Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5616)....

 Check This Out!

Today, on this, the 25th Anniversary of the attacks on 9/11, every living ex-President and their wives, were in New York attending the Memorial Service there.  As they should.   See below. 

But the current 'President', the orange shitgibbon and his "wife" the Slovenian whore, were not in attendance.   When he found out he wouldn't be allowed to give a speech that he could make all about himself, how great he was and about his myriad of grievances, he said he wouldn't be there...much like a child throwing a tantrum who just takes his ball and goes home when he can't have his way. 

But that sad little pathetic couple were at an observance of the day, in DC, at the Pentagon.  And it was just a thrilling awe-inspiring ceremony that the orange shitgibbon could barely contain himself!

No, I don't mean that he couldn't keep from shitting his diaper (which probably also was true), but he couldn't keep himself awake.   See below. 

What a fucking embarrassment to this nation.  If the new media weren't owned by a few lickspittles who love their obscene tax cuts more than they love their country, these pictures would be front page of every newspaper and the first story of every news half hour all day tomorrow.  But they won't be.  In fact, I doubt they'll even be mentioned. 

Such a sad state of affairs in America right now. 

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 4182)........

 MAPS!

Today we have the D&D Map of Rivoss City. 

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4673)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today, we have a panel from an All-Star Squadron comic book.  It's by Jerry Ordway and shows some members of Earth-2's World War II era super-team. 

Up front: Dr. Mid-Nite, Shining Knight, Liberty Belle, The Atom, Johnny Quick

In Back: Hawkman, Firebrand, Robotman, Hawkgirl, and Shining Knight's winged steed, Winged Victory in the back. 

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Today we also have a pretty amazing cosplay of Green Lantern corps member, the alien Kilowog. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5615).....

 Check This Out!

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Put your love to the test (Part 1872)......

 Where To Put It? 

So this lean and ripped lil fella, where should he go?  Fetching Faces?  Luscious Licks?  Shirtless Mondays?  Check This Out!? 

POLT

Keeping it together, all in the family (Part 914)....

 Gemini Guys

Today we have the Zakar Twins, all tatted, fuzzy and buff, in their undies.

POLT

When you open your mouth to speak (Part 332)....

 Bros With Braces

This is internet celeb JohnnyMoreBucks, his finger and his braces. 

POLT

A people, a tongue and a nation (Part 1048)....

 Luscious Licks

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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5614)....

 Check This Out!

She nails it.   Leon Skum and the orange shitgibbon both, and all their ilk as well. 

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I wish I knew the color of my hair (Part 36)....

 Hairthing Happenings

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You're the devil in disguise, that's why I'm dancing (Part 490)....

 Cats Are Evil!

Well, I mean, in this case, it's kinda understandable. 

POLT

Pink elephants and lemonade, dear Jessie (Part 725)....

 Real Men Wear Pink

Sometimes, Real Men, like this Asian twink here, like to put on their pink jeans and a croptopped wifebeater and go show themselves off on the street. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5613)...

 Check This Out!

I was there and I can assure you that, yes, back then, this fella coulda been 15.  Or 30.  

Times were different back then. 

POLT

    Price of gas at my local gas station:

$3.09 a gallon: Tuesday Mar 3 (before tRump started his idiotic war of choice on Iran)

$3.25 a gallon: Wednesday, Mar 4 

$3.49 a gallon: Thursday, Mar 5-Friday Mar 6 

$3.29 a gallon: Saturday, Mar 7 - Sunday, Mar 8  

$3.26 a gallon: Monday, Mar 9

$3.38 a gallon: Wednesday, Mar 11

$3.39 a gallon: Thursday, Mar 12-Sunday, Mar 15

$3.51 a gallon: Monday, Mar 16-Wednesday, Mar 18

$3.59 a gallon: Thursday, Mar 19-Friday Mar 20

$3.69 a gallon: Saturday Mar 21-Monday, Mar 23

$3.79 a gallon: Tuesday, Mar 24-Tuesday, Mar 31

$3.99 a gallon: Wednesday, Apr 1-Monday, Apr 6

$4.09 a gallon: Tuesday, Apr 7-Thursday Apr 23

$4.03 a gallon: Friday, Apr 24-Monday, Apr 27

$4.29 a gallon: Tuesday, Apr 28-Wednesday, Apr 29

$4.24 a gallon: Thursday, Apr 20 - Friday, May 1

$4.39 a gallon: Saturday May 3- Saturday May 30

$4.33 a gallon: Sunday, May 31 - Thursday, June 4

$4.23 a gallon: Thursday June 4 - Monday, June 8

$4.13 a gallon: Monday, June 8 - Wednesday, June 10

$4.03 a gallon: Thursday, June 11 - Friday, June 26

$3.93 a gallon: Saturday, June 27 - Tuesday, June 30

$3.83 a gallon: Tuesday, June 30 - Thurday, July 9

$3.78 a gallon: Friday, July 10 - Wednesday, July 15

$3.99 a gallon: Thursday, July 16 

$4.19 a gallon: Friday, July 17 - Monday July 27

$4.15 a gallon: Tuesday, July 28 - Tuesday, August 3

$4.12 a gallon: Tuesday, August 3 - Friday, August 7

$3.99 a gallon: Saturday, August 8 - Tuesday, Sept 1

$4.19 a gallon: Tuesday, Sept 1 - Wednesday, Sept 2 

$4.15 a gallon: Wednesday, Sept 2 - Wednesday, Sept 9

$4.19 a gallon: Wednesday, Sept 9 - 

POLT

Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me (Part 924)....

