Jamie Piscitelli
@jamie-piscitelli.bsky.social
Father. Husband. Son. Friend. Employed IT professional. Unemployable former DoD employee. Aspiring middle-aged something or other. Writer. Reader. History and Film Geek. Heavy Thinker and Occasional Drinker. Great Society Democrat, atheist, and hopeful.
"Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character." Joseph Heller, Catch-22, 1961.
As much as I think about the Roman Empire, I probably think about Catch-22 at some point every day. (2/2)
As much as I think about the Roman Empire, I probably think about Catch-22 at some point every day. (2/2)
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character." Joseph Heller, Catch-22, 1961.
As much as I think about the Roman Empire, I probably think about Catch-22 at some point every day. (2/2)
As much as I think about the Roman Empire, I probably think about Catch-22 at some point every day. (2/2)
I had 4 pigs in blankets. But it was my birthday.
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I had 4 pigs in blankets. But it was my birthday.
Nothing new ever. The immutable nature of human beings is astonishing.
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Nothing new ever. The immutable nature of human beings is astonishing.
But were they funny? That's the true litmus test.
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
But were they funny? That's the true litmus test.
They should have read "The Dark Side of Camelot," by Seymour Hersh. "When were they not?"
November 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
They should have read "The Dark Side of Camelot," by Seymour Hersh. "When were they not?"
You'd think, right? It's the Donald of Justice, today. It's kind of ironic that Merrick Garland acted with that principle first and foremost in the last administration, although perhaps, historians might posit, to a fault.
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
You'd think, right? It's the Donald of Justice, today. It's kind of ironic that Merrick Garland acted with that principle first and foremost in the last administration, although perhaps, historians might posit, to a fault.