@SomersErin @newrepublic "His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum." I read that as a quote in an article before I knew who Amis was. No idea what the original article was... but that sentence burned its way into my brain forever.
"What we eventually run up against are the forces of humourlessness, and let me assure you that the humourless as a bunch don't just not know what's funny, they don't know what's serious. They have no common sense, either, and shouldn't be trusted with anything."
Martin Amis RIP
Oklahoma plans to kill Richard Glossip on May 18. The state's own attorney general has said that this would be a "grave injustice," but other people in Oklahoma are determined to go ahead and kill him. Sound crazy? Keep reading; it gets crazier.
@SomersErin after years of consideration I've concluded that Jimmy Fallon will be Hugo Best. Not in some details...but that wry weariness is coming for Jimmy. And I will like that version more.
"It's the usual chaos and suffering. But the restaurant's still standing."
As homelessness overwhelms downtown Phoenix, one small business is wondering how long it can hang on. https://t.co/Ao5R0oEyok