Monday, March 26, 2018

The Death of Stalin: Death is full of possibility and opportunity


"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your  story." 
— Orson Welles


“Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” 
– The Princess Bride


Nurses reveal the last words people say before they die


MARK STEYN ON DEATH WISH, THEN AND NOW.

I haven’t seen Bruce Willis’ remake yet, but I’m not sure if it can top this earlier Bronson revenge pic

For elite runners, heaven and hell combine in the extremes of California's Death Valley.

Great behind-the-scenes look at the Spike Jonze / FKA Twigs Apple ad from a couple weeks ago. I *love* the practical effects they used.

It’s impossible to bottle a parliamentary library’s therapeutic powers, but it’s understandable why one would try ...

Five Ways to Write Like Justice Kagan”: Ross Guberman has this post at LinkedIn.

Seven Brutal Truths That Will Make Your Life Better If You Accept Them



A woman struggling to write a novel becomes writer-in-residence at her local tire shop.

This is Amy — a writer who was struggling on her latest book. But after taking her car in to get new tires, she ended up cranking out about 4,000 words in the waiting room.

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The two ways," Kierkegaardwrote. "One is to suffer; the other is to become a professor of the fact that another suffered.” But few suffered as much as the woman who loved him It was the whisper on whisper that made her suffer 







On the 100th day since the arrest of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, the National Press Club of Australia  joins its counterparts in clubs throughout Asia calling for their immediate release.
Colleen P. Murphy (Roger Williams), CJ Ryan (Vanderbilt) & Yajni Warnapala (Roger Williams), Note-Taking Mode and Academic Performance in Two Law School Courses: