Did anyone say anything dumb on the internet? I want to dunk on someone.
Not today? Okay. I’ll check again tomorrow.

“And compounding the already terrible tragedy was the fact that no one on Twitter could figure out how to politicize it.”

At one point Sidequest was #501 in books, which is crazy. That means there were 500 books people were buying more than it. I can only think of maybe 12 other books people might buy. And 7 of them are Harry Potters.

I think too many people are focused on winning a trade war when the whole point is to have fun.

I hate hearing ideas I disagree with, and like most people, desire more ways to shut them out. I’m optimistic for the future.

I, for one, trust our new mob overlords and would like to remind everyone that all my views are mob-approved. Thank you, wise mobs.

If I heard a major publication was hiring someone who said things I found to be dumb and abhorrent, I would just shrug. I don’t understand feeling the need to do more… unless I was actually competing for that job.

Have people tried being… I dunno… mentally well-adjusted? Maybe spend more of the day thinking of good things in your life that actually affect you instead of getting angry and worked up over things that don’t?

My guess is the majority of Americans have viewpoints the left thinks should disqualify them from a job if said publicly.
And the thing is, they are not convincing anyone out of these views because that takes debate and argument, and their assertion is they should be precluded from debating and arguing these things. That’s a huge mistake.
I don’t know what I said, but a bunch of people on the left are tweeting at me how David Frum is a true conservative. I’ll recant whatever it is I said if you’ll stop.

I just hate the left and the right treating each other like enemies. Hopefully this trade war will bring us all together.

I wonder what will happen to my job prospects if it comes out that I once advocated nuking the moon and I still stand by that, dammit!

I would like to apologize for all my political beliefs that are wrong. I promise you, one day I will figure them out and we can be friends.

If the Atlantic is looking for a new hire, I’ll consider the job. I only write controversial opinions, though. If anything I say gets majority support, I immediately recant it.

Know what I don’t care for? Celebrities. No one should have ever heard of anyone.

Abortion is a schizophrenic thing. On one hand, it’s a medical procedure that’s no one’s business. On the other hand, I saw my kids first as 10wk sonograms, and if anyone harmed them then I would consider that murder. What’s that mean legally? I dunno.
It’s kind of like we consider a fetus to be property and not a person. So there’s only harm done if that property was wanted. Is this is civilized position? It feels bad.
There are philosophies on both the left and right — immigration, environmentalism — where people are looked at as burdens instead of valuable. That always leads to bad places.

Is The Exorcist II the worst sequel of all time when judged by gap in quality from the previous movie?

Really enjoying Sidequest on Audible. Hearing someone else perform it really does separate you enough from your work that you can finally just appreciate it as it is.
When I listened to the audiobook of Superego, that really clarified to me the strengths and weaknesses of it. It’s too bad you can’t have the audiobook before the book is complete.

When did it become the majority opinion that it was wrong to leave a woman drowning in the water and not call police? The 80s?

Ted Kennedy will be an albatross around the Democrats until anyone who ever praised him his dead. It’s ridiculous he was allowed to exist among civilized people.

If weren’t not letting teenagers have guns, can we also not let them have cars? Those are much much more dangerous.

I have three kids I’m trying to shepherd by myself to two baseball games, and for some reason it’s freezing in Texas in April.
I don’t know if I’m responsible enough to watch three kids. You have to get them dressed and feed them and watch them. And they find it hilarious to frustrate me — which it kinda is.
This is ridiculous. Was 80 degrees yesterday, and now we have a 20 degree wind chill. 4yo was crying when he went to bat. Guess he needs to read Jordan Peterson.
Got a reprieve. So cold and windy, daughter’s game got canceled. Chick-fil-A and then spend the rest of the day teaching them the classics (playing SNES Classic).

“That’s it! You need to learn some discipline! Fetch me a switch!”
“No, father! Please!”
“NOW!”
gets me a Nintendo Switch and I totally murder him at Mario Kart

Oh. Wow. You know that person you most despise politically? Yeah, that one. He called for a boycott of my cool new novel. So buy a copy and shove it in his face! #Resistance #MAGA

To help the environment, make a generic sign like “THIS DISPLEASES ME” that you can reuse at all protests.

