Difficult to believe that it's already almost Xmas! What a terror!! (Do you ever hear the muffled-buzz of tiny R.C. car wheels outside your window but see no KIDS amusing themselves with their little cars in the streets? Me too...) The CLAWS of DEATH will return! (Even though they've never actually appeared! SHOCKING!!!)
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6 Dec. 2025
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"Bionic Eye" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created with a no-longer-supported, free app on my phone.] The electronic implant wreaks havoc with his natural bio-electric aura! I think the manufacturers should have shielded the device more thoroughly, or at least put a sticker on the packaging warning of potential aura disruption...
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/188
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It was time for another post full of art and photos and stolen memes and all that JAZZ! Check it!!!
https://richardfyates.neocities.org/PAGE0180
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7 Dec. 2025
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Ancient HISTORY:
Notes 1
Inbox
[Imap]/Sent
Richard F. Yates - xxx
Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 4:55 PM
to me
I am not very comfortable writing on this thing yet, but the wiring upstairs is shitty and my writing lamp isn't working, so I'm forced to type on this device. Now that I'm doing it, I realize how much it sucks. I need to buy a keyboard for writing, or it just won't be worth it.
Sent from my Kindle Fire
[Author's note: I'm pretty sure this was written directly on my first Kindle, or MORE LIKELY, my second Kindle, which I think was a first gen FIRE. (My VERY FIRST Kindle had a little keyboard embedded in the bottom of the screen. I still have that!) I didn't remember that I had the FIRE yet, in 2013. We lived at the Florida Street house, still... I think... That's the only time we had bad wiring upstairs... Probably...]
[[I'm not certain if anyone else finds this interesting, but I do!]]
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Personal idea... A "START / HOME / NEWS" page that reflects my interests... Should I build one?
https://search.brave.com/search?q=create+a+media+%2F+news+aggregator+for+ME&source=web&summary=1&conversation=1645e5a3937eaa7c3ded6e
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9 Dec. 2025
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Water falls from sky - gets stuck on roads. Humans panic! I do picture stuff (and biographical-archaeology!)
https://richardfyates.neocities.org/PAGE0181
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11 Dec. 2025
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The Claws of Death!!! (Part 1) by RFY (HF) & RSRW (probably...)
The Director of SUB-BOSH (a subsidiary of THE B.O.S.H., Inc.,) sits back in his swollen, red velvet chair and spins. His desk is covered in notes, drawings, postcards, and plans to INTEGRATE various perpendicular DIMENSIONS under the control of TINYBOSS, whose ultimate plan is to scribble his name on ALL surfaces in ALL universes and dimensions...
The Director (whose name is still a secret, but may be revealed to those willing to PAY THE PRICE), sighs, deeply, and picks up his digital recorder. He taps the screen and says:
"Check? Check? Okay... The TINYBOSS is sleeping, so I've got a few moments to consider recent events and possible future directions. The TWO MOONS project is officially dead. The idea of BAKING a new moon in a volcano that could be lifted into orbit by natural gas filled balloons SEEMED like a solid plan, but finding workers who were willing to ignore the DELICIOUSNESS of the new moon (and refrain from EATING the damn thing) proved impossible. Perhaps angel-food-cake was the wrong construction material, but I stand by the POETICS of the idea..."
"Moving on... The TINYBOSS now believes that MINIATURE BOOKS of collage, text, and magickal symbols is the MOST effective means of HOOKING a large percentage of the population into SEEING and CONCENTRATING on the MAGNETO-SYGILS. This mental pool of potential will provide the essential POWER needed to collapse the MULTI-MONDO into a singularity that he can then MARK with his NAMEN, and thus claim it as his own... These SYGILIZED ARTIFACTS will be created by myself and a team of trained rats and hamsters (all bionically enhanced with neuro-tech and chemical cocktails,) and then be distributed throughout the social sphere by SUB-BOSH AGENTS (disguised as "normal human citizens.") We have high hopes to get this project up and moving by the SOLSTICE..."
"Now, I need to refill my coffee and return to magickal collage. DIRECTOR, out!"
He taps the screen a few more times, uploads the text to an online archive, and scooches off to the galley to prepare some bitter drink. STAY TUNED for more UNIVERSAL COLLAPSE in the near future!!!
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool) & Riot Shane Rowdy Willard
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/189
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"Time Ripper" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool) & RSRW
[Felt pen, gel pen, crayon, colored pencil, metallic marker, tape, sticker and paper collage on reclaimed brown cardstock over reclaimed paper with digital embellishments and color.] We like the music. We like that disco sound! HEY!!! Riot (my grandson) and I put things with things on other things with things to make new things that combine all the things. CAN U DIG IT???
