Polt's Palace

Sunday, March 29, 2026

So I decided to watch Wicked and Wicked For Good. I did not like the play when I saw it years ago, but I was just coming down with the flu at the time, so I thought maybe that had something to do with it. So I thought to give it another chance.

And no, no I don't like the movies anymore than I liked the play (though thankfully I was not coming down with the flu while watching it).

However, there IS a song in the second movie sung by the Wizard called "Wonderful". And I DID like that song, or at least parts of it, cause it was quite a commentary on our current times. The lyrics:

"Once folks buy into your blarney

It becomes the thing they'll most hold onto

Once they've swallowed sham and hokum

Facts and logic won't unchoke 'em

They'll go on believing what they want to"

- The Wizard, Wicked For Good

I mean, the whole movie is a lightly disguised allegory for tRump's America. Undesirables, in this case, animals, having their rights restricted, thrown into cages and trying to sneak out of the country. Say Hispanics and immigrants in place of animals, and it IS the USA in 2025/2026. and this is the most obvious example.

Anyway, the above lyrics, which I don't think are in the lyrics of the song from the play, described the MAGAmorons to a T!

Frankly, it was one of the best part of the entire film for me.

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 4013).....

MAPS!

Today we have a D&D floor plan, possibly from a temple, and the dungeons underneath it.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5292)....

Check This Out!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4507).....

Superhero Anydays

By the Always Amazing Alex Ross, we have portraits of some of Marvel's B-Level heroes.

Nick Fury, Ms. Marvel, Gargoyle, Iron Fist, Power Man

Ant-Man, Giant Man 2, Captain Marvel 3, Wasp, Nighthawk

Quicksilver, Tigra, Valkyrie, Yellowjacket, Moon Knight, Captain Marvel 1

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And today we also have a Latino Johnny Storm aka The Human Torch cosplayer.

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 1632).....

Where To Put It?

So where should this guy go? Fetching Faces? Luscious Licks? Wifebeater Wednesdays? Shirtless Mondays? Check This Out!?

POLT

Gonna dress you up in my love (Part 302).....

Dudes In Dresses

POLT

A people, a tongue and a nation (Part 991)......

Luscious Licks

POLT

That night in Toronto with it's checkerboard floors (Part 126).....

Toronto Time!

The CN Tower from the lake.

POLT

Keeping it together, all in the family (Part 875)....

Gemini Guys

Today, we have the Zakar Twins lounging in their black undies and shades near a lake.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5291)......

Check This Out!

POLT

Not in the computer? File! File! (Part 29).....

Filed Away!

Sauron, a powerful, shape-shifting spirit who became the "Dark Lord" of Middle Earth, not in the Epstein Files. But there another man who aspires to be a Dark Lord of this Earth is all over those files.

POLT

My birthday song, my happy world (Part 242)....

Badass Birthday

On this date, in 1790, John Tyler was born in Virginia.

I hope everyone reading this knows who John Tyler is, but if not, I wouldn't be surprised. He was the 10th President of the United States. He served less than one term and wasn't a terribly good president. But he was a badass because of what he did.

William Henry Harrison, the 9th president, died just a month after being sworn in. Tyler was the first Vice President to ever have to take over after the death of a sitting president. And while some in Congress and around the country thought he should just be the 'Acting President' Tyler asserted that no, he was actually the President now, and not in name only, and acted like it. He set the precedent for future Vice President who had to take over.

And this was not a rare occurrence. It happened in 1851, 1865, 1881, 1901, 1923, 1945, 1963, and 1974. And it was all because of the determination, stubbornness and, yes badassitude, that allowed those men to BE President and not Acting President.

As a further example of his badass nature, albeit on a much more personal level, His first wife died while they were in White House. A few years later, Tyler remarried, at the age of 54 a young woman who was 30 years his junior. Together they had seven children (in addition to the 8 kids he had with the first wife!). The last child born was Margaret who didn't die until 1947. So a man born in 1790, just a year after George Washington first took office, had a child who lived until after World War II!

