Michael R. Barrick

Infantry at War 1939–1945 Purnell’s History of the World Wars Special J. B. King and John Batchelor, 1966 Phoebus Publishing Co., UK, reprint c. 1973

Tanks & Weapons of World War II Phoebus History of the World Wars Library Edited by Bernard Fitzsimons BPC Publishing Ltd., UK, 1973 printed in Belgium

Uniforms and Decorations of World Wars I & II Phoebus Heraldry and Regalia of War Edited by Bernard Fitzsimons BPC Publishing Ltd., UK, 1973 printed in Belgium

Weapons of War Chris Cook and John Stevenson, 1980 Crescent Books, CA, 1980 ex libris sticker on first leaf: Hank Barrick Youbou BC

Mr. England: The Story of Winston Churchill Raul Manning and Miltion Bonner, 1941 The John C. Winston Co., US, 3rd edition 1942

• Mon, 13:41: Social media is an endlessly droll cocktail party. People hiding under their best veneer and the mercenaries swarming around them hoping to be noticed. Watch-me dancers and the idiot that thinks wearing the lampshade as a hat is funny multiplied to infin… https://t.co/NNp1RO8Efu https://t.co/8zJP1aEiFy
• Mon, 14:42: The Long Left Flank: The Hard Fought Way to the Reich 1944-1945 Jeffery Williams, 1988 Stoddart Publishing, CA, 1988 printed in US ex libris signature on first leaf: R. F. Hank Barrick https://t.co/9ATFfYw6XN https://t.co/ztPEzX3bpF
• Mon, 14:42: The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler Robert Payne, 1973 Praeger Publishers, US, 1973 https://t.co/KFYFDJEmDB https://t.co/Jqq4Gg8kKV
• Mon, 14:42: Mr. England: The Story of Winston Churchill Raul Manning and Miltion Bonner, 1941 The John C. Winston Co., US, 3rd edition 1942 https://t.co/Z3IBjEVWkl https://t.co/1fjTBIXOcP
• Mon, 14:42: Weapons of War Chris Cook and John Stevenson, 1980 Crescent Books, CA, 1980 ex libris sticker on first leaf: Hank Barrick Youbou BC https://t.co/zutb4vcgm7 https://t.co/ZtOzl09SSb
• Mon, 14:42: Uniforms and Decorations of World Wars I & II Phoebus Heraldry and Regalia of War Edited by Bernard Fitzsimons BPC Publishing Ltd., UK, 1973 printed in Belgium https://t.co/ItWF5C6fiI https://t.co/yDnTr5BP9I
• Mon, 14:42: Tanks & Weapons of World War II Phoebus History of the World Wars Library Edited by Bernard Fitzsimons BPC Publishing Ltd., UK, 1973 printed in Belgium https://t.co/eO4RN7vBXX https://t.co/I3MoyX3EHE
• Mon, 14:42: Infantry at War 1939–1945 Purnell's History of the World Wars Special J. B. King and John Batchelor, 1966 Phoebus Publishing Co., UK, reprint c. 1973 https://t.co/JqJHb8i085 https://t.co/o9YpSzaf5Q
• Mon, 14:42: Bombers 1914–1939 History of the World Wars Special Bryon Cooper and John Batchelor, c. 1966 Phoebus Publishing, UK, reprint c. 1973 https://t.co/FMNbeGLDtZ https://t.co/rsnSPjPuse
• Mon, 14:42: The Tank Story Purnell's History of the World Wars Special Edited by Andrew Kershaw Phoebus Publishing, UK, 1972 ex libris signature on first leaf: Ralph Hank Barrick https://t.co/BsCbpMjjfk https://t.co/IokRDY02xK

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler Robert Payne, 1973 Praeger Publishers, US, 1973

The Long Left Flank: The Hard Fought Way to the Reich 1944-1945 Jeffery Williams, 1988 Stoddart Publishing, CA, 1988 printed in US ex libris signature on first leaf: R. F. Hank Barrick

Social media is an endlessly droll cocktail party. People hiding under their best veneer and the mercenaries swarming around them hoping to be noticed. Watch-me dancers and the idiot that thinks wearing the lampshade as a hat is funny multiplied to infinity. Histrionic reactions to things that don’t deserve attention just to make conversation. And the same vapid conversations over and over and over. People making brilliant observations they just overheard. This weasels that are just there to network. The ones there because their friends dragged them along. The ones there for FOMO. The ones petting the cat in the corner just wanting to leave. Etc., etc..

I saw a screencap of this, that I now cannot find, where someone replied with a picture of an articulated bus without any further commentary. That’s funny enough, and says everything there is to say about commuting by bus—but as a further extrapolation I now cannot stop thinking of cars as chaotic minor demons running willy-nilly over the urban hellscape.