I have a very talented friend who has written, drawn, created and animated a wonderful short film called “Thundercluck.” It’s the story of a chicken who becomes an unlikely hero. It is funny and heartwarming and lovely. After a successful run on the film festival circuit, he has released it online. Please watch, and enjoy.…
Cool articles and links from the week Quirky History: The Hatpin As A Lady’s Weapon Of Choice, Posted by E.H. Kern, Quirk Books In advance of the release of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, learn about real women who used mundane items to fend off attackers. The Invention of Serendipity, by Horace Walpole, The Paris Review…
The Paris Review recently posted a contest. The idea was to be inspired by a funny illustration and write 300 words or less in the style of Ernest Hemingway, P. G. Wodehouse, Joan Didion, Elizabeth Bishop, or Ray Bradbury. Obviously I chose Wodehouse. I didn’t win — I didn’t even make the cut as a…
Dear Paris Review, Someone sent me this text message yesterday: “What’s a book I should read to make girls think I’m smart in a hot way? I want to seem like a douchey intellectual instead of my deadbeat self.” What should I tell him? Sincerely, A Paris Review – Dear Paris Review, What…
Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Unlikely Friendship On the Daily : Paris Review – Hocus Pocus, Margaret Eby. Something I’ve been fascinated with since I saw the much too often overlooked film, Fairy Tale: A True Story.