Jack Lynch
@jacklynch000.bsky.social
Extinguished Perfesser of English at Ruckers–Nork; mooseophile; wine guzzler; author of many books, a few of them readable; harmless eccentric.
C18 BritLit, dictionaries, book history, fakery, life-writing, political smartassery.
https://jacklynch.net
C18 BritLit, dictionaries, book history, fakery, life-writing, political smartassery.
https://jacklynch.net
Don't be jealous, y'all. Not everyone can enjoy my charmed life.
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Don't be jealous, y'all. Not everyone can enjoy my charmed life.
I refuse to believe this is anything other than a scene from a straight-to-video Steven Seagal movie.
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I refuse to believe this is anything other than a scene from a straight-to-video Steven Seagal movie.
I like that this online bookseller has settled age-old questions about the authorship of Scripture. We have three "unknowns," along with "M. Ray Morris," "Leading Scholars in America and Great Britain," "Earl D. Radmacher Th.D.," "Tyndale Publishing House," and "Confraternity of Christian Doctrine."
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I like that this online bookseller has settled age-old questions about the authorship of Scripture. We have three "unknowns," along with "M. Ray Morris," "Leading Scholars in America and Great Britain," "Earl D. Radmacher Th.D.," "Tyndale Publishing House," and "Confraternity of Christian Doctrine."
You might think that’s a cat on the kitchen counter, but that’s obviously impossible, so you must be mistaken.
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
You might think that’s a cat on the kitchen counter, but that’s obviously impossible, so you must be mistaken.
Well, DUH. Everyone knows you apply a poultice of Venetian treacle mixed with a scruple of powdered mummy, and if that doesn’t work you use a tobacco enema to draw out the evil humours. FOLLOW THE SCIENCE, PEOPLE!
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Well, DUH. Everyone knows you apply a poultice of Venetian treacle mixed with a scruple of powdered mummy, and if that doesn’t work you use a tobacco enema to draw out the evil humours. FOLLOW THE SCIENCE, PEOPLE!
You ’n’ me both, Catherine. You ’n’ me both.
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
You ’n’ me both, Catherine. You ’n’ me both.
Good news! -- a bunch of housing is about to open up!
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Good news! -- a bunch of housing is about to open up!
Who among us can HONESTLY say &c. &c. &c.
November 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Who among us can HONESTLY say &c. &c. &c.
Technology makes us all more productive.
November 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Technology makes us all more productive.
Thrillers became taut in the late ’40s, and have always been tauter than stylish. They were at their stylishest in the late ’90s; since then taut has had its ups and downs, but thrillers are unambiguously out of style.
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Thrillers became taut in the late ’40s, and have always been tauter than stylish. They were at their stylishest in the late ’90s; since then taut has had its ups and downs, but thrillers are unambiguously out of style.
I think she likes me.
October 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I think she likes me.
Happy 285th to Jemmy Boswell, in many ways an insufferable prick, but infinitely charming and willing to live his life just to amuse us.
October 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Happy 285th to Jemmy Boswell, in many ways an insufferable prick, but infinitely charming and willing to live his life just to amuse us.
Great news! The air conditioning in my office is blowing ice-cold air!
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Great news! The air conditioning in my office is blowing ice-cold air!
If they be two, they are two so
As stiffe twin compasses are two,
Thy soule the fixt foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if the’other doe.
As stiffe twin compasses are two,
Thy soule the fixt foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if the’other doe.
October 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
If they be two, they are two so
As stiffe twin compasses are two,
Thy soule the fixt foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if the’other doe.
As stiffe twin compasses are two,
Thy soule the fixt foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if the’other doe.
But … we academics ARE smug and patronizing. Where’s my payout?
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
But … we academics ARE smug and patronizing. Where’s my payout?
Not sure what to make of the fact that the US Department of Labor has embraced a 1950s softcore gay erotica vibe, but I’m here for it.
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Not sure what to make of the fact that the US Department of Labor has embraced a 1950s softcore gay erotica vibe, but I’m here for it.
I guess it’s time to fess up. It was me.
October 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I guess it’s time to fess up. It was me.
THE PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH
I see an exciting research project for an up-and-coming graduate student!
I see an exciting research project for an up-and-coming graduate student!
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THE PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH
I see an exciting research project for an up-and-coming graduate student!
I see an exciting research project for an up-and-coming graduate student!
Ray Charles died a week or two after Reagan and the accompanying frenzy to put him on money. It’s a great joke, but it shouldn’t be funny. Brother Ray is far more deserving of a place in our money than many people who are there.
October 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Ray Charles died a week or two after Reagan and the accompanying frenzy to put him on money. It’s a great joke, but it shouldn’t be funny. Brother Ray is far more deserving of a place in our money than many people who are there.