Die Young Memorably or Old Peacefully?

In the movies, legends, lore and so on, heroes and villains often die “memorable” deaths. These could be dramatic, heroic, tragic, traumatic and/or other “memorable” adjectives that move audiences. However, those characters usually die “before their time”. They rarely die a boring death in old age, like of natural causes, at home, at a hospital, possibly due to some disease. Those types of deaths are tragic as well, of course, but lots of people die that way.

Pretty much all of us admire some such fictional character that die before their time. Many people admire them very much. But enough to want to die the same way? That’s what I want to know with the Meth of Death Survey below.

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101 Things I Learned in Fashion School

101 Things I Learned in Fashion School

101 Things I Learned in Fashion School

This is a book review, not experience sharing because I have never gone to fashion school. While it may be tempting, fashion design is listed among the worst 5 useless degrees currently by articles on some big sites like Yahoo!… for what those opinions are worth. Fortunately for me, I have a great job not involving fashion design and am doing it for love, not money.

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Congratulations, S.H.I.EL.D. You’ve Got a New Agent.

With Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. tonight, I got myself interested in a TV series for the first time in, like, a couple of decades? I’m happy to report I was very impressed!

Congratulations, S.H.I.E.L.D. You’ve got a new agent.

That’s spy talk for new fan here! 

Identify yourselves, folks. 🙂

It’s Time Internet Trolls Get Exposed to Be Accountable

Pretty much every story these days have really inappropriate comments. Some are meant to do nothing more than to incite and get the poster some reaction which they thrive on. Others are just plain bad attitudes of the users. Most are made because the user knows they can get away with it behind a curtain anonymity of their online ID, and many will continue to be made as long as this remains allowed.

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