James M. Fraleigh

@jamesmfraleigh

Deadlines are my lifeline! Solo copyeditor (academic, scholarly, textbooks, trade/narrative nonfiction) and proofreader (any genre!). 🍩 appreciator. Enthusiastic New Jerseyan 🤌🏻 user. Trivial Democratic apparatchik. He/him.

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James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· 24d

NYT might have The Odyssey on the brain. Or chemistry.

A New York Times headline of July 19, 2026, that reads, “the most ionic jerseys in World Cup history.” The capsule summary is, “some of soccer’s most famous shirts carry stories far bigger than the sport itself.”

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· 24d

Like what Christopher Nolan’s done with The Odyssey so far:

From The Simpsons parody of the Odyssey. Marge, in a lilac Grecian gown, and two crowns on her tall blue hair, looks without interest past Bart, in a toga and sitting on a patio railing overlooking the sea off Ithaca, at Disco Stu, done up as Discus Stu—a white man with a poofy hairdo, shades, a sheepskin vest, and pink toga and platform sandals—who holds out a flask of ouzo.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· 26d

From the Watchmen comic, the Doc Manhattan history-repeats/tired of humanity meme. Dr. Manhattan, a blue near-naked man, sits on a purple rock amid the pink desert expanse of Mars. He is contemplating how he experiences all time at once and also how he is tired of earth and humanity.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jul 12

A dril tweet from September 15, 2013: “who the fuck is screaming [in which the an and the e are transposed] ‘LOG OFF’ at my house. show yourself, coward. I will never log off”

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jul 11

Old-fashioned, Boxer Donut, Nyack, NY. Still warm. Blissful.

A close picture of a vanilla-glazed old fashioned doughnut. The glaze has settled into the irregular crags of the doughnut’s surface and dropped down the sides.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jul 3

Despite the heat, coffee. And doughnuts. With bonus Alice Cooper courtesy of @wfmu.bsky.social.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jul 2

A tweet from dril, dated June 3, 2014, that reads, in lowercase and imperfectly punctuated text, "blocked. blocked. blocked. you're all blocked. none of you are free of sin"

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 29

Stealth Fawlty Towers reference here, perhaps:

A blurb from the June 29, 2026, New York Times, that reads, "Whatever You Do, Don’t Talk About the War: As Ukraine brings the war home to Russia, officials hesitate to designate shelters and blast sirens, downplaying the conflict’s consequences with euphemisms."

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 27

First-ever Saturday NYT puzzle finished. Good way to celebrate one’s 57th. That and ☕️ with a 🍩.

The congratulatory splash screen from a finished Saturday, June 27, 2026, New York Times crossword.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 26

New tenant moving in on my side of the building, and I and my neighbors are all like:

From The Simpsons, Frank Grimes, a black-haired man in a dress shirt standing next to his desk at the nuclear plant, looks at Carl, Homer, and Lenny, faces smooshed and hands splayed against the big window to Frank's office in curiosity about the new arrival.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 24

From the 2020s Dune, Paul Muad’Dib, a dark-haired young man, robed and weary, look down as he says, “Lead them to Paradise.”

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 22

Behold, the poppyseed bagel that is absolutely positively 100% going to fix me.

A bagel, heavily coated in poppy seeds, sitting on a light brown wooden cutting board.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 21

From The Simpsons, Principal Skinner looks down at his gray-haired, much older mother as she squints up at him and brays belittlement.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 20

When you’ve accepted a bet to drink the algae water:

Lisa Simpson, pupils drawn with hollow circles instead of dots and paler than usual, hair chaotic and wearing only a blue towel, holds her hands up while standing with a “doctor” and a security officer and yelling, “I am the Lizard Queeeen!”

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 20

From a glimpse in an online ad, it looked like the next Minions exercise featured a kawaii version of dread Cthulhu, and this film better feature minions entirely taking leave of their senses at the awakened horror and disappearing into non-Euclidean angles while fleeing across a cartoony R’lyeh.

A cartoonish version of Cthulhu, in the cutesy form of a kid’s toy, radioactive green with black button eyes and four short tentacles. It has its arms and hands spread in a “Here I am!” pose, and is standing in a dim room with some candles lit in front of numerous seemingly hand-drawn pictures of chaotically terrified Minions.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 20

They want the lead singer of Herman’s Hermits to run things?

Peter Noone, a young white man with a thick head of parted blond hair, dressed in Swinging London style with a collared shirt, flowered tie, and suede jacket.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 18

Capital idea!

A well-seeded poppyseed bagel, with a golden crust, sitting on a wooden cutting board.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 14

A screenshot from My Dinner with Andre. Andre Gregory, a middle-aged white man with neatly parted hair, in a sweater over an oxford, is waxing prolific at Wallace Shawn in the foreground, back to the camera but unmistakable tonsure visible.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 13

From Die Hard, Hans Gruber, a well-dressed white man with mustache and beard played by Alan Rickman, gazes pointedly at someone off screen right while raising a silencer to screw to the tip of a handgun.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 13

Boxer Donut in Nyack, NY, getting into the #Knicks spirit. Homer Simpson’s classic doughnut got a makeover!

Two donuts sitting on a white rectangular plate on a wooden table top. The left one has strawberry icing and blue and orange sprinkles, same colors as the New York Knicks. The other is a chocolate frosted Boston cream.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 12

From The Simpsons, an elephant marches across the front of a Republican political convention. Excited delegates, some in straw boaters, wave signs and cheer. The stage, done up in stars and stripes, is fronted by banners that say, "We want what's worst for everyone" and "We're just plain evil."

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 11

In black and white, a picture of UK Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, a mustachioed older white man in dark overcoat and tie, standing behind a row of radio microphones, with a crowd behind him, holds a folded piece of paper up.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 8

I feel like the gun dealer is the forefather of Jim Beaver's similar, far more sedate hardware merchant in the Heisenverse.

From Better Call Saul, two men stand next to a bed in a basic motel room. The lefthand one is bald, middle-aged, and wears a denim jacket. The right one is older, also bald but with a white goatee, wears a dark zippered jacket over a gray shirt. The bed holds three rifles, two in open cases, the third still cased.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· Jun 6

Coffee’s on!

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· May 29

I love how this description of the rapidly evaporating DC 250 concert roster makes it look like rumors from the press gaggle tracking, IDK, closed-door six-party talks about ending a war or eliminating nukes or some shit. This is such a bounteously stupid timeline:

The Commodores Become Latest Act to Ditch 'Freedom 250' Concerts in D.C. After Backlash Over Trump Ties
Their exit follows the departures of Morris Day and Young MC... with some confusion over where C&C Music Factory and Milli Vanilli stand.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· May 24

A cartoon of George Washington, from the Washington, Washington YouTube video, accentuating his brow and noble nose, wearing a grim expression while holding a smoking 18th-century dueling pistol.

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· May 23

Couldn't resist:

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· May 22

Ooh! Am I doing this right?!

Using a Star Trek title card generator, I have placed, over an image of Deep Space Nine, a ring-shaped space station with a central module shaped like a stereotypical UFO, the title Z'ha'dum, the name of a Babylon 5 episode. Look on my trollery, ye nerdy, and despair!

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· May 22

To my great, atheist/ex-Catlick surprise:

James M. Fraleigh@jamesmfraleigh· May 22

ACES Headline Contest and Simpsons newspaper–worthy hed here: