Weird Creature: The Comb Jelly

Pretty but brainless, with a huge appetite. What's not to love? Up here in the Black Mansion, work on becoming bioluminescent continues. The theory is that the ability to glow will make all other fashion accessories obsolete. Soon, we'll glow.

Posted by Zelda del West.

Fans of Awesomeness: Behold the Blue Dragon

It eats the deadly poisonous Man of War. It stores the venom. It's hermaphroditic and tiny and really beautiful. This is one cool animal.

And Then There's This

Poem for Monday

From Paterson Book IV

a cavity aching
toward fission; a hollow,
a woman waiting to be filled

- a luminosity of elements, the
current leaping!
Pitchblende from Austria, the
valence of Uranium inexplicably
increased. Curie, the man, gave up
his work to buttress her.

But she is pregnant!
Poor Joseph,

the Italians say.

Glory to God in the highest
and on earth, peace, goodwill to
men!

Believe it or not.

A dissonance
in the valence of Uranium
led to the discovery [dissonance = juxtaposing, anti-metaphor]

Dissonance
(if you are interested)
leads to discovery

- to dissect away
the block and leave
a separate metal:

hydrogen
the flame, helium the
pregnant ash

William Carlos Williams

Haunted Heap No More

Haunted Heap abandoned we've taken refuge in new Walla digs. A powerful charm conjured should keep Wickidity far at bay. The required ingredients? Mercury and Sasquatch fur, eye of Chupacabra extracted with a butterfly antenna, mountain laurel seeds, the needles of a San Pedro cactus and a bit of Armillaria ostoyae. Haunted no longer.

Zelda del West

Santa's Gone All Nuts Again

Lulu, please keep in mind that this is just a silly song. Santa is well known to be quite harmless. Just dance to this catchy tune while you ready the hot cider.

Witch Watch Walla Walla Confirms Wickidity Activity up Walla Walla Way

Yes, you read that right folks. For those of you in West Texas, particularly the residents of Nowhere, this can only come as welcome witch update. For residents of Walla Walla, however, this is a dark day indeed. Lo those many years with the Wicked Witch in exile out West Texas way, Walla Walla normalcy flourished. Now, however we have confirmed for sure an enchantment that has the area snagged in a strangeness. What can it mean? We'll certainly find out.