Jon Simpkins
jonsimpkins.bsky.social
Jon Simpkins
@jonsimpkins.bsky.social
Unemployed screenwriter, making ends meet as a software engineer.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I feel like every writer for a Late Night show right now is scrambling to figure out a joke premise in which the Pope says "Da Bears" in the thickest Chicago accent
May 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Reposted by Jon Simpkins
Today on the centenary of Flannery O'Connor's birth, read Michael O’Connell's essay on why Catholics love O’Connor: ow.ly/BMuq50Vo3O6

Art: Dani M. Jiménez
March 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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A few weeks ago I was honored to receive as a gift a beautiful icon from the Ukrainian artists Oleksandr Klymenko and Sofia Atlantova, who "write" Orthodox icons on the discarded lids of ammunition boxes from the war in Ukraine. Slava Ukraini.
March 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Welp:

1) Apparently Bob Dylan looked quite different at the beginning of his career
2) Chalamet apparently deserves all the awards, I don't recognize him at all
February 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Just shy of a movie a week in 2024, 41 at home and 10 in theaters

At home boxd.it/tYP5y

Theatrical boxd.it/tYP1w
2024 Theatrical
A list of 10 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Perfect Days (2023), Monkey Man (2024), Civil War (2024), Wildcat (2023) and Inside Out 2 (2024).
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January 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Not a bad year, for trying to improve a bit on the health front
December 10, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Very much enjoying this birthday present from Seana as we enter Advent...

but "Hotel Flaviar" seems like the title of a Wes Anderson movie about Guy Fieri
December 3, 2024 at 3:04 PM
T-Pain not singing "I'm on a Float" is a huge missed opportunity
November 28, 2024 at 5:13 PM