Jeff Schroeck
@jeffschroeck
Guitar (The Ergs!, Civic Mimic, Black Wine); Poetry; Boppin' baseballs with the Kensington Kayfabe; Maggs's Dad; Lynn's Husband
I also, though not as much as the above example, hate it when non-English words are italicized in an English text. This book has done it over and over with just this specific word and no other (I swear I am enjoying it—I just can't pass up any chance to be a hater)
I hate it when I'm thoroughly enjoying a book and then one of my least favorite literary devices shows up: the narrator all of a sudden becoming Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer to describe an object
On the one hand, this guy is making some dumb assumptions about the way all writers do their work, with his only evidence being that that's the way he does his work. On the other hand, maybe he's just a silly li'l guy who likes to be funny with a hat?
I know this makes sense in Europe but as an American I had to do a double-take when I read this paragraph
The Meat Suit guy saw the picture of the central nervous system on a table that's become a meme and it blew his mind right out of his head
I will always read this title to myself in the voice of Ren screaming "my favorite friend!" when Kowalski is squeezing Stimpy
These goddamn kids today with their attention spans ruined so thoroughly that they had to shave 66 seconds off a classic!
I keep seeing "gynormous" in the 1997 British translation of the Ubu plays I'm reading and I looked it up because that seemed like an early use of what I assumed was 21st century annoying slang but it turns out to be 80+ years old!!!
You know, I read Stephen King's On Writing and I don't remember him talking about the step in the process where you have to bargain with your computer
A.I. slop has ruined trust in images to the point that it would now be impossible to convince most people that this unhinged album cover from 1984 is a piece of human art
Ergs giggin' with Rodeo Boys in late March. We haven't been down to VA/NC in a while (18 years???) so it should a fun time!
I wish I could find a gif or a clearer picture of it but the hideous jacket that Bruno Ganz gets when he become a human in Wings of Desire is one of my favorite reveals in a movie
Currently reading a 180 page book about the Phillies and apparently this guy appears JUST ONE FUCKING TIME??? SMDH
It's so funny to me how in the 14 years since this book was published, this word's meaning within a sports context hasn't just shifted, it's come to mean the exact opposite!
I hope you realize that when you make fun of A.I., this li'l hard-workin' guy is who you're making fun of:
Listen, If someone lends this book to you and you don't IMMEDIATELY point to them and say "Hey...whatta I owe ya?" You're a coward
Ergs gig next month at Labor Of Love's "Mischief Night Mayhem 4" Will this be the show where @joeerg.bsky.social finally blades???
Listen, I don't want anyone to be out of a job, but maybe the marketing guy who said "let's tell everyone our product isn't real" shouldn't be working there anymore