After talking about the Dalai Lama's daily schedule, I came across Hunter S. Thompson's and thought it was a nice yin to that yang. 3:00 p.m. - rise.3:05 - Chivas Regal with the morning papers, Dunhill cigarette3:45 - cocaine3:50 - another glass of Chivas, Dunhill4:05 - first cup of coffee, Dunhill4:15 - cocaine4:16 - orange … Continue reading Hunter S. Thompson’s Day
Category: biography
Remembering Boro Mashi
"The neighbors want to know, “Who will give mukhagni?” — only menfolk are allowed to go with the dead to the cremation grounds. Only sons or designated male family members are allowed to light the pyre, mukhagni (adding fire to the mouth of the dead). Women are second-class, not permitted. Women are to bear children … Continue reading Remembering Boro Mashi
Confessions of an Islamic State Fighter | 1843
"Erion’s family say they don’t resent Lladrovci for blackmailing them. 'We begged as many Albanians in Syria as we could to bring Erion back,' Suad Sadullahi, Erion’s cousin, told me. 'We even asked Lavdrim Muhaxheri. Fitim [Lladrovci] was the only one who agreed.' Two weeks after Erion had been returned, Sadullahi travelled to Obilic to … Continue reading Confessions of an Islamic State Fighter | 1843
The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Driving a Moving Truck – a.k.a. Bedbuggers
"Then we’ll pack everything in the house into cartons. I don’t love packing; it’s inside work and mostly tedious. I do enjoy packing stemware, china, sculpture, and fine art, but that stuff is getting rarer in American households. Books are completely disappearing. (Remember in Fahrenheit 451 where the fireman’s wife was addicted to interactive television … Continue reading Driving a Moving Truck – a.k.a. Bedbuggers
You’ll Never Be as Radical as This 18th-Century Quaker Dwarf
"Disparaged and abandoned by his fellow Quakers, Lay eventually helped win the debate over slavery. He wanted to provoke, to unsettle, even to confound — to make people think and act. His greatest power, indeed his genius, lay in his gift as an agitator. In every meeting he attended, public or private, he drew a … Continue reading You’ll Never Be as Radical as This 18th-Century Quaker Dwarf
Ben Grierson, Equinophobic U.S. Civil War Cavalry Hero
"If you grew up in church, you get that story in a hot second: He was one of the Elect, horse-wise. God got him kicked, marked with the hoofprint to tell him he’d have to crawl to the ol’ rugged hoss, like it or not, and added the horse-phobia to make it more interesting. Although … Continue reading Ben Grierson, Equinophobic U.S. Civil War Cavalry Hero
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