Climbing into our cab was a relief. The shadow stretched out into the ambient darkness as the cabbie pulled away from the curb, and I felt my shoulders loosen as she spread out, the sensation like exhaling after holding my breath for too long. I actually had a tension headache pinching behind my eyes. She purred in my head at the meager freedom and commenced cataloging the myriad of upsetting tastes and scents ground into the upholstery and footwells.
Christopher Hitchens died December 15, 2011. Almost immediately his name, and the name of one of his most popular books, "God Is Not Great," started trending on Twitter. And then, suddenly, it wasn't anymore.
Hang on… isn't insider trading illegal, period? Why do we need a special law to stop Congresspeople from doing it? We put Martha Stewart in jail for this, didn't we? We can put Martha Freakin' Stewart in jail, but not a congressperson? WTF, people? #ImSoBloggingThis #InsiderTrading #Congress #WTF Reshared post from +Anderson Cooper 360 Keeping Them Honest, the AC360 staff called every U.S. legislator to go on the record about the STOCK act, a bill that would bar lawmakers from trading stocks using nonpublic information. Here's Anderson's report: http://on.cnn.com/sCSiRB Embedded Link Video: KTH: Congress shelves bill on insider trading...
Who would want to harm Discworld's most beloved icon? Very few things are held sacred in this twisted, corrupt, heartless -- and oddly familiar -- universe, but the Hogfather is one of them. Yet here it is, Hogswatchnight, that most joyous and acquisitive of times, and the jolly old, red-suited gift-giver has vanished without a trace. And there's something shady going on involving an uncommonly psychotic member of the Assassins' Guild and certain representatives of Ankh-Morpork's rather extensive criminal element. Suddenly Discworld's entire myth system is unraveling at an alarming rate. Drastic measures must be taken, which is why...
Irish studied Honey and Grace with narrow eyes for a moment before turning to Jean-Luc. “So you'd be the new Knight I heard about, then. Unless they've replaced the healer, too.” “Yes, and I wouldn't know. I've only been in town four hours.” Jean-Luc paused, frowned, and glanced back at Irish. “I'm surprised you heard about me at all,” he said, giving Irish an appraising look. “Monsieur Feist stressed to me that he was keeping the change of guard quiet. I gathered after all the...” he glanced at Grace, just now stepping back from Honey, “recent trouble, he didn't want...
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