“As we drove deeper into Western Europe, the sense of longing grew. Surely we’d meet someone, somewhere, who would not be able to tell that we were only Czechs? Of course, we were used to feeling second class. This was built into our upbringing and culture.”
Tag: 07.02.16
If ‘Game Of Thrones’ Were Real, How Long Would Cersei Be In Jail?
“That definitely puts her on the hook for felony arson and could easily be seen as an act of domestic terrorism. It’s also not a leap to consider Wildfire a weapon of mass destruction, which would put Cersei behind bars for life in California state prison.”
The MySpace Literary Movement That Almost Changed The World
“Brutalism rejected what its founders considered the homogenization of mainstream publishing, calling for ‘raw,’ ‘honest’ fiction and declaring that ‘[The] only maxim we adhere to is an old punk belief, which we have bastardized for our own means: Here’s a laptop. Here’s a spell-check. Now write a novel.'”
At Least This One Texas Library Job Was Saved After A Public Outcry
“As Mayor Ron White tells it, according to the Associated Press, the cat was targeted in retaliation when a city worker was denied permission to bring a puppy to city hall.”
When The Rehearsal Room Turns Racist
“The person’s sanity most important is yours. In an ideal world it would be fantastic if we could all be great friends and there was never tension in the rehearsal room. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.”
A Family (Art) Feud Worth $3 Billion
“The saga involves a collection of treasures that have largely been hidden for the past two decades, a secret seller using an offshore company to put up paintings for auction and a fight that boils down to one nonexistent will and one cryptic one.”
Elie Wiesel, Survivor Of Auschwitz And Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Has Died At 87
“By the sheer force of his personality and his gift for the haunting phrase, Mr. Wiesel, who had been liberated from Buchenwald as a 16-year-old with the indelible tattoo A-7713 on his arm, gradually exhumed the Holocaust from the burial ground of the history books.”