25 Comments

Love the newsletter. I skip over the stuff that doesn't interest me. Trust your judgment. Don't listen to the crazies.

Expand full comment

"I dunno, a bunch of people lied about a bunch of stuff. It was another day. What more do you want me to say about it?"

Anyone have an idea on what this is referring too?

Expand full comment

I think it might be "Left as an exercise for the reader" prompt.

Expand full comment
author

Everything. I'm just exasperated.

Expand full comment

I usually pick up what you put down and that one threw me off :-)

Expand full comment

Lines like "They may have lost their fastball, but they can still put it over the plate. Is that how you say it? I don’t really follow basketball" remind me why I read you, whether I agree with you or not. You make me laugh, JT.

Expand full comment

That is a great line and I SOLed (snickered out loud) at the office when I read it. Already trying to figure out how to work it into conversation.

But c'mon, Ms. Medlock. That's not the _only_ reason you read JT. :D

Expand full comment

"I agree that Fauci isn't a Nazi. The Nazis could stay on-message." Hilarious.

I also agree that the length of your newsletter is just fine. (Typing that sounds naughty.)

The "Parade Crash" locution is maddening. Reverse the races and this would be all over the press. Why isn't Sharpton or Jackson apologizing? Oh yeah, right.

As for Smollett, every one of your readers should read columns by John Kass, master of delineating "The Chicago Way":

https://johnkassnews.com/the-jussie-smollett-clown-show-but-why-arent-all-the-other-clowns-on-trial/ (The hyperlink should work, but copy and paste if necessary.)

Expand full comment

I think your columns should be twice as long to be worth the subscription price I am paying. Or at least twice as big . . . so you could do what I used to do to get to a 10 page essay when I only had 5 pages content . . . just double the font size. But, come to think of it, the professor was not fooled, so forget that. But since you write good stuff, the more the better.

Expand full comment
Dec 2, 2021Liked by Jim Treacher

I think think the length is dead on, as Lilia noted. They hit my box when I'm at work. I have a job that takes some attention to detail but sometimes has some wait... wait... periods. I can read this in a couple or three blocks or at lunch.

And can comment later too. This is a good place.

Expand full comment

*Lillia*

Expand full comment

I can hook you up with a guy who can get Monkey Glands.

Let me know

Expand full comment

You want a toe? I can get you a toe, with polish. - Walter

Expand full comment

"There are ways, Dude."

Expand full comment

Your substack lengths work out great for me.

I’ve read you since the old Cigar movie days, so I’m pretty fond of your angles on ever so many matters.

Expand full comment

I like the length of your columns, heck I'd read them if they were twice as long (but more than twice as slowly). That is unless I find out that they are powered by your period in which case I'm out.

Expand full comment

*makes that face*

Expand full comment

The more the better. If my attention span comes to a grinding halt before the end I can--squirrel!!

Expand full comment

You can always stop reading if your lips are getting tired

Expand full comment

Just do your thing Treach. Some people are always going to complain, just index it in and keep moving forward. I would say everything is dumb, which it is, but it would be nice if the dumb didn't have lasting consequences.

Expand full comment

"So I'm going to hurl myself against the wall

'Cause I'd rather feel bad than not feel anything at all". Warren had it right.

Expand full comment

The length is perfect for a daily newsletter! I read the whole thing because I enjoy your commentary even when the subject matter is only of passing interest to me. Keep up the great work.

Expand full comment
founding

In my opinion, write as much or as little as you see fit with then prior 24 hours of news as your guide. Some days more is happening. When it's not, don't worry about it.

I'm always sad when I see the footnotes cause I know I'm at the end. But your posts are quality and I'd much rather have that than quantity any day.

Expand full comment

Clicking on the Emilia Clark link, i learned that her female hero’s superpower centers around her period. Also, this: “‘She can swing like Spider-Man from her armpit hair,’ Clarke says.” If I want to learn more, I’ll wait for Jim’s review of the movie version.

Expand full comment

Regarding article length, mix it up based on what you see (and of course your need to do nothing). This is a tad on the short side but it wouldn’t keep me from continuing being a subscriber.

Expand full comment