."'
‘MAGA Missouri State Sen. Bill Eigel (seen here burning boxes) said he would burn books he found objectionable, and that he'd do it on the lawn outside the governor's mansion. He later said it was all a metaphor for how he would attack the "woke liberal agenda."'
Yeah… I’m reading Conan and listening to Alice Cooper on vinyl. Once a disaffected youth of the 1970s, always a disaffected youth of the 1970s.
October 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Yeah… I’m reading Conan and listening to Alice Cooper on vinyl. Once a disaffected youth of the 1970s, always a disaffected youth of the 1970s.
Yeah... having a Fulci kind of a day...
October 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Yeah... having a Fulci kind of a day...
The *VERY INSTANT* I'm writing my review of BUGONIA while listening to WMBR and mention Jarry's play UBU ROI, Dave Thomas of the Band Pere Ubu (named after that play's main character) comes on and does a station ID. Coincidence? Synchronicity? Or Jarry's Pataphysics? I choose the third possibility.
October 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The *VERY INSTANT* I'm writing my review of BUGONIA while listening to WMBR and mention Jarry's play UBU ROI, Dave Thomas of the Band Pere Ubu (named after that play's main character) comes on and does a station ID. Coincidence? Synchronicity? Or Jarry's Pataphysics? I choose the third possibility.
BY CROM!! I found the perfect reading for a long subway ride through the tunnels of the Stygian underworld!
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
BY CROM!! I found the perfect reading for a long subway ride through the tunnels of the Stygian underworld!
"Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't ya you bastard!!!!"
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't ya you bastard!!!!"
Just saw two of my favorite actors playing struggling, marginalized dads trying to take care of their daughters in the face of rising and reactionary political cruelty. Scoot McNairy in FAIRYLAND and Leonardo DiCaprio in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.
October 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Just saw two of my favorite actors playing struggling, marginalized dads trying to take care of their daughters in the face of rising and reactionary political cruelty. Scoot McNairy in FAIRYLAND and Leonardo DiCaprio in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.
Six words, in memory of Diane Keaton:
"Touch my heart... with your foot."
"Touch my heart... with your foot."
October 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Six words, in memory of Diane Keaton:
"Touch my heart... with your foot."
"Touch my heart... with your foot."
"Infidel defilers. They shall all drown in lakes of blood. Now they will know why they are afraid of the dark. Now they will learn why they fear the night."--Thulsa Doom.
October 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"Infidel defilers. They shall all drown in lakes of blood. Now they will know why they are afraid of the dark. Now they will learn why they fear the night."--Thulsa Doom.
Yep! It's yet another day in which it feels like Joel-Peter Witkin snuck into my head and photographed what I feel. Without a permit.
October 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Yep! It's yet another day in which it feels like Joel-Peter Witkin snuck into my head and photographed what I feel. Without a permit.