# A Dose of Lileks Will Brighten Your Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dose-of-lileks-will-brighten-your-day/95556 "2001-11-27T18:52:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dose-of-lileks-will-brighten-your-day/95556/1 "2001-11-27T18:52:04Z")
James Lileks’ site is back in full force, and I thought I’d announce this happy turn of events by linking to my favorite of his “comics” musings, “Jerry on the Job”— [http://lileks.com/comics/jerry/index.html](http://lileks.com/comics/jerry/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dose-of-lileks-will-brighten-your-day/95556/2 "2001-11-27T19:02:21Z")
I know. Ain’t it great? I can’t wait to see what turns up in the Institute of Official Cheer and Flotsam Cove. Zap! Who’s been quoted in Lileks’ Minneapolis Star-Tribune column three (count 'em!) times ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dose-of-lileks-will-brighten-your-day/95556/3 "2001-11-27T19:03:12Z")
He’s solved the bandwitdh problems? Way cool. His is one of my favorite sites on the web. He’s got a twisted sense of the absurd but still has heart. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dose-of-lileks-will-brighten-your-day/95556/4 "2001-11-27T19:26:02Z")
Okay, here’s something I’ve been wondering… How do you pronounce his last name? I’d been assuming it was pronounced “LIL-ecks” but a bleat about telemarketers indicated that that wasn’t it. Anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dose-of-lileks-will-brighten-your-day/95556/5 "2001-11-27T19:51:45Z")
I done been pronouncing it LY-leks, but could be I’m mistaken. And yay about the update! I’m looking forward to Flotsam Cove. ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dose-of-lileks-will-brighten-your-day/95556/6 "2001-11-27T19:52:54Z")
Thanks, Eve! I stumbled onto his site when someone here (maybe you?) linked to his [Peculiar Art of Art Frahm](http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/index.html) page. That and the [Gallery of Regrettable Food](http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/index.html) are my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dose-of-lileks-will-brighten-your-day/95556/7 "2001-11-27T20:42:10Z")
What a cute period comic! I’m hooked. Almost as nifty as archy and mehitabel. That’s it, I’m gonna ask TubaDiva to change my screen name to “Flip Givney”. Then I can use little colloquialisms in my posts like “candy gab” and “what’s the plot?” whenever I want! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dose-of-lileks-will-brighten-your-day/95556/8 "2001-11-27T20:54:03Z")
Yes, Spritle, but everytime someone makes a Violently Ordinary Rejoinder—which happens with great frequency here—you will rocket backwards out of your chair, break office furniture and injure yourself grievously. ---
**Author:** ![45ACP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/e5b9ba/32.png) [@45ACP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/45ACP)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dose-of-lileks-will-brighten-your-day/95556/9 "2001-11-27T21:16:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zappo \* > \*\*Zap! > > Who’s been quoted in Lileks’ Minneapolis Star-Tribune column three (count 'em!) times \*\* Oh yeah? Well, I wrote him an email when he got chastized by an architect for the column Lileks wrote about the new library, and he wrote me back and said it was the funniest letter he had gotten in MONTHS! Huh? NO, I am NOT jealous of **Zappo** [sub]Three! Dang it! ::sulks off to figure out how to get quoted even ONCE::[/sub] 45ACP Operator of the Alabama Cootifier ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dose-of-lileks-will-brighten-your-day/95556/10 "2001-11-28T00:15:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 45ACP \* > Oh yeah? Well, I wrote him an email when he got chastized by an architect for the column Lileks wrote about the new library, and he wrote me back and said it was the funniest letter he had gotten in MONTHS! Huh? NO, I am NOT jealous of **Zappo** [sub]Three! Dang it! ::sulks off to figure out how to get quoted even ONCE::[/sub] > > 45ACP > Operator of the Alabama Cootifier That was you? Neat. I remember that column. IIRC, he mentioned the intelligent and literate message that he got from somebody on the Web. Getting quoted is easy. . .just wait for August and send him some State Fair Haiku. Zap! ---
**Author:** ![45ACP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/e5b9ba/32.png) [@45ACP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/45ACP)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dose-of-lileks-will-brighten-your-day/95556/11 "2001-11-28T02:11:15Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Zappo \* \*\* > [@](#): > > That was you? Neat. I remember that column. IIRC, he mentioned the intelligent and literate message that he got from somebody on the Web. \*\* Then that surely wasn’t from me–mine tend to be ill-thought out and sound like the weird guy from around the corner who comes out whenever you’re washing the car to gripe about politics. [sub]::quickly opens up Strib site to do a vanity surf::[/sub] 45ACP