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  • A Rebuke to the Borrower of Books

    Apr 11, 2026
    comedy, poetry
    bizarre, comedy, humorous, humour, Old-fashioned, poem, Poems, poet, poetry

    Authors Note: Have you ever lent someone your book, only to discover that they have moved your book mark? This happened to me, so I wrote a short poem by way of a stern rebuke… A Rebuke to the Borrower of Books What!? Thou art hath displaced mine markerFrom its rightful place betwixt pages seen…

  • The Comoedus (Second Capitulum)

    Apr 7, 2026
    comedy
    bizarre, comedian, comedy, DanielMacintyre, fiction, humorous, humour, Jokes, Old-fashioned, short-story, story

    The Comoedus (Second Capitulum) “Go on, smile! Feel the sides of your mouth begin to stretch and just let your face crack wide open!” These words were addressed to the audience by a stocky, suggestively smiling individual who made up one half of the newly formed comedy act: The Knight and Day Show! These opening…

  • Revised I

    Feb 9, 2026
    comedy, poetry
    beards, bizarre, comedy, humorous, humour, Old-fashioned, Poems, poetry, rasputin

  • An Appeal To Ye Olde Ersatz Rasputin

    Feb 8, 2026
    comedy, poetry
    airy, beard, beards, bizarre, comedy, facial hair, hairy, humorous, humour, old english, Old-fashioned, poem, poet, poetry

    (This poem can be considered a sequel to my earlier work: An Appeal To Ye Olde Employer) Note Of Dedication: To thou, whose beard doth traileth low and doth greatly render thee akin to the wild beasts of the earth and the most ancient horrors of folklore; and who, through the grosseth surge of hairy…

  • Hugo’s Ego: The Second

    Dec 3, 2025
    comedy, short-story
    bizarre, books, comedy, fiction, funny, history, humour, Literary, literary fiction, Old-fashioned, poetry, profound, short-story, writing

    Hugo’s Ego: The Second Hugo Werther. A man of large learning. And a man curiously given over to his vanities and conceit, these negative qualities so oddly filtered through his eccentric nature, as to render his actions and life most worthy of account on these pages…  Let us, then, peruse the life of this strange…

  • Objective vs Subjective: A Mini-Essay

    Oct 24, 2025
    comedy, Essay, Philosophy
    bizarre, comedy, Essay, humorous, humour, Mind, Old-fashioned, Philosophical, Philosophy, profound

    The vast gulf of difference that lies between the objective and the subjective is likeable to the difference between a moment in time and infinity- the objective viewpoint is one that has been judged by the standards of everything, whereas the subjective is the viewpoint of one meagre entity who partakes of the great everything…

  • 5…4…3…2…1…

    Oct 19, 2025
    Music, sci-fi
    bizarre, comedy, ep, humorous, humour, Music, Musician, sci-fi, science fiction, zachary mason

    Hello folks- I thought I’d mention the fact that I’ve recently released a new three-track EP entitled: 5…4…3…2…1… which tells the story of mankind fleeing a dying Earth for the red sands of Mars! Doubtless, you’ve heard or read something like that many times before- but have you ever heard of hostile Martians suddenly being…

  • Something That Is Mine…

    Oct 2, 2025
    sci-fi
    bizarre, bleak, dark, Old-fashioned, profound, sad, sci-fi, sci-fi horror, science-fiction, sciencefiction, short-story

    “I have come for something that is mine…”So said the great voice from the sky…A huge, circular disc-like craft, tremendous in size and glowinggolden and white like a heavenly thing, hung massive in thesky.In front of it, a huge, kindly looking face with the same glowingquality issued forth words which shook the very Earth withtheir…

  • Teacher Is So Boring…

    Sep 9, 2025
    comedy, poetry
    bizarre, Boredom, comedy, humorous, humour, Old-fashioned, poetry, School, Schoolchildren, Teachers, Toilet humour

    Teacher is so boring My boredom is a pain… I picked my nose so hard My finger drove me insane… Teacher is so boring… But that’s not my only pain: I thought it ’twas a bogey- But in fact it ’twas my brain… (©️ Daniel Macintyre 09/09/2025 protectmywork.com)

  • No. 2

    Sep 5, 2025
    comedy
    Art, bizarre, Cartoon, comedy, humorous, humour, Image, Jokes, Picture

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