Frank Herron
@ffherron.bsky.social
It feels like this is the case:
“People don’t ask for facts in making up their minds. [T]hey would rather have one good soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts.”
“People don’t ask for facts in making up their minds. [T]hey would rather have one good soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts.”
Yes! In the style of the unmatched “The Big Sleep”:
“I was still staring at the hot black eyes when a door opened far back under the stairs. It wasn't the butler coming back. It was a girl.
“She was twenty or so, small and delicately put together, but she looked durable….”
“I was still staring at the hot black eyes when a door opened far back under the stairs. It wasn't the butler coming back. It was a girl.
“She was twenty or so, small and delicately put together, but she looked durable….”
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Yes! In the style of the unmatched “The Big Sleep”:
“I was still staring at the hot black eyes when a door opened far back under the stairs. It wasn't the butler coming back. It was a girl.
“She was twenty or so, small and delicately put together, but she looked durable….”
“I was still staring at the hot black eyes when a door opened far back under the stairs. It wasn't the butler coming back. It was a girl.
“She was twenty or so, small and delicately put together, but she looked durable….”
I’d love to know the 7 or 8 names of those 7 or 8 livestock dogs (if she has named them).
Odds are against a “Fluffy”.
Odds are against a “Fluffy”.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I’d love to know the 7 or 8 names of those 7 or 8 livestock dogs (if she has named them).
Odds are against a “Fluffy”.
Odds are against a “Fluffy”.
Appreciate the follow-up.
“Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.” — Jonatan Swift, “The Examiner”, 1710.
“Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.” — Jonatan Swift, “The Examiner”, 1710.
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Appreciate the follow-up.
“Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.” — Jonatan Swift, “The Examiner”, 1710.
“Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.” — Jonatan Swift, “The Examiner”, 1710.
“We’re done with cameras.”
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“We’re done with cameras.”
About a decade ago a college student turned in a paper in which he mentioned “the Kennedy assignation.” I did not mark it wrong and told him why.
July 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
About a decade ago a college student turned in a paper in which he mentioned “the Kennedy assignation.” I did not mark it wrong and told him why.
And there’s the static historical sites and artwork (e.g., a ceiling and a mural in the Negarestan Palace built in 1807, as seen in March 2019).
June 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
And there’s the static historical sites and artwork (e.g., a ceiling and a mural in the Negarestan Palace built in 1807, as seen in March 2019).
Must have just finished “reading” the application. (Deadline for submission was Jan 31.) Reads like somebody did a cut-and-paste from that application.
Question: Can he point to the Nile on a globe and tell someone the direction it flows?
Question: Can he point to the Nile on a globe and tell someone the direction it flows?
June 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Must have just finished “reading” the application. (Deadline for submission was Jan 31.) Reads like somebody did a cut-and-paste from that application.
Question: Can he point to the Nile on a globe and tell someone the direction it flows?
Question: Can he point to the Nile on a globe and tell someone the direction it flows?
Try Rita’s, for needlepoint, at 303 East 81st. 212.237.8613
May 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Try Rita’s, for needlepoint, at 303 East 81st. 212.237.8613
I suspect you’ve got it right, but some copy editors must decide….
Is it “Whiskey Pete” (Irish and American) or “Whisky Pete” (Scotch and Canadian)?
Is it “Whiskey Pete” (Irish and American) or “Whisky Pete” (Scotch and Canadian)?
April 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I suspect you’ve got it right, but some copy editors must decide….
Is it “Whiskey Pete” (Irish and American) or “Whisky Pete” (Scotch and Canadian)?
Is it “Whiskey Pete” (Irish and American) or “Whisky Pete” (Scotch and Canadian)?
Congrats! A wonderful hotel in a memorable city. Stayed a night in April 2022. The jams!
April 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Congrats! A wonderful hotel in a memorable city. Stayed a night in April 2022. The jams!
He was just about to bite into his McManifesto, with a side of fries.
December 9, 2024 at 6:27 PM
He was just about to bite into his McManifesto, with a side of fries.