Daniel Pinkwater
@danielpinkwater.bsky.social
Famous writer. Well, maybe not exactly famous. Famous with the right people. Was married to the great Jill. Has a really nice dog.
Want to know how I came to appreciate myself? An Arab maiden who has the mind of a child, when she's not being a high-level scientist, (also claims to love me, fiercely, Arabs, oy vey), patiently explained to me what I have been doing since 1967. Who am I to argue with an IQ like that?
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Want to know how I came to appreciate myself? An Arab maiden who has the mind of a child, when she's not being a high-level scientist, (also claims to love me, fiercely, Arabs, oy vey), patiently explained to me what I have been doing since 1967. Who am I to argue with an IQ like that?
In the audience of he first Neanderthaler to tell a story was another cave-type who thought, "I want to do that," and did, with variations. Another hominid got inspired, and the third work of fiction happened. Until today, it's unbroken and continuous. And we all think ours is original and special.
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
In the audience of he first Neanderthaler to tell a story was another cave-type who thought, "I want to do that," and did, with variations. Another hominid got inspired, and the third work of fiction happened. Until today, it's unbroken and continuous. And we all think ours is original and special.
I can't wait to see it. (I had no idea so many members of the Screen Actors' Guild were lizards.)
@danielpinkwater.bsky.social Apparently they do not weed their old books very often in Indian Lake, NY. Acquired in 1994, last borrowed in 2014.
I actually had not read this one before, but I can see how it will make a great movie!
I actually had not read this one before, but I can see how it will make a great movie!
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I can't wait to see it. (I had no idea so many members of the Screen Actors' Guild were lizards.)
fu na tsarya?
Phoeey on the tzar!
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
fu na tsarya?
Let's see. Been accused of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment, by at least 25 women since the 1970s. Found liable of sexual misconduct in a NY court. Judge said wasn't called rape on a technicality. Best friends with a known mega-creep sexual abuser. Nah, has to be a hoax and a witch hunt.
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Let's see. Been accused of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment, by at least 25 women since the 1970s. Found liable of sexual misconduct in a NY court. Judge said wasn't called rape on a technicality. Best friends with a known mega-creep sexual abuser. Nah, has to be a hoax and a witch hunt.
Speaking of lizards --
www.npr.org/2006/11/29/6...
www.npr.org/2006/11/29/6...
Falling Ill in Africa, and Loving It
Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells the story of his travels in East Africa in 1967 -- and how one night when he was very ill, lizards stared and him and played around. In retrospect, it was his finest...
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October 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Speaking of lizards --
www.npr.org/2006/11/29/6...
www.npr.org/2006/11/29/6...
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
I'll tell you how I knew. The last time an obviously middle-eastern type said to me, "Guess what country I'm from," I said Egypt, because his stance was like Boris Karloff in The Mummy, who had obviously prepared by looking at how Egyptians stand, so when this guy said guess, I guessed like before.
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'll tell you how I knew. The last time an obviously middle-eastern type said to me, "Guess what country I'm from," I said Egypt, because his stance was like Boris Karloff in The Mummy, who had obviously prepared by looking at how Egyptians stand, so when this guy said guess, I guessed like before.
So the tech support guy was finishing up and I said, "alhamdulillah!" so he said, "You know Arabic!" and I said, "I know an Arab," and he said, "Guess what country I'm in," and I said, "Egypt," and he said, "How did you know that?" and I said, "I know things." How _did_ I know that?
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
So the tech support guy was finishing up and I said, "alhamdulillah!" so he said, "You know Arabic!" and I said, "I know an Arab," and he said, "Guess what country I'm in," and I said, "Egypt," and he said, "How did you know that?" and I said, "I know things." How _did_ I know that?
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Imagine the sadism necessary to be an armed federal agent, under no threat whatsoever, willing to shoot a priest in the head.
ICE is “a portrait of an authoritarian secret police that seems set to model itself on history’s worst fascist enforcers.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...
ICE is “a portrait of an authoritarian secret police that seems set to model itself on history’s worst fascist enforcers.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...
