February 2012
17 posts
“I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to...”
– John Green, Looking for Alaska
“It’s a war going on outside we ain’t safe from,
I feel the pain in...”
– Kanye West (with Jay-Z) - Murder to Excellence - Watch the Throne (2011)
“Every thinking person fears nuclear war and every technological nation plans for...”
– Carl Sagan
What Remains: Conversations With America's Funeral... →
The small film company I sometimes work for was planning a feature on new trends in funerals, and I had flown out for the weekend to try to meet some of the younger, hipper funeral directors at the conference. One of these was Ryan, a round man with a wide smile and an impeccable hair-part, whose car, he told me, has a bumper sticker that says “Let’s Put The ‘Fun’ Back In...
Can Accused Killer Seth Winder Stay Sane Long... →
Psychosis isn’t enough to render a defendant incompetent. So it’s no surprise that at the end of this process, even desperately ill defendants like Winder are prosecuted. Nor is it surprising that seriously mentally ill prisoners in Texas outnumber those in psychiatric treatment centers by a ratio of seven to one. Substantial budget cuts to mental health services in Texas have...
“And I pack heat like an oven door …”
– Jay-Z: “Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love)”
