David Simon is arguing with Maggie Haberman about the New York Times story that dropped today suggesting that Rod Rosenstein contemplated wearing a wire on Trump. You can see most of it by going to his timeline: https://t.co/spiAGxuIbw
“I’ve had horrible luck finding a husband. Most marriages in this country are traditional, and I have a middleman who arranges interviews with potential suitors. He probably thinks I’m a snob. Because I either turn the men down or scare them off. But you should hear the..."
nominated ambassadors in pipeline are more than 90% white, and 3/4 men. in many countries, these people will be asked have conversations w foreign counterparts like, "include your minorities better". #selfawareness https://t.co/o1Z7qwQP7g
Dear Twitter Friends,
Finally, in stock, paperback edition of my new book of short meditations/#aphorisms:
“Where Epics Fail”—
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Kindly, read the reviews and help me to get the word out 🙏🏼
#ThursdayThoughts#poetry#WhereEpicsFail
via @unbounders
BREAKING: Nike had been paying Colin Kaepernick all along, waiting for the right moment. That moment is now, as he becomes the face of the company’s 30th anniversary of the “Just Do It” campaign.
On our way to Morocco 🇲🇦, Egypt 🇪🇬, and Qatar 🇶🇦 with a group of #UNAOCfellows from Belgium 🇧🇪, Canada 🇨🇦, Finland 🇫🇮, France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, Ireland 🇮🇪, Italy 🇮🇹, Serbia 🇷🇸, the UK 🇬🇧 and the US 🇺🇸. Stay tuned for daily updates!
You’re 8 years old.
Your 3rd grade class orders chinese food & your father delivers it. You are so excited to see your pops in school. He’s your hero. But apparently other kids don’t think he’s so cool. They laugh at him and mimic his accent. You don’t want to be Chinese anymore.
Toni Morrison: 40
Mark Twain: 41
Marcel Proust: 43
Henry Miller: 44
JRR Tolkien: 45
Raymond Chandler: 51
Richard Adams: 52
Annie Proulx: 57
Laura Ingalls Wilder: 65
Frank McCourt: 66
Harriett Doerr: 74
Harry Bernstein: 96
No, you’re not too old to publish your first book.
In college I built a spreadsheet of internships I wanted and used mail merge to send. Forgot to change the name of the newspaper in my cover letter’s first sentence. Told 29 newspapers not named the Courier-Journal I wanted to work there. All 30 declined. #ShareYourRejections