Last day before February.
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Hey, Bill O’Reilly, You Were Mean To My Sister. Fight Me.
Bill O’Reilly said nasty things about my sister, a journalist. He took her words out of context. I want to take his nose out of context. Click here for the full article Posted from Facebook
Five hundred new fairytales discovered in Germany
Anyone want to wager on how long it’ll be before Disney has all of them under perpetual copyright? Collection of fairytales gathered by historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth had been locked away in an archive in Regensburg for over 150 years Click here for the full article Posted from Facebook
“What I Learned in 40 Years of Doing Intelligence Analysis for US Foreign Policymakers” (PDF)
So here’s an interesting thing, particularly for my friends in the journalism universe. It’s an article from a former high-level CIA officer about how to produce high-quality intelligence analysis. It’s a really good read, though, for anyone who produces (or consumes) intelligence of any kind, including news. One of the best things — the notion … Read more
Early Facebook Commercial (1995)
Just mail in your photos. They’ll post them for you. Television commercial for The Facebook from the mid-90s. Click here for the full article Posted from Facebook
‘He Took His Skin Off For Me’, A Strange Short Film About a Man Who Takes Off His Skin to Please His Girlfriend
He Took His Skin Off For Me from Ben Aston on Vimeo. More romantic than you’d expect. Back in 2013 we posted about “He Took His Skin Off For Me,” a strange short film by Ben Aston about a man who removes his skin in an effort to please his girlfriend. At the time, the … Read more
My first chili cookoff …
The friendly Irish pub in my neighborhood hosted a little chili cook-off last night. Naturally, I assumed it was to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, but apparently it was really about some kind of sporting event. I felt pretty good about my entry, but alas, it seems that … Read more
Pop up dinner
We celebrated my buddy Eric’s birthday with a fancy pop-up dinner here in Chicago. Good fun with interesting people. via Facebook
Amnesty International: Nigeria massacre deadliest in history of Boko Haram
Hundreds of bodies — too many to count — remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested Friday is the deadliest massacre in the history of Boko Haram. Click here for the full article Posted from Facebook