Thursday, December 26, 2019

CHILLI HOT JOZEF IMRICH WILL ACHIEVE IMMORTALITY:

OKAY. OLDER DAUGHTER  WILL ACHIEVE IMMORTALITY:  Chili peppers might hurt, but a new study says they help you live longer


Eating chilies cuts risk of death from heart attack and stroke, study says CNN. So make that egg-nog spicy!


At A Quasi-Secret Film Festival In Belarus, Trying To Stay Ahead Of The KGB

The organizers of the festival, almost all women, had to come up with Plans C and D after the Belarus KGB said no to showing films in the theatres or bank buildings. “The confidence to cover the screen in black, to ask such serious questions about liberty and cinema. Compared with this, most film festivals look meagre and transient.” – The Guardian (UK)


How Russia’s Version Of Santa Claus Survived Soviet Communism



“Ded Moroz today is about what you would expect. He has a long white beard, wears a fur-lined hat, has an animal-towed sleigh, and delivers presents to well-behaved children when it is cold outside. But Ded Moroz’s last hundred years have been violent, political, and full of massive social upheaval. This, for Santa, you would not expect.” – Atlas Obscura



0SCAR ROMERO. Advent Readings from a Modern Martyr.



No one can celebrate a genuine Christmas
without being truly poor.




When literature mattered. During the Cold War, the CIA printed copies of Animal Farm light enough to float across borders on balloons 🎈  🎈   

Before “narrative nonfiction” or even Pulitzer Prizes, McClure’s magazineinvented long-form journalism almost from scratch  Pulitzer Gurus