 Frenching Fridays

This week, we have Interracial Kisses!

POLT

Just found out my "work mom" died yesterday.

She was 86 years old and not in the best of health, though she wasn't ill.  She was maybe 5 feet tall and mighta weighed, the last time I saw 95 pounds.  She was still living in her own apartment.  

She was one of the first people there who befriended me, despite being 28 years older than me.  She was also one of the few proud Democrats working in a VERY Republican work environment, so that's another reason we bonded.  

She retired a few years ago, maybe three or four, after having medical emergency that put her in the hospital for several months.  But as I said, she was home and thriving, as far as I knew. 

We had occasional contact after she left: sending a card now and then, we got together less than a half dozen times for a meal and to catch up, messaging on Facebook, that sorta stuff. 

As she was my dad's age, born just 6 weeks after him, and as she has a daughter that is my age, she was my "work mom" and I was her "work son". 

She was a good woman.   She worked until almost 80 years old, and never missed a day (until she had that medical emergency).  God rest her soul.   

They just don't make 'em like Lil Mary anymore. 

POLT

Night arrives with her purple legion (Part 23)...

 Legion Lore 

Karate Kid

Like Ferro Lad, Val Armorr was born on Earth.  Also, like him he was inducted in the group of four Legionnaires none of whom had a happy ending. 

Val was the son of a Japanese crime lord and an American secret agent.  He was raised being trained in all forms of martial arts and came to master all of them.  He also had the ability to sense weak spots in objects, be it a door, a forcefield or the side of a tank, and knew how to exploit those weak spots to damage the item.   

He was a longtime member of the team, even being the Leader for one year term.  He started a relationship with fellow member Princess Projectra.  Eventually, they even married.   Once they married they and she became the Queen of her home planet, they both resigned from the team. 

Upon returning to her planet from their honeymoon, they discovered the planet had been taken over the by the Legion of Super-Villains.  Member of that team Nemesis Kid (who had also been one of the four members admitted to the Legion with Ferro Lad and Karate Kid.  But he was soon revealed to be a spy and a plant, betrayed the team and was expelled), took on Karate Kid in one-on-one combat.  

Despite being mortally wounded by Nemesis Kid, Karate Kid left the fight and sacrificed himself to destroy a device and prevent the villains from transporting that planet to another dimension.   HIs wife would avenge his death. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5612)....

 Check This Out!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4672)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by the Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons, we have, The Watchmen!

Comedian, Ozymandias, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, Rorschach, with Dr. Manhattan above and behind them. 

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And today we also have some Batman undies on a cute sexy fella. 

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 4181)....

 MAPS!

A map of the Balkans, circa 1354. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5611).....

 Check This Out!

Oh I have no doubt, no doubt at all.  

I mean, it happens every four years in whatever city the Republican National Convention is held in, so why shouldn't it happen during the "MidTerm Conference"  ie  another national grievance fest for the orange shitgibbon to blather on about all the injustices done to him. 

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 1871)...

 Where To Put It? 

So, where should this...cheeky fella go?  Fetching Faces?  Bros With Braces?  Luscious Licks?  Tooshie Tuesdays?  Check This Out!? 

POLT

Out of control, cause this dog ain't new (Part 699)...

 Heavenly Hounds

This is what happens when you put on that new dress you just bought, show your dog and ask, "Does this dress make me look fat?"

POLT

That night in Toronto, with it's checkerboard floor (Part 144)...

 Toronto Time!

A early autumn photo of Toronto, looking south towards Lake Ontario, with the CN Tower in the center back.

I'm not positive, but this could have been taken from Casa Loma, it's a pretty high hill that sits on. 

POLT

I used to live in a tiny bubble (Part 596)....

 SUDS

Just 4 bros in a sudsy hot tub. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5610)...

 Check This Out!

POLT

Now we're living separate lives (Part 76)...

 Separated At Birth? 

So tell me, ally to the orange shitgibbon and certifiably insane Roger Stone and Sesame Street curmudgeon Burt, were they....

Separated At Birth?  

I know, I'm sorry, this is quite a horrendous insult to puppets/Muppets everywhere, but I mean, it works. 

POLT

You're the devil in disguise, that's why I'm dancing (Part 489)...

 Cats Are Evil!

POLT

Just repeat history, just repeat history (Part 151)...

 Vintage Visions

Today, we have a pair of....'friends' in Austria in 1945.

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

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5609)...

 Check This Out!

Geese aren't as bad as cats, or squirrels, or llamas....but they're not far behind. 

POLT

My birthday song, my happy world (Part 363)....

