“Any preacher who owns more than two suits is a huckster.” – Lenny Bruce
“[When I die] if I leave behind me ten pounds … you and all mankind [may] bear witness against me, that I have lived and died a thief and a robber.” – John Wesley
Grantland Puts Too Fine a Point on It
I think the meatballs are overkill.
“Last Picnic” (Charles Simic, Harvard Review)
Came across “Last Picnic” by Charles Simic at the Harvard Review Online this past spring. It’s lovely.
We Just Want to be Tumblr Famous
I’ve been editing a collection of very short fiction for release in the near future. I’m inspired to finish by this from Alexander Kuhn:
A new piece by Steven Hyden sets out to say I won’t love the new Killers record, but convinces me I will.
A new piece by Steven Hyden sets out to say I won’t love the new Killers record, but convinces me I will. I like the Imagine Dragons set-up of the Battle Born review, but by the time I got to the Grizzly Bear portion, I’d forgotten that half the piece was supposed to be about them.
Letterman, Conan, and Catharsis at Work
there’s more than Schadenfreude happening here.
catharsis, for one thing. Don’t you love the knowing silence?
The Good News is Supposed to Be Good
And Jesus said “the time has been fulfilled. The Kingdom of God is has come near. Repent, and believe the good news.”
“Master,” they said, “what is the good news? Tell us, so that we might believe it.”
And Jesus answered them: “the time has been fulfilled. The Kingdom of God has come near. Repent, and believe the good news.”
And Jesus ministered in Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
Chris Cocca 