2023/12/29
13 Things You Might Not Have Known About John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’
13 Things You Might Not Have Known About John Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’
John Steinbeck’s dog Toby ate the first draft of the manuscript, leading the author to write a friend, “I’m not sure Toby didn’t know what he was doing.”
2023/12/28
2023/12/27
Todays Thought
Just the other day, I was in my neighborhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey cafe mocha when it occurred to me that to drink a mocha is to gulp down the entire history of the New World. From the Spanish exportation of Aztec cacao, and the Dutch invention of the chemical process for making cocoa, on down to the capitalist empire of Hershey, PA, and the lifestyle marketing of Seattle's Starbucks, the modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top. No wonder it costs so much.
-Sarah Vowell, author and journalist (b. 27 Dec 1969)
2023/12/26
Todays Thought
I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a man who goes around with a little oil can and when he sees a breakdown, offers his help. To me, the man who does that is greater than any holy man in saffron-colored robes. The mechanic with the oilcan: that is my ideal in life.
-Baba Amte, social worker and activist (26 Dec 1914-2008)
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