October 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Imagine the sadism necessary to be an armed federal agent, under no threat whatsoever, willing to shoot a priest in the head.
ICE is “a portrait of an authoritarian secret police that seems set to model itself on history’s worst fascist enforcers.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...
ICE is “a portrait of an authoritarian secret police that seems set to model itself on history’s worst fascist enforcers.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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Whenever you call a Nazi a Nazi.
September 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Whenever you call a Nazi a Nazi.
I'm saying nothing pro or con, but some people have positive notions about my work, and even me. These people will do well to get a look at books by Jill Pinkwater. This is the actual stuff. People being what they are, (pathetic), I got most of the attention. Jill couldn't have cared less.
September 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I'm saying nothing pro or con, but some people have positive notions about my work, and even me. These people will do well to get a look at books by Jill Pinkwater. This is the actual stuff. People being what they are, (pathetic), I got most of the attention. Jill couldn't have cared less.
Of course I'm happy about it. Talented and enthusiastic people are going to make a movie prompted, inspired, in some way related to, my book. They are not about to slavishly try to translate it literally to cinema, which would be awful. Maybe some part of the spirit of the book will be in the movie.
I sincerely hope @danielpinkwater.bsky.social is happy about this, because I would dearly love to see LIZARD MUSIC on the big screen.
deadline.com/2025/09/benn...
deadline.com/2025/09/benn...
‘The Smashing Machine’ Duo Benny Safdie & Dwayne Johnson To Reteam On Hot Package ‘Lizard Music’ – The Dish
'The Smashing Machine' Duo Benny Safdie & Dwayne Johnson To Reteam Quickly On Hot Movie Package Lizard Music.
deadline.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Of course I'm happy about it. Talented and enthusiastic people are going to make a movie prompted, inspired, in some way related to, my book. They are not about to slavishly try to translate it literally to cinema, which would be awful. Maybe some part of the spirit of the book will be in the movie.
If I'd known he was going to go on a diet, I might not have sold them an option.
September 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
If I'd known he was going to go on a diet, I might not have sold them an option.
I was told by a Hollywood guy the filmmaker never has the least contact with the book writer, for obvious reasons. With Benny it's ok. We're friends. He knows I think he should smack the book to little pieces with a hammer and then glue the pieces together to make a brand new mosaic.
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I was told by a Hollywood guy the filmmaker never has the least contact with the book writer, for obvious reasons. With Benny it's ok. We're friends. He knows I think he should smack the book to little pieces with a hammer and then glue the pieces together to make a brand new mosaic.
Did I tell about the Irish production of Ulysses by James Joyce? Joyce is right after Jesus in Ireland. This film was so respectful of the book that the actors on the screen were yawning. Only time I ever fell deeply asleep in a movie house.
September 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Did I tell about the Irish production of Ulysses by James Joyce? Joyce is right after Jesus in Ireland. This film was so respectful of the book that the actors on the screen were yawning. Only time I ever fell deeply asleep in a movie house.
She said, "No, your illustrations aren't lousy. It's just my colleague busting my chops. She hates me. But you have to do them over."
September 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
She said, "No, your illustrations aren't lousy. It's just my colleague busting my chops. She hates me. But you have to do them over."
She said, "Every other picture book I buy I write myself under a pseudonym. Nobody cares."
September 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
She said, "Every other picture book I buy I write myself under a pseudonym. Nobody cares."
He said, "This is too long, has to be cut by half." She said, "You haven't read a word of it!"
September 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
He said, "This is too long, has to be cut by half." She said, "You haven't read a word of it!"
He said, "I always delete the first three chapters. It's a rule of mine."
September 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
He said, "I always delete the first three chapters. It's a rule of mine."
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Happy Cherry Popsicle Day from Affirmation Coyote!
a red popsicle on a stick with a drop of blood coming out of it
ALT: a red popsicle on a stick with a drop of blood coming out of it
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August 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Happy Cherry Popsicle Day from Affirmation Coyote!
No, I said, "Gosh, sir, that would be swell." Swell. I barely made it to the elevator.
August 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
No, I said, "Gosh, sir, that would be swell." Swell. I barely made it to the elevator.