Thomas Pynchon’s line editor on Gravity’s Rainbow was a WWII vet who really knew his s—.

In 2008, after several “almost finisheds,” I read abt that line editor and thought, “OK, here we go—“

I locked in. It all parsed. It all made sense.

The line editor, Edwin Kennebeck, was a 1-of-a-kind genius.

That attempt at a cumulative sentence in the middle (which fails due to punctuation errors) is pretty danged awful.

And yes, banal. “Bright college sophomore in a discipline that is definitely not English” banal.

imo the loveliest, most touching, and most humane love story ever told (tied with Sense8 by @lillywachowski.bsky.social )

This is absolutely developmentally on schedule. At this age, the people they draw look like eggs with stick arms and legs.

(Fabulously cute drawing!)

My real worry here is that *only* bad actors will continue to use them and create chaos.

That really was the pivot point.

I wonder if Kubrick put it in his head to be more one-dimensional.

Maybe it was the high # of takes, which was probably frustrating for someone like Nicholson?

Take 70: HEEERE’S JOHNNY.

Kubrick: Cut. Print.

Nicholson: I’ll think I’ll just do that from now own.

I really appreciate you explaining this!

What is going on above the door? It’s oddly specific in its design. Does it mean something?

This @theonion.com headline is right up there for me, but of course there are so many others.

And I’ll never forget the cathartic feeling of reading the post-Sept. 11th paper, @ home in Windsor Terrace. It was just the greatest Good Deed. If it’s not to late to thank all involved, then thank you.

I have been having a similar experience (including the Flowers for Algernon part) and I wondered if it may be a manufacturing issue. For the last several months I've been worried that I finally may be cracking up.

Too right (spoken from experience).