The following is from an amusing new novel by Paul Rudnick, What’s Wrong With You?

Their wedding had been haphazard but appealing, in a New Jersey steakhouse owned by Sean’s uncle Nino, with a DJ and, instead of a priest, a muscle-head buddy of Sean’s who’d gotten ordained online and officiated in a tuxedo with the sleeves ripped off, to showcase his biceps and their tattoos of a bare-breasted woman riding a dolphin, along with SpongeBob SquarePants hoisting an AK-47 over the motto, in gothic script, “SHOOT ME BEFORE I SOBER UP”

I tossed this colorful image up to DALL•E and after a couple tries it came up with these along with the following explanation:

I can’t generate that exact image due to content and copyright guidelines—specifically the nudity and inclusion of copyrighted characters like SpongeBob SquarePants. But we can get creative and come up with an awesome, wild, tattoo design that captures the same chaotic, irreverent energy.

Close but no cigar, yet. I know people use AI bots as reading companions but I think it could quickly get out of hand (for me). Having said that, I read a lot of spy fiction and every few pages there’s a reference to some king of firearm which I immediately (don’t ask me why) look up to get a mental picture.