 Badass Birthday

On this date, 35 years ago in 1991, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana was released as the first single from the album Nevermind. 

And ohmiGOD, EVERYTHING changed!

Prior to that song, by and large, all that was on the radio from the late 80s was rap, sap, crap and heavy metal.  None of which I very much liked.  I was in my Classic Rock phase: music from the 70s (Led Zepplin, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, David Bowie, etc).  And through Bowie, I had had some contact with the alternative/progressive music of the early 80s.  I was listening to WHFS out of DC 99.1.  They played Bowie (newer stuff) but also REM, Pixies, The Cure, The Smiths, New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen, etc.   And I was moving more into listening to that genre instead of the 70s stuff, though I still enjoyed it. 

And then all of sudden, I can still remember it, I was laying on my bed, HFS playing on the stereo by my bed, I was reading a book, I THINK it was the novelization of the movie Aliens, actually, and I heard it.  This guitar riff.  Like nothing I had heard before.  And then the drums kicked in.  And then the voice!  And I put my book down, sat up and looked at the stereo (for all the good that did).  I didn't understand what the hell he was saying, but my GOD I love the way he was saying it.  And the music.  And it was all NOTHING like I had heard or experienced before.   And when it was over, I wanted to hear it again!  I wanted to hear who it was and what the song as called.  But back in the those pre-Internet days, I got nothing. 

Gradually, I went back to reading, but keeping my ear a little more attuned to the stereo.   And after a while after, I don't twenty minutes, time for a couple songs and a couple ads, the DJ came on and announced that the phone lines have been JAMMED with callers wanting to know about that song.  And I put the book down again and listened.  And he said, "It was "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from the band Nirvana, from their album Nevermind".   I quickly jumped up and wrote it all down on some paper I had in the room!  I didn't want to forget it. 

The whole experience was almost like an epiphany!   I was gobsmacked. 

And within a week I and my neighbor Jeff were in Frederick MD for some reason or another (maybe expressly FOR this reason), and we were in the Fredericktown Mall and they had a Waxie Maxie's there (ahhh, another memory gone) and I went in, found the Nevermind CD and bought that fucker right then and there!   And what did I do when I got home?  Played that CD all the way through...twice I think. 

And my musical tastes were forever changed.  

But so was the general music scene. All of a sudden, in that fall of 1991, there was a ton of new bands I'd never heard of before getting airplay.  Bands from Seattle, or decked out all in flannel, or part of the new Grunge musical genre.   They were everywhere, every station was playing it.  And for the next 5 years or so, Grunge ruled  (only dethroned by bubblegum pop like Brittany Spears and The Backstreet Boys).  But music was never like before. 

Honestly, I think you can divide American music of the latter 20th century into Pre-Nirvana and Post-Nirvana.  It was a true watershed. 

And it came out 35 years ago today!

POLT

You'll have to pay, which leg do you want (Part 623)...

 Thursday Thighs

Once again, I have to wonder, how in the hell does he find pants to fit both his waist AND his thighs? 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5608)....

 Check This Out!

This is just what they sound like.

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 4180)....

 MAPS!

Today, again by the outstanding dysonlogos, we have the Inn/Tavern The Pilgrim's Mug!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4671).....

 Superhero Anydays

Firstly today, most drawn by the Canadian John Byrne, we have an imaginary cover box of a Marvel comic book, showing a superhero team made entirely of African-Americans. 

Clockwise from upper left: Storm, Black Panther, Power Man, Brother Voodoo, Captain Marvel (Spectrum) and Falcon.

This is actually a pretty powerful, well rounded team.  I'd enjoy reading about their imaginary exploits. 

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And today we also have cosplayers doing the New Gods couple and members for a time of The JLA: Mister Miracle and Big Barda. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5607)....

 Check This Out!

Yep, totally accurate. 

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 1870)...

 Where To Put It? 

And so this cute twink, where does he belong?  Fetching Faces?  Shirtless Mondays?   Real Men Wear Pink?  Reasons To Call In Sick and Just Spend The Day In Bed?  Check This Out!? 

POLT

Keeping it together, all in the family (Part 913)....

 Gemini Guys

So I forget the names of these hot twins, but really, do their names even matter? 

POLT

That night in Toronto, with it's checkerboard floors (Part 143)....

 Toronto Time!

A somewhat gloomy pic of Toronto from the islands in the lake. 

But I tell ya, even a gloomy day in Toronto is still better than most sunny days in the USA, because, hey, you're in TORONTO!

POLT

Not just where you bump and grind it (Part 305).....

 Hookup Humor

Well, that could work, yeah?

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5606)....

 Check This Out!

Ah, it's sad.  This is the ruins of my youth and teen years. 

POLT

When you open your mouth to speak (Part 331)....

 Bros With Braces

Today we have this fella, who's name I forget, but who has braces and a nice set of thighs besides...from playing soccer all his life, if I remember correctly. 

POLT

Out of control, cause this dog ain't new (Part 698)...

 Heavenly Hounds

Awww, he's so proud of himself and the work he's done. 

POLT