It is Not so Different than Back in my he Day

[TrueTomHarley]

Futzing along at a meeting, paying rapt attention as always, a tab descends from the top of my iPad and withdraws. 'Georgie likes your photo.'  Amused, I slowly turn around. The lad is sitting three rows behind me in the center section.

It's not so different from the old days, when John Dean would peruse Mad Magazine, disguised as a Watchtower magazine.

Photo: Per Olof ForsbergTom Irregardless and Me   No Fake News But Plenty of Hogwash

 

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@TrueTom

I read, I don't know, perhaps upwards of 30% of "No Fake News..." This is an excellent and enjoyable read, by the way, and in a style that I would love to have the skills to attempt myself, in order to break down co-worker prejudices against the Witnesses' world view. 

Don't take this wrong, because I found everything I read to be nearly error-free. However, I find it impossible to read anything without noticing little things that other readers might find distracting. I really could care less if someone spells it "buses" one minute and "busses" on the very next line. But if you would like someone to point out a typo in the word "circumvent" or places where "they're" replaced "their," etc., then, you know, one man's errorist is another man's moderate. 

[TrueTomHarley]

Thank you for this. I posted the following on FB two days ago: 

The E-book 'No Fake News But Plenty of Hogwash' is up but I recommend no one download it just yet. Anyone who already did has the Collectors Edition with Bloopers. Having purchased it once, or redeeming a free coupon, they are able to download fresh copies indefinitely.

Invariably there is more involved in editing than I foresee. This was true of Tom Irregardless and Me. I thought the present book would be a cake-walk, for I had side-stepped the traps that I plowed into headlong with the first book. But there was still a lot. I rushed it some, trying to meet self-imposed release dates of Groundhog Day and later Super Bowl Sunday (we must not keep Lady Gaga waiting) 

I'm not adding anything to No Fake News. But much of the writing is too clumsy. There are few paragraphs I don't tweek, and in a few cases, overhaul.

The revised book - I will announce it when ready - will also have pictures. It will be in the same vein as Tom Irregardless and Me - just as zany, just as biting to non-Theocratic targets, but more personal. If ever there is to be an auto-biography, this is it.

 

 

 

Sorry. I didn't think anyone knew of the book other than on FB. My bad. Download again in a week or so and it should be smooth.

 

Tom