And if that isn't enough, another of his kids, a son Lyon, who was born in 1853, had children late in life too, including Harrison Ruffin Tyler, who just died last year in 2025!!! So a man born in 1790 had a grandson live until 2025, 235 years later!!!!

Mediocre president, TOTAL badass.

POLT

Saturday, March 28, 2026

If I were a hero I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4506)....

MAPS!

Today, by Mike Grell, we have a pencil drawing of some members of the Legion of Super-Heroes battling one of their greatest enemies: Mordru the mystic.

Clockwise from bottom left: Dream Girl, White Witch, Ultra Boy, Star Boy and Phantom Girl.

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Today we have a sexy, muscley Nightwing cosplayer with a sweet hairthing.

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 4012)....

MAPS!

A unique apartment with a HUGE rooftop terrace at the Gilsey House in NYC.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5290)....

Check This Out!

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 1631)....

Where To Put It?

So where should this apparently fun-loving fella belong? Pride Prisms? Real Mean Wear Pink? Fetching Faces? Shirtless Mondays? Perhaps Thursday Thighs? Check This Out!?

POLT

The truth is I never left you (Part 1701).....

TRUTH In Spite Of Convicted Felon Mar-A-Taco tRump

Why should debt bother him? He's familiar with it, he's declared bankruptcy six times, remember?

POLT

Pink elephants and lemonade, dear Jessie (Part 692)....

Real Men Wear Pink

Sometimes, Real Men like to put on their tighty-whiteys, hop onto a huge pink flamingo raft and drift out into the pool.

POLT

Out of control, cause this dog ain't new (Part 662)......

Heavenly Hounds

Today we have internet celeb Cactus, The Rescue Dog an his rescuer in an adorable cuddle.

POLT

Just repeat history, just repeat history (Part 109)....

Vintage Visions

From 1978, two shirtless guys resting together in the grass.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5289)......

Check This Out!

So here we have some cartoony versions of the family of Samantha Stevens from Bewitched.

Maurice (father), Endora (mother), Dr. Bombay

Serena (cousin), Samantha, Tabitha (daughter)

Aunt Clara, Uncle Arthur, Esmerelda (housekeeper)

POLT

Not in the computer? File! File! (Part 28)....

Filed Away!

Oscar winner Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", NOT in the Epstein Files. But there's an equally sadistic, cold, authoritarian, tyrannical orange fella all through those Files!

POLT

My birthday song, my happy world (Part 241)....

Badass Birthday

On this date, in 1986, in NYC Lady Gaga was born.

Before he 40th birthday, she's sold over 124 million records; 4 Oscar nominations, with 1 win; 3 BAFTA nominations with 1 win; 1 Emmy Award; 6 Golden Globe nominations with 2 wins; and in just the last 17 years, 46 Grammy nominations with 16 wins.

And let's also see a list of some of her music:

Just Dance

Paparazzi

Poker Face

Alejandro

Bad Romance

Monster

Born This Way

And of course, she's a gay icon! And at the other end of he spectrum, she's performed in 2 Super Bowl Halftime Shows (one as the featured artist, and as a cameo guest in this year's game).

Total Badass!

POLT

Due to illness, weekends, doctor appointments and holidays, my work schedule looks like this:

Thursday: work

Friday: off

Saturday: work

Sunday & Monday: off

Tuesday: work

Wednesday: off

Thursday: work

Friday: off

Saturday: work

Sunday & Monday: off

Tuesday: work

Wednesday: off

Thursday: work

POLT

Price of gas at my local gas station:

Tuesday Mar 3 @730am: $3.09 a gallon

Wednesday Mar 4 @730am: $3.25 a gallon

Thursday Mar 5 @730am: $3.49 a gallon

Friday Mar 6 @730am: $3.49 a gallon

Saturday Mar 7 @730am: $3.29 a gallon

Sunday Mar 8 @730am: $3.29 a gallon

Monday Mar 9: $3.26 a gallon

Wednesday Mar 11: $3.38 a gallon (+21 cents since this shit started)

