Monday, August 10, 2026

I've got books lining my shelves, day and night....

 Books 2026


Today, I did some shopping in Chambersburg, and one place was Ollies, which means, of course, I had to purchase some books. 

The Seven Dials Mystery, by Agatha Christie
The Star Wars High Republic Trilogy Boxed Set, by Claudia Gray, Justina Ireland and Daniel Jose Older

Yearly totals; 

Jan 12: 4 books for $17,80, average of $4.45
           Totals: 4 books for $17.80, average of $4.45
Feb 15: 2 books for $11.64, average of $5.82
           Totals: 6 books for $29.44, average of $4.91
Feb 17: 5 books for $80.61, average of $16.22
           Totals: 11 books for $110.05, average of $10.00 
Feb 25: 2 books for $52.98, average of $26.49 each
           Totals: 13 books for $163.03, average of $12.54 
Mar 16: 2 books for $58.19, average of $29.10 each
           Totals: 15 books for $221.22, average of $14.75
Mar 23: 2 books for $6.34, average of $3.17 each
           Totals: 17 books for $227.56, average of $13.39
Mar 24: 3 books for $104.66, average of $34.89 each
           Totals: 20 books for $332.22, average of $16.61
Apr 2: 3 books for $12.69, average of $4.23 each
           Totals: 23 books for $344.91, average of $14.99
Apr 24: 3 books for $55.33, average of $18.44 each
           Totals: 26 books for $400.24, average of $15.39
May 11: 2 books for $14.82, average of $7.41 each 
            Totals: 28 books for $415.06, average of $14.82
May 11: 2 books for $38.81, average of $19.41 each
            Totals: 30 books for $453.87, average of $15.13
June 19: 2 books for $48.10, average of $24.05 each
            Toatls: 32 books for $501.97, average of $15.69
June 23: 7 books for $24.93, average of $3.56 each
             Totals: 39 books for $526.90, average of $13.51
June 24: 1 book for $15.00
             Totals: 40 books for $541.90, average of $13.55
July 10: 4 books for $88.84, average of $22.21 each
             Totals: 44 books for $630.74, average of $14.36
July 16: 1 book for $3.17
             Totals: 45 books for $633.91, average of $14.09 
July 26: 5 books for $82.00, average of $16.40 per book
             Totals: 50 books for $715.91, average of $14.32
Aug 10: 4 books for $10.89, average of $2.72 per book
             Totals: 54 books for $730.23, average of $13.52

Of these 54 books, 42 are actual books, 12 are graphic novels.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5588)......

 Check This Out!


Yep, sounds just like Republicans, Conservatives and MAGA to me. 

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4641)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by Rags Morales, we have most of the Justice League Of America. 


Elongated Man, Firestorm, Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Red Tornado
Green Arrow, Black Canary, Hawkman, The Atom (on Hawkman's knee), Zatanna, The Flash, Green Lantern. 

Missing; Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter and Hawkwoman
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And today we also have a maskless Spider-Man cosplayer. 


POLT

I took the road, less traveled by (Part 4146)....

 MAPS!

This is the floorplan of 907 5th Ave, the 12th floor, in New York City.  It shows there are three different areas: Public areas in he lower left and bottom, the private family sleeping areas on the right and upper right, and the servents areass in the upper left.   Six family bedrooms and nine servents rooms!  Course it would take nine servents to keep all those rooms clean!



POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5587)...

 Check This Out!


POLT

Pur your love to the test (Part 1836)....

 Where To Put It? 

So, this unusually attired hottie, where does he belong?  Fetching Faces?  Real Men Wear Pink?  Shirtless Mondays?  WTF?  Check This Out!? 


POLT

Dudes In Dresses (Part 336)...

 Dudes In Dresses


POLT

A people, a tongue and a nation (Part 1038)...

 Luscious Licks


POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5586)....

 Check This Out!


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I wish I knew the color of my hair (Part 25)....

 Hairthing Happenings


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Gonna dress you up in my love (Part 335)...

 Dudes In Dresses

He could be a transman or he could just be an androgynous twink, but either way, he's in a miniskirt with the thong strap underneath sticking out on his hips. 


POLT

Appreciate, then you can, ring my bell (Part 104)......

 Perez Appreciation Post

This is the cover to a collection of comics concerning Arkham Asylum, and a bunch of its inhabitants...and some of the people who put them there.  Again, the detail, all the bats, how every face is different and easily identifiable and the vines are in exquisite detail. 


The Joker
Batman, Riddler, The Ventriloquist and the Dummy
Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Nightwing

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5585)....

