Jerome Weeks
weex7.bsky.social
Jerome Weeks
@weex7.bsky.social
Lifelong book critic, theater critic and arts journalist with occasional, annoying attempts at being humorous. From Detroit. Lives in Dallas.
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Does make one wonder if the copper jacket of a 5.56×45mm rifle round adds to the sipping flavor. Might disincline one to add ice, though. That unpleasant rattling sound.
February 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
But an internet troll who led an insurrection - you know, an IMPORTANT internet troll.
January 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Yossarian in Catch-22: "All the officers in the ward were forced to censor letters written by the enlisted men . . . Death to all modifiers, he declared one day. . . The next day he made war on articles. The following day he blacked out everything in the letters but 'a,' 'an' and 'the.'"
January 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So. Only verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, names and adjectives. Change 1st person to 3rd, and here's 'A Farewell to Arms' ending.

Wasn't any good. Like saying goodbye to statue. Henry left hospital and walked to hotel in rain.

Sounds like Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet.
January 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You mean that thing where it says "Lists" and it tells me I have none?
January 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Thought of another: parrot.
January 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Huckster? Accomplice? Co-conspirator? Informant? Stoolie? Blabbermouth?
January 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Art work: "Light" by Dallas artist-calligrapher, Chaco Terada. Or as I continually and unfortunately find myself mistyping her name, Taco Cheerada>
chacoterada.com
Chaco Terada
chacoterada.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM