James Frey's Blog, page 40

Profound Boredom

from The Telegraph via National Post Social media kills boredom that may lead to creativity Scrolling mindlessly through attention-grabbing posts, videos and threads prevents the build-up of ‘profound boredom’ needed to spur people on to new passions or skills, experts warn PHOTO BY GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO Walter Benjamin, a German philosopher, noted that boredom was the […]

Ken Block Gone

from AccuWeather Pro rally driver, YouTube star Ken Block dies in snowmobile accident Authorities said the 55-year-old, famous for his Gymkhana series of extreme auto sports videos, was riding on a steep slope in Utah. By Darryl Coote, UPI Jan. 2 (UPI) — Pro rally driver Ken Block has died following a snowmobile accident in Utah, authorities said […]

Dr. Ketamine

from The Washington Post via MSN This doctor prescribes ketamine to thousands online. It’s all legal. Story by Daniel Gilbert In the past two years, Scott Smith has become licensed to practice medicine in almost every U.S. state for a singular purpose: treating depressed patients online and prescribing them ketamine. The sedative, which is sometimes […]

Barbara Walters Gone

from ABC News Barbara Walters, trailblazing TV icon, dies at 93 The pioneering TV news broadcaster was the first female anchor in evening news. ByLuchina Fisher and Bill Hutchinson Barbara Walters, the trailblazing television news broadcaster and longtime ABC News anchor and correspondent who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once […]

Pelé Gone

from AP Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of ‘beautiful game,’ has died By TALES AZZONI and MAURICIO SAVARESE SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful […]

Vivienne Westwood Gone

from The LA Times Fashion designer and punk icon Vivienne Westwood dies at 81 BY JONAH VALDEZ Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, known for popularizing British punk and new wave fashion, died Thursday at age 81. A major icon in the early British punk scene of the 1970s, Westwood went on to enjoy a long career highlighted […]

Skywriting Renaissance

from the LA Times via Yahoo! News Why are skywriting messages all over L.A. lately? We have answers by Ronald D. White On a lightly breezy afternoon, Carlos Shihady and Maram Shehada stood together at the Point Reyes Lighthouse, where the rocky land juts a finger out into the Pacific, and watched “Carlos ❤️ Maram […]

Toyah & Robert

Hopewell Mysteries

from the BBC The US’ 2,000-year-old mystery mounds By Brandon Withrow Constructed by a mysterious civilisation that left no written records, the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are a testament to indigenous sophistication. Autumn leaves crackled under our shoes as dozens of eager tourists and I followed a guide along a grassy mound. We stopped when we […]

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