#ajjacobs

[nonetheless]

In defense of "the lowest form of humor": "Can Puns Save Democracy? Probably not. But maybe a little?"

(Plus- Lenny Bruce)

Doubling down on double entendre: https://roughlydaily.com/2025/10/13/metaphors-and-similes-puns-too-i-might-add-extend-the-dimensions-and-expand-the-possibilities-of-the-world/

[rottynhempster-blog]

I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.

A.J. Jacobs

[wcs53]

Day 19 of #bookishwackyholidays challenge ‘Evaluate Your Life Day’ - a book you DNF’d. 📖📖 These are all books I started, but didn’t finish. When we moved here over two years ago we weren’t able to unpack everything for almost 10 months, due to renovations. So these books were forgotten in boxes for that time. I’d like to get them finished eventually, though, as I was enjoying them all. 📚📚 #bookishwackyholidays #bookstagram #bookaddict #instabooks #dnf #hollowcity #missperegrine #ajjacobs #georgemackaybrown #soccerinsunandshadow #ivestartedsoillfinish

[prempanix]

My standard blurb was an adverb-adjective phrase (“wildly creative”) followed by a mildly to barely amusing comment about the topic (“Thou shalt read this book,” for one about the Bible). After a while, I started running out of modifiers. In fact, I once praised a book called “No Impact Man,” about a guy who tried to live a carbon-neutral life: “Buy this book. Read it. Compost it.”

The always amusing AJ Jacobs on the fine art of writing blurbs for books