Jamie Piscitelli
@jamie-piscitelli
Father. Husband. Son. Friend. Laid-off IT engineer. 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.
The cartoonists are the most honest members of the media, methinks.
This ain't Denton, man. No Juliette tonight though. Bummed.
First I heard a thud in the back of the house and MiL yelping, "О боже! Что это было!?" I walked out of the office into the backyard, saw there was heap of ropes on the patio, and from 100 feet above heard: "Hagamoslo a mi manera! Tu manera lo dispararía por el puto techo!" He then did it his way.
Post a better subject for a biopic named “Michael”. #BetterMichaelFilms BTW, Elon Green's book about him should be the source for the screenplay.
Happy Jackie Robinson Day! #42Forever You can't stop progress, only delay it some.
"Home for Purim..." (with a deep bow, nod, hat tip and tear for Catherine O'Hara)
I'm old enough to remember you both as Private Zab and Private Griff. One of the most underrated war films in my lifetime.
Supposed to go skiing this morning. 1.5 hour drive seemed a bridge too far today. Tried baking some banana bread instead. It was good choice.
While shopping at lunch I finally found the perfect name for my band.
Sometimes the Discovery tab on my feed hits just the right notes at just the right times for me, to wit (h/t @dynastydave.bsky.social and @nicococreates.is.eepy.now):
Oh fuck social media and the meathead opinions of the accidental celebrities it created. I'm baking this Flemish treat today:
If the unalloyed genius behind this gem ain't worth a billion bucks then who the hell is? Right?
All my nearest and dearest and I made Merry and it was good. Plus, we finally got my wife that vintage brooch she always wanted. The really big one. Merry Christmas!
"After reading this annual report, I am more convinced than ever that you are all fucked in the fucking face according to every human metric conceivable, and I am getting the fuck out of here. Maybe Ireland. Maybe Italy. You may all suck it! Good day to everyone but Pete, who really, really sucks!"
"It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice." (1/2)