Can writers be “tortured artists”? Yes. Just ask me.
It’s funny. When I first started writing when I was in my early teens, I didn’t think of myself as an artist. I had this image in my head of a frustrated painter furiously working his canvass. Even though years later I learned that painters weren’t the only people who could be classified as artists – and that writers, too, were considered as such, I still never considered myself one.
Friday Night Open Thread (UPDATED)
Taking a breather this evening from politics. Because you just have to sometimes.
US Government: barring convicts from certain jobs is race discrimination
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(Video) The Most Arrogant Man In The World — UPDATED
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Ed Schultz: Be happy the #Heat won, because those millionaires brought attn to #Trayvon
Because misguided campaigns for “social justice” based on “facts” horribly distorted and deliberately misrepresented by the MSM (including his employer) should always be rewarded (via @adamsbaldwin):