It would clear up a lot of misperceptions about the Bible if people actually read it, like thinking that the main character in it is someone named Joe Bible.

Be funny if now some American mayor put out a statement on Twitter: “No excuses: there is never a reason to not carry a gun. What are you? Some sissy?”
BTW, I carry a leatherman everywhere and constantly find need for a knife… as mankind figured out eons ago when it first sharpened a rock.
I just assumed knife-control was just something gun right people made up to ridicule the logic of gun control. No one outside of children thinks you can use laws to control sharpened objects, right?
I guess it’s gun control. And then knife control. Then cudgel control. Then probably some sort of fist control. And I’m not sure you can get any further than that before society just shrivels up and disappears.

Kind of amazed my 4yo made this Mario statue in Minecraft. He can barely draw stick figures.

I’m kinda interested in Kevin Williamson’s next column.

I need a semi-automatic rifle to defend my much more vulnerable bolt-action rifles.

If you don’t have a gun, the mayor of London could waltz right into your house and take away your knives. Do you want that, Lisa?

The Solo movie looks fun.
Voice in the Back of My Head: It’s a trap!

I missed in The Last Jedi that they basically killed Admiral Ackbar offscreen. I’m going to wait until I see that movie a second time to render a final opinion on it, but I’m leaning toward “It was bad and dumb.”
In part because of the baggage from the prequels—where I tried to initially convince myself I liked them—I have trouble figuring out what I think on these new Star Wars movies.
Actually, I guess it doesn’t matter what I think because my kids said they liked The Last Jedi. I will bear any cost to enjoy Star Wars with my kids.

BTW, in my next newsletter, I’m going to give away a bunch more free copies of Sidequest: In Realms Ungoogled on Audible. If you’re signed up, you’re good to go. If not, go here: http://frankjfleming.com

There’s a nice write up of Sidequest: In Realms Ungoogled in Jim Geraghty’s The Morning Jolt if for some crazy reason you don’t already read that every morning.

I haven’t see A Quiet Place, but is the premise — if you make a sound, mindless creatures appear and rip you apart — a metaphor for political discussions these days?

The new Roseanne episodes are cute. And since I’m not a lib, I didn’t get triggered.

What if Trump is sent to jail and he isn’t allowed to tweet from there? I’m not prepared for that.

I know it’s immature, but it’s kind of funny to watch’s “the libs” get triggered by mainstream pop culture like Roseanne and The Simpsons.
They’re like those kids that overreact every time they’re made fun of which just encourages the other kids to do it more.
And while the whole “Let’s trigger the libs!” thing is dumb, the way someone can loudly announce “I’m doing this to trigger the libs!” and then the libs will still totally get triggered is also dumb.
It’s a trap where many on the left are constantly baited into showing they’re just as awful as the right claims they are.

I’m trying to build up a fan base by writing great books so that even more people will buy my next book. It’s a great scam.

Just got my copies of Sidequest. Putting one next to Superego for the current Frank J. Fleming scifi and fantasy collection.

Just because the President has been convicted of high crimes or misdemeanors doesn’t mean he has to be impeached. At least, that’s the premise of the show I’m pitching: Prison President.

WARDEN: “You may be the President of the State out there, but in here, I’m in charge!”
Doesn’t that just give you chills? It’s a great show concept.

“The President needs to meet with the ambassadors from China immediately if he’s to end this crisis!”
“But it’s not visiting hours!”
Think of the drama. It’s a great show pitch.

“Prison President. Tuesdays after The Flash. Only on the CW.”

I sometimes still refer to audiobooks as “books on tape” and then feel really old.
I remember listening to unabridged Stephen King. That was a whole garbage bag full of tapes.
Nowadays, it’s much more convenient. Such as Sidequest: In Realms Ungoogled on audiobook which you can put on your phone and listen to anywhere.

Anyone find any good cultures to appropriate? Most of the ones I found, I don’t care for. It’s like, no, you can keep that.