Joe W > Recent Status Updates

I had no idea this book was so short

I will read at least one book a month this year if it kills me

I like that in Sinclair’s description of debauchery he found it necessary to put “playing banjoes” on equal footing as “fighting, gambling, drinking and carousing”

I can’t believe how fast I’m reading this one tbh

Durham’s Pure Leaf Lard

Reading this in 2026 is horrific. Reading this in 1906 must have been a nightmare.

Everything but the squeal

Having read the Sinatra bio a few months ago, yeah Johnny Fontane is 1000000% him

I like it a lot

It insists upon itself

What would Scott Fitzgerald do to you?

Holy smokes are these people unlikable. I guess that’s the point though.

I tried reading this in high school and hated it, but decided to try again and am really enjoying it.

Learning about my new niche (shout out Kylie)

I’m excited to watch the movie

I’ve wanted to read this for so long that it inspired me to get a library card and check it out on my lunch break today

Dude’s insufferable, but I have to give credit for how funny it is to start calling a woman named Patricia Plebeia after she pissed him off

AC Barnes, it is so hard to like you.

Ars gratia artis meant absolutely nothing to Barnes. I’m glad he’s probably turning in his grave over the collection’s current state — one that seems far better for public access to art and education than the vitriolic policies espoused during his lifetime

God this dude sucks

Refused to fire an employee for domestic abuse and justified it by saying the dude and his wife were prob just into BDSM