2020
When a popular genre writer dies, should their characters die with them?
After mystery writer Robert B. Parker’s unexpected death in 2010, his family and estate hired a Southerner, Ace Atkins, to continue writing novels featuring Parker’s Boston detective, Spenser
To cynics, the decision to carry on Parker’s novels appeared unseemly or, even worse, an act of literary grave robbing that threatened the author’s reputation. But those people didn’t know Robert B. Parker, a man who, when asked how his books would be viewed in 50 years, replied: “Don’t know, don’t care.” He was proud of his work, but he mainly saw writing as a means of providing a comfortable life for his family.
Most of the environmental impact comes from manufacture, rather than disposal, say skeptics of the bans.
Nicole Najafi went on a date with every Democratic Presidential candidate so you don’t have to. Funny.
Robin Williams, 1980. He doesn’t look bad actually.
https://reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/f7mam6/robin_williams_in_1980_always_a_good_sport/
The presidential election is a grudge match between three cranky 70-something New Yorkers.
Former California Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher confirmed he offered Julian Assange a pardon from Trump in exchange for proof that Russia didn’t hack the Democratic National Committee’s email.
Rohrabacher wanted to pin the crime on Clinton staffer Seth Rich, who has been the focus of crazy conspiracy theories since he was murdered on the street in a mugging gone bad.
“Big Tits Potato Chips 10 ₵” - This is a 1930s era wax paper potato chip bag from Dunn, North Carolina. Big Tits was the nickname of Titus Tart, one of the owners in the Tart-Chestnut Co. The image is that of Mr. Tart.
