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Have You Ever Seen the Rain?

"Due to inflation, one nickel in 2017 was worth approximately what a penny was worth in 1974." --Wikipedia, "Penny debate in the United States"

The oldest photos in my collection.

"On Easter, Mothman Seethes

He is risen. Big whoop.
Can he fly?
Walk on water my ass.
Probably just a sandbar. Charlatan.
People put on fancy clothes,
wear fucking hats for this guy.
Swanky brunches, Mondays off
work, glazed ham.
What do I get?
A low rent festival in West Virginia
where men traipse around
in butterfly cosplay. A tacky
chrome statue, practically
an oversized hood ornament.
A mediocre flick starring
Richard Tiffany Gere.
That guy’s got a hundred big budget
films, been played by Christian Bale,
Ewan McGregor, and Willem Dafoe.
And then there’s that rock opera
that keeps getting resurrected.
Pun intended.
What has he ever done for people,
really? Spouted some Mr. Rogers platitudes?
Please. I’m pragmatic. Warn people
before disaster strikes. Save them some
heartache. Like that shoddy bridge
in Point Pleasant. Tried to show people
the problem before that eyebar gave out
and all those cars tumbled into the Ohio,
but they just screamed and ran away.
Turned me into another campfire ghost
story. For him, people even give up temptations
for 40 days before his big shindig.
Scientists write me off as a mutant crane.
Ninja Turtle horseshit.
Don’t even get me started on Christmas."

--Carrie Connors in Killing the Buddha

"...in both her National Academy paper on abundances and her eventual thesis, she persisted in displaying her results for hydrogen and helium, both in tabular listings and discussion."