Reading "The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History" by Leo Braudy. Takes the long view of celebrity beginning with Alexander, Julius Caesar
RT @Cassie_Xtassy: "I cant release that information but u black monkeys need to stop calling your ppls have been blowing up our line all night" n she hunged up
RT @Cassie_Xtassy: Wow just called the ferguson police department n asked information regarding Antonio French release n the operator literally I quote said
RT @vondellswain: It is psychologically exhausting to be black in America. It drains the spirit. Yet we move despite it. That's what real strength looks like.
RT @ChateauOfADoubt: Seriously, who has the nerve to say "it's not about race" right now??
RT @mollylambert: where the fuck is Obama this is some Bush during Katrina bulllshit
MT @hjli: All true. "@polotek: This MLK quote on white moderates is incredible. https://twitter.com/MochaLi..." cc: @vondellswain
RT @TheWarRoom_Tom: I am now trying to figure out what the #Ferguson cops think they're stopping or preventing, besides the riot they're trying to start.
RT @vondellswain: #IfItWereAWhiteSuburb we'd hear about "passionate" "citizens" "protesting" the "shocking" and "deranged" "murder" of a "young man".
RT @vondellswain: #IfItWereAWhiteSuburb Mike Brown's life would be celebrated on every major news outlet along with all who have stood in solidarity with him.
RT @vondellswain: #IfItWereAWhiteSuburb it would be on the lips of every political leader in the US within hours.
RT @BobMurphyEcon: Best line of the night: RT @flyer38 Any word yet from Sen. McCain on whether he wants to arm the rebels in #Ferguson ?
RT @JackPMoore: Why does a small town in Missouri have tanks? Under what circumstance would a town of 21,000 people need multiple tanks?
RT @SnarkAmendment: After tonight, the harrassed media should just go ahead and tell us the name of the Cop who shot #MichaelBrown #Ferguson
RT @L_EdwinSaar: Thank You Lewis Black For Telling The Pig That He Lives In His Own Filth. #StopRush via @JamesieK https://twitter.com/L_Edwin...
RT @NationalReset: Well-said! RT @TheBaxterBean: Nothing says 'Republican' like a Cuban-Canadian child immigrant leading effort to deport immigrant children...
.@JediJon the one to see is Robin's FIRST appearance on The Tonight Show in 1981 https://t.co/MxgqEOtjIt He's Diet Coke with Mentos
David Simon (The Wire, Homicide, Treme) has an amazing memory of Robin filming an episode of Homicide. http://davidsimon.com/robin-w...
Norm MacDonald's Tweets about an encounter with Robin http://thedailybanter.com/2014... HT @legslambert
How dumb of Hillary to remind us that she voted for and supported the invasion of Iraq. I'm through with thinking about her as a President.
The NBC rumors about MTP are the classic Good News / Bad News joke, aren't they?
I liked a @YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch... RIP - A Young Robin Williams on the Home Box Office 1977
Some really early Robin (1977) https://t.co/d7ZuB6ogpo
Robin Williams: How the Scottish invented golf https://t.co/lP5gekI1wf Classic Standup from the master.
Digging into the FaceBook algorithm by "Liking" everything you see. http://www.wired.com/2014... Results? Not for the squeamish.
RT @Slate: The surrogacy debate is about to break the Christian right wide open: http://www.slate.com/blogs...
RT @DanCas2: Watch: Robin Williams speaks before Senate on homelessness http://news360.com/article...
Eight minutes of Robin at the Met https://www.youtube.com/watch... Alcohol and Marajuana.
Having such a sad night thinking about Robin Williams. I shared some memories of when he first burst on the scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch...