– BRENÉ BROWN
He was that “righteous one without whom, according to the proverb, no village can stand…. Nor any city. Nor our whole land.” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at 100
THE SONG THAT CAME IN FROM THE COLD: “Baby It’s Cold Outside” begins its return to some radio stations
I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered! I came up twice and cried! If that water hadn't a-been so cold I might've sunk and died. But it was Cold in that water! It was cold! I took the elevator Sixteen floors above the ground. I thought about my baby And thought I would jump down.
I stood there and I hollered! I stood there and I cried! If it hadn't a-been so high I might've jumped and died. But it was High up there! It was high! So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love— But for livin' I was born Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry— I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die. Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!
When words fail me
Name a place, a time, a feeling, there's a Paul Kelly lyric to fit ...
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- When you see 300 people naked in Grand Central Station,
- or a river of flesh flowing through the beauty aisles of
- Selfridges department store, it makes you think about all
- sorts of social and political issues...
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN ( Dreaming of Cold River: The Cold Truth of Freedom: Jozef Imrich: 9781554043118 ...)
A new Clint Eastwood movie opens Dec. 14, based on reporting by Sam Dolnick for the New York Times
Magazine. "The Mule" stars Clint Eastwood as a veteran with no criminal
record who began working for Sinaloa drug cartel. Dolnick's
story published in 2014, and this week he wrote for the Times Insider
about what it was like to have been the starting point for what evolved into a
full-length film.
Far from wishing the screenwriter had struck strictly to
the facts, Dolnick embraces the idea that it's a better story with
Hollywood magic. "Fiction filled in the spaces where journalism could not
go," he writes. "I cannot wait to see it."
Speaking of movies, "Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger
Ailes," a documentary about the Fox News chief, was
released this weekend. J. Max Robins writes for CJR about his and other
journalists' experiences covering Ailes. The Hollywood Reporter says the
movie's box office debut was disappointing, but not unexpected,
since it was simultaneously released on video — you can rent it on Vudu for $6.99.
- CNN: 'I can't breathe.' Jamal Khashoggi's last words disclosed in transcript, source says (our top pick)
- The New Republic: A Future with Less News
- The Washington Post: At NPR, an army of temps faces a workplace of anxiety and insecurity
“Dimensions.Guide
is a comprehensive reference database of dimensioned drawings
documenting the standard measurements and sizes of the everyday objects
and spaces that make up our built environment. Created as a universal
resource to better communicate the basic properties, systems, and logics
of our world, Dimensions.Guide is a free platform for increasing public
and professional knowledge of life and design. Updated daily. [Take a
look – you will be amazed – and return again and again – my favorite of
the moment – and it changes daily, is the dimensions of the giant turtle.]
Inside Higher Ed, Princeton A Cappella Group Won't Sing Kiss the Girl From The Little Mermaid After Complaints That Its Performance Made Audience Members Uncomfortable:
Inside Higher Ed, Princeton A Cappella Group Won't Sing Kiss the Girl From The Little Mermaid After Complaints That Its Performance Made Audience Members Uncomfortable:
In its typical performance of “Kiss the Girl” from The Little Mermaid, one of Princeton University’s all-male a cappella groups, the Princeton Tigertones, selects a woman from the audience.