My birthday song, my happy world (Part 370)...

 Badass Birthday

On this date, 27 years ago, The West Wing was born premiered.

The seven years of this TV show on NBC are seven years of the BEST TV EVER! The plotlines, the characterizations, the characters themselves, the dialogue...chef's kiss every single one.   You'll not find a better TV show, in total, than this.   Oh yeah, the first season's a bit rocky and this fifth is worse, but those three years inbetween are a sheer joy to behold.  And even the last two seasons with the campaign, are still very well done. 

Just a totally, completely, badass!  All of it!

POLT

The back of your hand somewhere on my behind (Part 872)...

 Tooshie Tuesdays

This week, we have Just Random Tooshies. 

POLT

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

 Books 2026

Today, I drove to Chambersburg to pay my quarterly local taxes, and afterwards, after getting some gas, I went to Ollie's which meant, in addition to other things, I got some books (of course): 

Namor The Sub-Mariner, the Little Golden Books

The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie

Strange Worlds And Twisted Realities, by Philip K. Dick

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

Aug 22: 1 book for $19.99

             Totals: 55 books for $750.22, average of $13.64

Aug 28: 4 books for $33.71, average of $8.43 per book

             Totals: 59 books for $783.93, average of $13.27

Sept 8: 3 books for $13.75, average of $4.58 per book

             Totals: 62 books for $797.68, average of $12.87

Sept 18: 3 books for $52.59, average of $17.53 per book

             Totals: 65 books for $850.27, average of $13.08

Sept 20: 2 books for $25.42, average of $12.71 per book

             Totals: 67 books for $875,68, average of $13.07

Sept 21: 3 books for $9.51, average of $3.17 per book

             Totals: 70 books for $885.19, average of $12.65   

Of these 70 books, 56 are actual books, 14 are graphic novels.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5656)....

 Check This Out!

We are truly being 'led' by the stupidest mother  fucker who ever even attempted to run for president.

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4583)...

 Superhero Anydays

Pretty sure I posted this before but it's just so amazing there's no harm in doing so again.  It shows a line-up of Avengers from the late 70s, one of the best line-ups if you ask me. 

Clockwise from bottom left: Scarlet Witch, Iron Man, Ms. Marvel, Falcon, The Wasp, Wonder Man, Thor, Captain America, Yellowjacket, Jocasta, Hawkeye, the Beast and Vision.

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So at the top we have Iron Man's Team (in Lego from) from Civil War: War Machine, Black Widow, Black Panther, Iron Man, Vision, and Spider-Man. 

And at the bottom, we have their current state: broken back, dead, dead, dead, emotionless-turned white and....Spider-Man. 

I think I'd prefer to have been on Cap's team.

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 4192)...

 MAPS!

Who controlled what in the Middle East and Northern Africa in 1914 on the eve of World War I. 

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 1882)...

 Where To Put It? 

An so, where should this smiling, happy, little jockstrap-clad fella go?  Fetching Faces?  Shirtless Mondays?  Thursday Thighs?  Check This Out!? 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5655)...

 Check This Out!

Fighting for you rights, and the old red, white, and blue!

Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman, you're a wonder, Wonder Woman!

POLT

Keeping it together all in the family (Part 921)....

 Gemini Guys

Today we have The Spellman Twins with their green track suits open showing their chests. 

POLT

Just repeat history, just repeat history (Part 154)...

Vintage Visions

We have always been here and we're no going anywhere. 

POLT

Dress me up in your love (Part 350)...

Dudes In Dresses

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5654)....

 Check This Out!

Oh they will because they are.  And we'll ALL continue to pay the price for their idiocy. 

POLT

Now we're living separate lives (Part 78)....

 Separated At Birth?

So tell me, ex-South Carolina Governor, ex-Ambassador To The UN, ex-Republican Presidential Candidate, full time MAGA worshipping moron Nikki Haley and Senior Undersecretary To The Minister of Magic, ex-Defense Against The Dark Arts Teacher, ex-Hogwarts High Inquisitor and ex-Hogwarts Headmistress Delores Umbridge, both in pink and uttering the exact same dangerous propaganda, are they.....

Separated At Birth? 

POLT

A people, a tongue and a nation (Part 1050)...

 Luscious Licks

POLT

The truth is I never left you (Part 1805).....

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

He is SUCH a moron.    A jar of wallpaper paste has more intelligence than her does. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5653)....

 Check This Out!

God, I LOVE rooms like this.  Libraries make me smile.

POLT

My birthday song, my badass world (Part 369)...

 Badass Birthday

On this date, one hundred and 14 years ago (1912) in Spokane Washington, Chuck Jones was born. 

Now, a lot of people younger than me may not know who this is.   But as a Gen Xers, I was a latchkey kid. When I got home from school, my parents wouldn't be home for about an hour.  So I turned on the tv, turned on channel 5 (which then was an independent station, and remained so until sometime in the early 90s I think, when it was swallowed up by Fox Noise network), and enjoyed the cartoon reruns they replayed in the afternoon.  Half an hour of Tom & Jerry.  Half an hour of Bugs Bunny and his crew.  etc, etc, etc. 

And everytime on of those Bugs Bunny cartoon came on, "Directed by Chuck Jones" would appear on the screen.  He worked for Warner Bros making shorts to air before movies, and these shorts were bunched together in groups of three and aired together in half hour increments.  That's what I was watching. 

Chuck Jones had a hand in creating Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote & the Roadrunner, Pepe le Pew, Marvin the Martian and Porky Pig.  After leaving Warner Bros, he want to M&M and continued his career, working on the aforementioned Tom & Jerry.   And he even had a hand in the animated tv special "How The Grinch Stole Christmas".   Over the years, he was nominated for 10 Oscars and he won 4 of them!

He passed away in 2002 at the age of 89.

But anyone who can help create so many different iconic cartoon character surely is badass!

POLT

You're wantin' my body, I don't mind (Part 1068)...

 MONDAY'S HOT SHIRTLESS GUY PHOTOS

This week, we have Hot Shirtless Guys In Blue Jeans!

POLT

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

 Books 2026

Honestly, I shouldn't have access to adult money OR the internet.

Tonight, I was online looking for some Christmas gifts.  I found what I wanted on Barnes & Noble...but I didn't stop there.  I ended up getting myself two books! 

X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Sage Prose Novel, by Stuart Moore

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Mirror Wars graphic novel. 

Yearly totals: (I don't include gift books in the 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

Aug 22: 1 book for $19.99

             Totals: 55 books for $750.22, average of $13.64

Aug 28: 4 books for $33.71, average of $8.43 per book

             Totals: 59 books for $783.93, average of $13.27

Sept 8: 3 books for $13.75, average of $4.58 per book

             Totals: 62 books for $797.68, average of $12.87

Sept 18: 3 books for $52.59, average of $17.53 per book

             Totals: 65 books for $850.27, average of $13.08

Sept 20: 2 books for $25.42, average of $12.71 per book

             Totals: 67 books for $875,68, average of $13.07  

Of these 67 books, 53 are actual books, 14 are graphic novels.

POLT

Tried to be a mess, tried to be my best (Part 28)....

 Best Of....

Today, I give you, The Best Lines Of Star Trek: The Next Generation!

(in alphabetical order, since it's impossible to list them by bestness).

1. Captain, I protest, I am NOT a Merry Man!

2. Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra.

3. Engage

4. In every way of course, I am programmed in multiple techniques.

5. It is a good day to die.

6. Let's make sure history never forgets the name...Enterprise.

7. Make it so.

8. Mister Worf.....FIRE!

9. Resistance if futile.

10. Shut Up, Wesley!

11. Tea, Earl Grey.  Hot.

12. There! Are! Four! Lights!

13. Were you any other man, I would kill you where you stand.

14. You may test your assumption at your convenience.

And of course, the last line uttered in the series, by Picard, when he finally joins the poker game: 

15. Five card stud, nothing wild.  And the sky's the limit. 

POLT

I would not sell my collection, for if I did, I would cry (Part 130)...

 Today In The History Of Polt's Comic Book Collection

Today we travel back 40 years (dear GOD, how can it be FORTY years ago???) and DC's The Watchmen #1. 

This was a HELLUVA year to be a collector of DC comic books!  Return Of The Dark Knight (Feb to June) and Crisis On Infinite Earths (Apr 85 - Mar of 86) were both out that year, and then in fall, this series started with the above issue. 

It was like NOTHING I had ever seen before.  The art was by Dave Gibbons, and kinda cartoonish, but that didn't diminish the impact it had.  And the story...laid out slowly over 12 glorious issues Alan Moore and Gibbons brought us to a world of superheroes, but ones we had never seen before.  And a world we had never seen before.  Every other issue advanced the plot with intervening issues basically being a biography of one of the main characters...and it still advanced the storyline too. 

The Watchmen is nearly universally acclaimed as the BEST, the GREATEST comic book/superhero story of all time. 

And it all started with this issue, 40 years ago. 

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 5652)...

 Check This Out!

Not a bit of 'fake news' anywhere in this. 

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 4191)...

 MAPS!

Today we have the probably randomly generated Halls Of The Shadow Prince dungeon. 

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 4582)...

 Superhero Anydays

Today, by the Canadian John Byrne, we have DC's Justice League of America taking on Marvel's interstellar planet consumer, Galactus!

Clockwise from upper left: Superman, Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Batman, Green Arrow, The Flash, Green Lantern and Dr. Fate with Galactus in the middle and Metamorpho wrapped around his chest  (Dr. Fate was a member of the JSA and Metamorpho was not a member of either team). 

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And today we also have a dude in a Spider-Man costume chillin' on a bed. 

POLT

Put your love to the test (Part 1881)....

 Where To Put It? 

So, these two interracial twinks, where do they belong?  Real Men Wear Pink?  Fetching Faces? Frenching Fridays (almost kissing)?  Check This Out!? 

POLT