Thursday Mar 12: $3.39 a gallon

Friday Mar 13: $3.39 a gallon

Saturday Mar 14: $3.39 a gallon

Sunday Mar 15: $3.39 a gallon

Monday Mar 16: $3.51 a gallon

Tuesday Mar 17: $3.51 a gallon (+42 cents since this shit started)

Wednesday Mar 18: $3.51 a gallon

Thursday Mar 19: $3.59 a gallon

Friday Mar 20: $3.59 a gallon

Saturday Mar 21: $3.69 a gallon

Sunday Mar 22: $3.69 a gallon

Monday Mar 23: $3.69 a gallon

Tuesday Mar 24; $3.79 a gallon (+70 cents since this shit started)

Wednesday Mar 25: $3.79 a gallon

Thursday Mar 26: $3.79 a gallon

Friday Mar 27: $3.79 a gallon

Saturday Mar 28: $3.79 a gallon

POLT

My baby's got a secret (Part 986)....

Secret Saturdays

These come each week from www.postsecret.com

This week, we have Secrets And Facebook Stuff.

POLT

Friday, March 27, 2026

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5288).....

Check This Out!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4505).....

Superhero Anydays

Today, by BoyBlue, we have some members of Earth-2's World War II era All-Star Squadron and their sidekicks.

TNT and Dan The Dyno-Mite; Crimson Avengers and Wing; Green Arrow and Speedy

Batman and Robin; The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripsey; Sandman and Sandy the Golden Boy.

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And today we also have a pair of interesting cosplayers: a white Nick Fury and a Black Loki.

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 4011)....

MAPS!

Today we have a map of Egypt under Ramses II

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 1630).....

Where To Put It?

So this fun loving couple on the street in some parade or festival, where do they belong? Fetching Faces? Luscious Licks? Shirtless Mondays? Tooshie Tuesdays? Check This Out!?

POLT

The truth is I never left you (Part 1700).....

TRUTH In Spite Of Convicted Felon Mar-A-Taco tRump

POLT

I used to live in a tiny bubble (Part 566)....

SUDS

POLT

You're the devil in disguise that's why I'm dancing (Part 467)....

Cats Are Evil

POLT

Just repeat history, just repeat history (Part 108)....

Vintage Visions

We've always been here and we're not going anywhere.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5287)....

Check This Out!

I own three of them but have only read two of them.

POLT

Price of gas at my local gas station:

Tuesday Mar 3 @730am: $3.09 a gallon

Wednesday Mar 4 @730am: $3.25 a gallon

Thursday Mar 5 @730am: $3.49 a gallon

Friday Mar 6 @730am: $3.49 a gallon

Saturday Mar 7 @730am: $3.29 a gallon

Sunday Mar 8 @730am: $3.29 a gallon

Monday Mar 9: $3.26 a gallon

Wednesday Mar 11: $3.38 a gallon (+21 cents since this shit started)

Thursday Mar 12: $3.39 a gallon

Friday Mar 13: $3.39 a gallon

Saturday Mar 14: $3.39 a gallon

Sunday Mar 15: $3.39 a gallon

Monday Mar 16: $3.51 a gallon

Tuesday Mar 17: $3.51 a gallon (+42 cents since this shit started)

Wednesday Mar 18: $3.51 a gallon

Thursday Mar 19: $3.59 a gallon

Friday Mar 20: $3.59 a gallon

Saturday Mar 21: $3.69 a gallon

Sunday Mar 22: $3.69 a gallon

Monday Mar 23: $3.69 a gallon

Tuesday Mar 24; $3.79 a gallon (+70 cents since this shit started)

Wednesday Mar 25: $3.79 a gallon

Thursday Mar 26: $3.79 a gallon

POLT

Not in the computer? File! File! (Part 27).....

Filed Away!

The vampire from the 1922 German silent film "Nosferatu", NOT in the Epstein Files. But there is another equally creepy fella who up at all hours of the night, not trying to bite necks (but it wouldn't surprise me if he did), but making social media posts who IS all through those Files.