John Hamer
@jackmartel.bsky.social
Blue states since birth: Chicago, Massachusetts, California, New Jersey (in sight of NYC). Life-long teacher of humanities. Red Sox, SF Giants, 9ers, Sharks. Process enables content. Episcopalian
There is “Inventory” and there is “Resume.” Are there other poems with business-oriented titles? I think a triptych would be interesting to contemplate .
October 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
There is “Inventory” and there is “Resume.” Are there other poems with business-oriented titles? I think a triptych would be interesting to contemplate .
You really do read all the replies to your posts! My jaw would ache from clenching my teeth!
August 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
You really do read all the replies to your posts! My jaw would ache from clenching my teeth!
Bill James, father of baseball analytics—for good or evil, once described Edgar Martinez, beloved 3B of Seattle, as having “knee to knee” range.
July 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Bill James, father of baseball analytics—for good or evil, once described Edgar Martinez, beloved 3B of Seattle, as having “knee to knee” range.
You are a serious public intellectual with opinions supported by fact and logic and elegantly expressed. Of course you are threatening to them. That’s success.
July 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
You are a serious public intellectual with opinions supported by fact and logic and elegantly expressed. Of course you are threatening to them. That’s success.
I can only wish. I’ve owned a big Jag but that’s different.
July 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I can only wish. I’ve owned a big Jag but that’s different.
I used to think my professor was being pretentious. She was, but she was also pronouncing Don Juan correctly.
June 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I used to think my professor was being pretentious. She was, but she was also pronouncing Don Juan correctly.
Give that woman a wide berth!🙂
June 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Give that woman a wide berth!🙂
Sorry you have to endure the piling-on over at that other app. Think of it as culling the herd. The thought that Mrs. Parker wouldn’t be out protesting today is silly. In a universe populated with Bobergs and MTGs picking on an historic Black Representative is very telling.
June 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Sorry you have to endure the piling-on over at that other app. Think of it as culling the herd. The thought that Mrs. Parker wouldn’t be out protesting today is silly. In a universe populated with Bobergs and MTGs picking on an historic Black Representative is very telling.
I just watched the movie where Clooney played Fred Friendly. I thought that was great. I didn’t come close to the recording of the stage play.
June 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I just watched the movie where Clooney played Fred Friendly. I thought that was great. I didn’t come close to the recording of the stage play.
I don’t even have a lawnmower any more but if o did , I’d offer it to you.
May 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I don’t even have a lawnmower any more but if o did , I’d offer it to you.
So what does a block list do and why would one care and how do you find out about it? Is it preventing people from giving me money?
May 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So what does a block list do and why would one care and how do you find out about it? Is it preventing people from giving me money?
Hi Ellen, I finished Joy Ride this afternoon and did enjoy it. I’m sure it will do really well. With any luck, you’re just recovering from an enormous celebration.
April 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hi Ellen, I finished Joy Ride this afternoon and did enjoy it. I’m sure it will do really well. With any luck, you’re just recovering from an enormous celebration.
Delivered to my library this morning. Will be reading it pronto.
Good Luck!
Good Luck!
April 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Delivered to my library this morning. Will be reading it pronto.
Good Luck!
Good Luck!
Take MyHusband may be my second favorite (after DPDH) of your books. Not finished yet but it evokes Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” for me.
April 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Take MyHusband may be my second favorite (after DPDH) of your books. Not finished yet but it evokes Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” for me.
More of a G or an X?
April 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
More of a G or an X?
I’m now profile compliant
March 31, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I’m now profile compliant
She needs not to eat hot dogs sideways.
March 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
She needs not to eat hot dogs sideways.
I yield to no one in a basic self absorption, but nothing has so consistently awakened me night after night in fear for the future of my lovely grandchildren.
March 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I yield to no one in a basic self absorption, but nothing has so consistently awakened me night after night in fear for the future of my lovely grandchildren.
Thanks for your reply. I had picked up Brooklyn and carried it around while I shopped, set it down, and someone else took it.
March 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thanks for your reply. I had picked up Brooklyn and carried it around while I shopped, set it down, and someone else took it.
I bought my sister Colm Toibin’s “Long Island” for her birthday. How big a mistake did I make?
March 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I bought my sister Colm Toibin’s “Long Island” for her birthday. How big a mistake did I make?
White’s letter is written in about the darkest days of Watergate when it looked like Nixon would get away with it. Two weeks later McCord sends his letter to Judge Sirica about perjury in his trial which busted it open. Maybe we will have a similar breakthrough—soon.
February 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
White’s letter is written in about the darkest days of Watergate when it looked like Nixon would get away with it. Two weeks later McCord sends his letter to Judge Sirica about perjury in his trial which busted it open. Maybe we will have a similar breakthrough—soon.