 Check This Out!


Good lord, I couldn't use those to eat with!  I'd be afraid I'd summon some demon for the 6th or 7th level of hell by the cutting motions of the knife!  ewww..give me the willies, they do!

POLT

You're wantin' my body, I don't mind (Part 1062)....

 MONDAY'S HOT SHIRTLESS GUY PHOTOS

This week, we have Just Random Hot Shirtlessness. 
















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Sunday, August 09, 2026

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5584)...

 Check This Out!



And ya see, this, THIS RIGHT HERE, is the problem with low info voters and 'independents' and shit like that.    One side wants to hurt people they don't like, the other side wants to help everyone, and those type of people just can't 'tell the difference'? 

Both parties are NOT the same, and if you can't see that, then you're a blindingly stupid idiot!

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 4145)...

 MAPS!



POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4640)....

 Superhero Anydays

This, done by Jeffrey Butler, is the cover to an Avengers Sourcebook for Marvel Role Playing Game.  (I own the book and the game).  It shows quite a few Avengers, obviously. 


On the ground, kneeling: Hawkeye
Standing: Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, Black Knight, Tigra
In the air: Wonder Man, Vision, Goliath, Wasp, Namor the Sub-Mariner, and Beast
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And today we have a Hawkman cosplayer, and his tongue, and a Kid Flash cosplayer too. 


POLT

My birthday song, my happy world (Part 342).....

 Badass Birthday

On this date, in 1899 in Australia, P.L.Travers was born.



She was published as a teenager, and then had a short career as a professional Shakespeare actress.  She emigrated to England and resumed her writing career.  She wrote over 20 books.  During World War II she was stationed in New York City working for the British Ministry of Information.

None of these things makes her a badass.  What DOES make her a badass though, is the fact that she is the author who created Mary Poppins.  She wrote 8 books about the character.  And she was courted intensebly by Walt Disney to allow him to obtain the rights to do a movie.  She refused over and over and over, but she did eventaully relent.

P.L.Travers, creator of Mary Poppins, surely that warrants being a badass!

POLT

Check this out, real out, right quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5583)....

 Check This Out!


Spot on. 

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 1835)....

 Where To Put It? 

I totally forget this internet celeb's name, but I can't forget his physique!  And where does said physique belong?  Fetching Faces?  Shirtless Mondays?  Thursday Thighs?  Check This Out!? 


POLT

Keeping it together, all in the family (Part 908)....

 Gemini Guys

And here we have the Brodes Twins, smirking and showing their dimples. 


POLT

You're the devil in disguise, that's why I'm dancing (Part 484)...

 Cats Are Evil


POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5582)....

 Check This Out!



They all sound just about right to me. 

POLT

You'll think it strange when I try to explain (Part 63)....

 What's The Story Here? 

I've never understood why everyone's against and so down on "treehuggers".  I mean, I think they make the trees more interesting to look at. But, seriously, what IS the story here????


POLT

I'm a sex pistol, my love should be illegal (Part 367)....

 Second Amendment Sanity


POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4639)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by Darryl Young, we have the original 5 New Mutants and couple of early joiners. 


Clockwise from upper left: Cannonball, Magik, Magma, Sunspot, Karma, Mirage, Wolfsbane.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybod know (Part 5581)....

 Check This Out!


I am, to no one's surprise I'm sure, and Old Slut. 

POLT

Let's get unconscious, honey (Part 914)....

 UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS

Here are 10 Random Words.  I'm listing the first word or words that come to mind when I hear them.

1. Future :: Past
2. Picture :: Perfect
3. Grow :: Shrink
4. Produce :: Fruit
5. Frame :: Wooden
6. Screw :: Taming of...
7. Raw :: Meat
8. Prisoner :: Inmate
9. Accompany :: Join
10. Surround :: Sound

All props to LunaNina who ran this on her blog for years. 

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 - 


POLT

I drive my mini-Cooper and I'm feeling super-dooper (Part 883)...

 Superman Sundays

This week, we have Superman Stuff And Ties!






POLT

Saturday, August 08, 2026

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5580).....

 Check This Out!


Yep, sums it up very succinctly. 

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4638)....

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by the Great British Artist Alan Davis, we have a pretty good lineup of the Avengers from the 2000s, I think. 


Triathlon, The Hulk, Firestar, Thor, Captain America, Giant Man, Wasp, Iron Man, Jack Of Hearts, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Quasar, Warbird, Quicksilver, Black Widow and it looks like She-Hulk's hair.
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And today we also have Kid Wolverine, in his Batman sneakers. 


POLT