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/190
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"Down with the Star Belly Sneeches" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen, gel pen, brush pen, colored pencil, and glitter pen on reclaimed cardboard with digital embellishments and color manipulation.] The fields were covered with the horrible remains of the clash. When the dust settled, nobody could remember how the war had begun, but they knew that EVERYONE had lost...
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/191
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"Symbolic Crypts" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen, felt pen, and metallic marker on construction paper with minor digital embellishments and color tweaking!] How long have I been making little weird books? Since the late '70s!!! (How many do I still have? No many... Not many...)
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/192
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"Look for Supplimental Bits..." by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Felt pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] So.... The advice provided in this notebook drawing seems rather specific, but honestly, I think it's a SOLID recommendation, like UNIVERSALLY! The idea of "supplemental material" is one way of saying that everything happens within a CONTEXT. Exploring the context of something interesting can lead to further treasures! Do your own research --- cuz YOU know what YOU find interesting better than anyone else! Boo!
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/193
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13 Dec. 2025
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Archive Alchemy 003 (Playlist) by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
Hey peepers! Are y'all ready for some SEASONAL DEFECTIVE DISORDER tunes? I love music, and sharing what I love is always fun for me... Thus, we MOVE INTO THE POSITIVE!!! Get yer headphones ready!!!
Archive Alchemy 003
Approx: 1 hours and 5 mins...
---Intro slush...(by me)
---Buckethead - "Pirate's Life for Me"
---Blondie - "Accidents Never Happen"
---R.E.M. - "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
---Thomas Wilbrandt - "The Minimal Event"
---Emilie Autumn - "Shalott"
---The Shamen - "Make It Mine (Remix)"
---The Cure - "Shiver and Shake"
---Simon & Garfunkel - "Patterns (Demo)"
---Devo - "Too Much Paranoias"
---Me First and The Gimme Gimmes - "Karma Chameleon"
---Emergency Broadcast Network - "Psychoactive Drugs (Uncut Mix)"
---The Faint - "Agenda Suicide"
---Wax - "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy"
---Broken Bones - "Fight the Good Fight"
---The Chubbies - "Good Girls Don't"
---MGMT - "Metanoia"
End of the tunes...for now!!!
My portions of this piece, including the vocal recordings, artwork, and text, are cc0. The audio collaged elements that I stole from others are THEIRS, and I don't have the right to sell those. Therefore, this piece is being released for educational purposes only and is not for sale... If you enjoy any of the tunes in this list, consider buying a copy from the artist, especially if they have a Bandcamp page or physical media that you can get directly from them. Streaming services are convenient for listeners, but they don't do SHIT for the music makers... We seriously gotta support the ARTISTS, people...
That's a fact, Jack!
For my followers on Patreon, even FREE FOLK, listen to this batch o' goodness here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/archive-alchemy-145799817
Free to listen for EVERYONE via Objkt:
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/194
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14 Dec. 2025
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"The Ghost of Cooperation" by RSRW & RFY (Holy Fool)
[Digital drawing created with a no-longer-supported, free app on my tablet.] My grandson, Riot, has become addicted to his mom's iPad, which is an expensive toy for a one-year-old. In addition, the machine has few programs that Riot knows how to use (or that I know how to use, being a grandpa... I ain't that tech-savvy...) I decided to bring my tablet over, because, at the very least, I understood the art program that I was gonna use with the kid! This picture, a digital drawing, is the result of our collaboration!!!
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/195
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"Spirit with Candle" by Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
[Liner pen and gel pen on notebook page with digital embellishments and color.] It's a sad afterlife when even the GHOSTS are afraid of the dark...
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1TfjJZJesW4YEUvBmYZJx5rerFaFXxPjBc/196
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Thanks for stopping by the CURIOSITY SHOP! We hope you grab a postcard and sign the guest liver! (You saw the slab of meat laying by the front door, I'm sure! There are Sharpies on the checkout counter!) If you want to save someone, save yourself! BEWARE the CLAWS of DEATH!!!
That's about the size of it! LATER, SKATERS!!!
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P.S. - All of my stuff in this post is CC0, Creative Commons, and can be used by other folks for whatever they wanna do with it. If you want to say where you got the raw, that'd be cool! Anything that AIN'T mine, ain't mine to give away... END OF LINE...
---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)
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Time is flying this year for sure!