When failed local shock jock Joel Greenberg decided to run for Seminole County tax collector, he called out his opponent’s questionable ethics in office.
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Mrs. Doubtfire,
Hook,
Jumanji. He was like a more refined version of Jim Carrey. Or so I thought. When I grew up into my teen years, I actually got deeper into his filmography and was surprised to find movies like
Awakenings,
Death to Smoochy, and
Insomnia on his resume. It made me realize that this was a man with depth and tremendous range.
It also made me realize that this was a man with tremendous darkness inside of him. Now, actors leap from comedy to drama all the time. Itâs nothing new. But there was just something different when Robin Williams did it. Here you had this manic comedian who would talk a mile a minute and make everybody laugh. And then you had a man who could portray a deranged character who could watch
by Nancy Derringer If you hang around Detroit long enough, sooner or later you’re likely to meet Jimmy Doom, mainly because he turns up in enough different places that the odds go up. Front man in a punk band, the Almighty Lumberjacks of Death. Actor in films. Occasional slam poet or emcee for stage shows of all sorts. Bartender. And if you miss him all of those places, he has a robust social-media presence with lots of friends and followers. Lately you might find him there on social media and elsewhere selling books. His own.
“Humans, Being: A Story a Day for a Year” is Doom’s first, a collection of short stories, 365 of them in a single volume, each exactly 100 words. These short-short pieces are known in the trade as “drabbles,” and are, needless to say, a niche product. Readers like them because they easily fit on a phone screen and can be absorbed on commutes and at red lights and during visits to the bathroom. Writers like t