John Cheever

“Fiction must compete with first-rate reporting. If you cannot write a story that is equal to a factual account of battle in the streets or demonstrations, then you can’t write a story.”

-- John Cheever (Image Credit: John Cheever at home in Ossining, New York, 1979. Photograph: Paul Hosefros/Getty Images)

John Cheever

“Fiction must compete with first-rate reporting. If you cannot write a story that is equal to a factual account of battle in the streets or demonstrations, then you can’t write a story.”

-- John Cheever (Image Credit: John Cheever at home in Ossining, New York, 1979. Photograph: Paul Hosefros/Getty Images)

Frankenstorm: Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy churned through the Atlantic Ocean on Monday en route to what forecasters agreed would be a devastating landfall that is expected to paralyze life for millions of people in more than a half-dozen states in the Northeast, with widespread power failures, a halt in transportation systems and extensive evacuations.

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Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland gave an unvarnished assessment of the grim situation as the storm raked the coast and roared inland. “There will be people who die and are killed in this storm,” he warned.

“We need to watch out for each other, but the intensity of this storm is such that there will undoubtedly be some deaths that are caused by the intensity of this storm, by the floods, by the tidal surge, and by the waves,” Mr. O’Malley said in a news conference from the statement’s emergency center broadcast live over the Internet.

-- JAMES BARRON and BRIAN STELTER at The New York Times

This is being heralded in awe as one of those 'perfect storms', so many conditions coming together perfectly to make a hell on earth and promises to be historic. A part of global weirding? Probably. And probably a sign of things to come.

Frankenstorm: Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy churned through the Atlantic Ocean on Monday en route to what forecasters agreed would be a devastating landfall that is expected to paralyze life for millions of people in more than a half-dozen states in the Northeast, with widespread power failures, a halt in transportation systems and extensive evacuations.

[...]

Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland gave an unvarnished assessment of the grim situation as the storm raked the coast and roared inland. “There will be people who die and are killed in this storm,” he warned.

“We need to watch out for each other, but the intensity of this storm is such that there will undoubtedly be some deaths that are caused by the intensity of this storm, by the floods, by the tidal surge, and by the waves,” Mr. O’Malley said in a news conference from the statement’s emergency center broadcast live over the Internet.

-- JAMES BARRON and BRIAN STELTER at The New York Times

This is being heralded in awe as one of those 'perfect storms', so many conditions coming together perfectly to make a hell on earth and promises to be historic. A part of global weirding? Probably. And probably a sign of things to come.

Doug and Courtney

While Doug and Courtney were filming Couples Therapy she spoke openly about her high school boyfriend with whom she is still talking and show insiders say they are concerned about how her husband is handling his wife’s relationship with her ex.

“Doug seems like he is worried about Courtney leaving him, and he gets really upset whenever he thinks about the possibility of his marriage ending,” the source says.

-- ONTD

Well, I can certainly appreciate his fear, but, hell, you have to be thankful that you got that in your bed for a good year or so. It was a wonderful dream; most of us don't get that when we are awake.

Doug and Courtney

While Doug and Courtney were filming Couples Therapy she spoke openly about her high school boyfriend with whom she is still talking and show insiders say they are concerned about how her husband is handling his wife’s relationship with her ex.

“Doug seems like he is worried about Courtney leaving him, and he gets really upset whenever he thinks about the possibility of his marriage ending,” the source says.

-- ONTD

Well, I can certainly appreciate his fear, but, hell, you have to be thankful that you got that in your bed for a good year or so. It was a wonderful dream; most of us don't get that when we are awake.

"Is James Bond in fact a psycho?"

Another nice double-oh-seven piece, this one examining the spy-hero for psychotic markers. Hey, he is a lover of danger and women, what do you think?

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"Is James Bond in fact a psycho?"

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