Henry James
A couple of rejection letters received by Henry James
“A duller story I have never read. It wanders through a deep mire of affected writing and gets nowhere, tells no tale, stirs no emotion but weariness. The professional critics who mistake an indirect and roundabout use of words for literary art will call it an excellent piece of work; but people who have any blood in their veins will yawn and throw it down — if, indeed, they ever pick it up.”
“It is surely the n+1st power of Jamesiness. … It gets decidedly on one’s nerves. It is like trying to make out page after page of illegible writing. The sense of effort becomes acutely exasperating. Your spine curls up, your hair-roots prickle & you want to get up and walk around the block. There is no story — oh! but none at all …”
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Da Vinci Skull
A rather intriguing find at an antique store, and curiously postulated provenance:
Link: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-06/13/leonardo-da-vinci-skull
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How I met your mother...
The daughter is asking me how I met her mother. She knows, of course, but mine is always the more interesting recollection...
“remember how I told you I went to Hogwarts…?”
- “With Harry Potter?”
“yes, yes… and remember Voldemort? How he was trying to kill the Potter boy? Well...Voldemort was your Mother’s Puppet...She came from Mordor, having finished with Sauron, and rode her broom through time and space, no, it's not really relevant, I just thought you'd wanna know ... it was in the Jedi Academy...no, after I helped Pharaoh to build the pyramids...don’t be funny, The Vampire Wars were much later, do they not teach history in school? ...Stop rolling your eyes, I know you’re a bit skeptical but I have proof, let me show you...This ring...can you see me? Still? ahh, that’s your wizard blood...if you were a muggle you couldn't … anyways, it seems that Lord Vader, or Anakin as we called him then, had benefited greatly from your Mother’s assistance…"
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Social App Idea
Now I had this idea which I am far too busy to follow up upon, but I'll gladly share it with you for a very modest cut of the royalties should you choose to develop it.
It's a Social App for phones (and probably tablets and PC's and whatever else...) that goes through your list of contacts - friends, and if after a month (or other user determined amount of time) you haven't contacted them - or they you, it prompts you with a reminder to call them, and if you don't within x hours or days it archives, deletes or moves the contact to an "acquaintances" group, downgrading the friendship. A hierarchical system, that keeps only the contacts you're current with, and reminding you to interact with them or lose their friendship. Optional additional features might include ranking value for friendships by how often they call you (or you them).
When you get it up and running I'll give you an address you can send royalty cheques to. I'm not greedy.
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