The Shitpostman (Il Shitpostino)
@jerrybrennan
Chicagoan. Author of Alone on the Moon, et. al. Founder of Tortoise Books. www.tortoisebooks.com
Look the diarrhea lettuce means no fresh vegetables means I need to buy a lobster roll for lunch. Sorry folks I don't make the rules.
When you search YouTube by "bison" the first result is this and I think that's just inherently funny if you're not involved
Miranda posted this on the same day my coworker brought in homemade cinnamon rolls. And you were saying God doesn't exist...
Do we have footage of any European soccer fans setting foot in a Bass Pro Shop? Because I live here and **I'm** having a hard time comprehending it.
There's gotta be SOMETHING more enjoyable than biking to work, stopping along the way to edit, reading on my lunch break, and biking to the beach afterwards for a family swim evening--but it's really tough to imagine what.
Oh I forgot I have an entry for #ManholeCoverMonday! Saw this old boi at McCormick Place last week.
Weirdly foggy and chaotic Fourth of July at Loyola Park Beach. Feels apropos for the Trump years.
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity pic is your therapist. (Uh-oh!)
Ribs. Delicious, life-giving ribs. Fourth of July food is better than Thanksgiving food and I will die on this hill. (With a full belly.)
My neighborhood does this Norman Rockwell-esque get-together every Fourth of July where the kids parade around the block and read the Declaration of Independence and man, I love it so much.
A @tortoisebooks.bsky.social Order Fulfillment Selfie...1289 plus an ARC of the new Josh Corey. This is the look when you are a little aggressive in your errand scheduling...but you still pull it off.
My most random but intense editorial pet peeve is when people spell Carhartt with only one t, and I am THRILLED every time I spot one in the wild. Begone, bad spelling!
Hanging out with my friend @giano.bsky.social...such a good read! Also, I was reading it BEFORE it was cool.
Got a palindrome number on the gym water thingy a few weeks ago and I fear I'll be chasing this high for the rest of my days.
Baby did a bad bad thing. (Took down the king-size breaded steak sandwich at Ricobene's.) Is there a more absurd food item in Chicago? Honestly curious if there are any other contenders.
Point: My doctor says my blood pressure is too high and wants me to lay off the salty foods. Counterpoint:
Midway through Day One of the ALA Convention. Somehow the upstairs cafe in the west building at McCormick Place is the only place I've ever seen the only thing I want in life: tallboys of sparkling water. #alaac
Post one (1) photo of a painting that you took with your very own hands. The photo, that is, not the painting. Go.
Starting the weekend right with a little JB Alberto's. Well, it's not little...you get the idea.
Finally reading this bad boy. Fascinating to hear how the crash was exacerbated by unscrupulous money-hungry men trying to keep interest rates artificially low so they could fuel endless stock speculation increasingly divorced from reality. Good thing that isn't happening any more!
I don’t like it when the days are this long. It's just not enough nighttime. I hope they start getting shorter soon.
Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you
Guess who has two thumbs and just got a 95% on their FAA Part 107 exam? THIS GUY! (One thumb not depicted.)