What's the best thing you've read today?

beks101

I was reading up on this Oregon shooting this afternoon and stumbled upon a New Yorker article written a year and a half ago which has captivated me for the best part of two hours.

It's a profile that features a long and extended interview that journalist Andrew Solomon conducted with Peter Lanza, the father of Adam Lanza who killed 20 kids and 6 adults in Sandy Hook in 2012.

He goes right back to Adam's childhood and the progression from "just a normal little weird kid" to a deeply troubled teenager and the disturbed adult that he became. He describes the complex relationship Adam had with his mother, whose way of dealing with him seemed to just be appeasing his every whim, and his isolation from his own son closer to the time of the shootings. He describes finding out and the head fcuk that ensues.

I usually steer clear of these kinds of articles as the humanizing of these shooters kind of makes me sick to the stomach. But it really opened my eyes.

Here it is for anyone interested: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/17/the-reckoning

What's the best piece of writing you've read on this lazy Sunday afternoon?

mad muffin

beks101 wrote: »

I was reading up on this Oregon shooting this afternoon and stumbled upon a New Yorker article written a year and a half ago which has captivated me for the best part of two hours.

It's a profile that features a long and extended interview that journalist Andrew Solomon conducted with Peter Lanza, the father of Adam Lanza who killed 20 kids and 6 adults in Sandy Hook in 2012.

He goes right back to Adam's childhood and the progression from "just a normal little weird kid" to a deeply troubled teenager and the disturbed adult that he became. He describes the complex relationship Adam had with his mother, whose way of dealing with him seemed to just be appeasing his every whim, and his isolation from his own son closer to the time of the shootings. He describes finding out and the head fcuk that ensues.

I usually steer clear of these kinds of articles as the humanizing of these shooters kind of makes me sick to the stomach. But it really opened my eyes.

Here it is for anyone interested: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/17/the-reckoning

What's the best piece of writing you've read on this lazy Sunday afternoon?
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What's the best piece of writing you've read today?

The obligatory. Not this

wp_rathead

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Chapters 1 and 2 of Jacob Bronowski's The Accent of Man. Absolutely brilliant so far on the cultural evolution of man.

beks101

wp_rathead wrote: »

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer

Aiden Blue Stardom wrote: »

Chapters 1 and 2 of Jacob Bronowski's The Accent of Man. Absolutely brilliant so far on the cultural evolution of man.

What was it that stood out and made you each think "holy fcuk..."?

Dirty Dingus McGee

Aiden Blue Stardom wrote: »

Chapters 1 and 2 of Jacob Bronowski's The Accent of Man. Absolutely brilliant so far on the cultural evolution of man.

Did he manage to explain how certain people in Ireland picked up American accents?

TheLastMohican

About half way through The Dust That Falls From Dreams by L de Bernieres. Excellent read as are all his books.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

beks101 wrote: »

What was it that stood out and made you each think "holy fcuk..."?

Nothing, because I neither talk nor think with that kind of language. Every page either presented a new thought to me or give me a new insight into something I had read previously. In short, I learned from it.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Did he manage to explain how certain people in Ireland picked up American accents?

You might want to read something that explains and defines cultural evolution, if you think accents come anywhere near it.

Massimo Cassagrande

A summary of "F*** Feelings" by Michael and Sarah Bennett....sounds like a great read.

booooring!

Arsenal 3-0 United

the evasion_kid

This kept me reading today..

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/for-40-years-this-russian-family-was-cut-off-from-all-human-contact-unaware-of-world-war-ii-7354256/

Chucken

This: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=97254726&postcount=1054

Junkyard Tom

That there was a group of 500 to 1000 Woolly Mammoths still alive after the Pyramids were constructed.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

That there was a group of 500 to 1000 Woolly Mammoths still alive after the Pyramids were constructed.

Yes, the pyramids were 1000 years old when the Mammoths became extinct in C.1650BC

wp_rathead

beks101 wrote: »

What was it that stood out and made you each think "holy fcuk..."?

I didn't read thread title properly and didn't see "today" bit ha..
But basically the whole book is amazing, the detail he goes into is scary

the evasion_kid

Aiden Blue Stardom wrote: »

Yet, the pyramids were 1000 years old when the Mammoths became extinct in C.1650BC

Farmer found remains in Michigan recently,30 have been found in Michigan so far:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/10/04/farmer-finds-woolly-mammoth-bones-in-michigan-field/

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Nothing good today yet, unfortunately. I avoid newspapers for the sole reason they're full of bad news and depressing stories. And my Facebook today is full of sad news, two young lads died over the weekend.

I wouldn't mind something light and fun and good newsy.

One eyed Jack

beks101 wrote: »

What was it that stood out and made you each think "holy fcuk..."?

Reading this today actually, I still can't get my head around it -


The extraordinary case of the Guevedoces

The discovery of a small community in the Dominican Republic, where some males are born looking like girls and only grow penises at puberty, has led to the development of a blockbuster drug that has helped millions of people, writes Michael Mosley.

Source: BBC News


"Holy fcuk..." is putting it mildly :pac:

OhDearyMe

Whatsapp from a good friend to say she got engaged - she got fired from her job earlier in the week, so besides from the fantastic news, it was a perfect ending to a crappy week. I'm really happy for her and her lovely fella.

Fleawuss

Wrapping on new packet of loo paper.

Sunnyisland

Today



The breakfast menu .

_Whimsical_

beks101 wrote: »

I was reading up on this Oregon shooting this afternoon and stumbled upon a New Yorker article written a year and a half ago which has captivated me for the best part of two hours.

It's a profile that features a long and extended interview that journalist Andrew Solomon conducted with Peter Lanza, the father of Adam Lanza who killed 20 kids and 6 adults in Sandy Hook in 2012.

He goes right back to Adam's childhood and the progression from "just a normal little weird kid" to a deeply troubled teenager and the disturbed adult that he became. He describes the complex relationship Adam had with his mother, whose way of dealing with him seemed to just be appeasing his every whim, and his isolation from his own son closer to the time of the shootings. He describes finding out and the head fcuk that ensues.

I usually steer clear of these kinds of articles as the humanizing of these shooters kind of makes me sick to the stomach. But it really opened my eyes.

Here it is for anyone interested: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/17/the-reckoning

What's the best piece of writing you've read on this lazy Sunday afternoon?

I read that last year, it was one of those pieces that really stayed with me, an excellent article.

beks101

beks101 wrote: »

I was reading up on this Oregon shooting this afternoon and stumbled upon a New Yorker article written a year and a half ago which has captivated me for the best part of two hours.

It's a profile that features a long and extended interview that journalist Andrew Solomon conducted with Peter Lanza, the father of Adam Lanza who killed 20 kids and 6 adults in Sandy Hook in 2012.

He goes right back to Adam's childhood and the progression from "just a normal little weird kid" to a deeply troubled teenager and the disturbed adult that he became. He describes the complex relationship Adam had with his mother, whose way of dealing with him seemed to just be appeasing his every whim, and his isolation from his own son closer to the time of the shootings. He describes finding out and the head fcuk that ensues.

I usually steer clear of these kinds of articles as the humanizing of these shooters kind of makes me sick to the stomach. But it really opened my eyes.

Here it is for anyone interested: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/17/the-reckoning

What's the best piece of writing you've read on this lazy Sunday afternoon?

I am very interested in how such monsters come into being. So that article will be read in the morning. Thanks! Have you seen the film We need to talk about Kevin? Excellent stuff. The book I have yet to read.

The best things I read today were some poems by Margaret Atwood. I love her.

Mountainsandh

I read about the discovery of an aristocratic lady's remains in Alsace with an elongated skull. It was an aristocratic trend at one stage to bind the heads of babies to achieve that skull shape. Originally from Asia, the practice spread into central Europe as far as Germany.

http://m.livescience.com/41244-deformed-skull-burial-in-france.html?cmpid=514629_20151003_53131036&adbid=1135335096494524&adbpl=fb&adbpr=123862014308509

Oh, and not exactly reading, but I spent ages browsing on the Project Apollo Archive this morning,
8400 pics of Apollo missions uploaded on Flickr.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/21331557323/in/photostream/

buried

"Borstal Boy" by Brendan Behan. The bit with the prison screw and the snow. Was good lols on a pretty $hitty sunday

NintendoGirl

This thread.

Usually if I see something interesting il open it in a new tab and have it to read later. And this thread has some great reading in it

Earthhorse

If you're looking for interesting reading material I suggest paying a visit to reddit.com/r/truereddit, a subreddit where people share interesting, in depth aricles. A lot of it are from the usual suspects; NYT, Washington Post, New Yorker, The Atlantic but they'll also share stuff from The New Statesman, The New York Review of Books, Aeon and others that you might not normally check. It's a great way of having content aggregated for you and I regularly find interesting reads there.

Sort by Top > All Time when you first visit to see some of the highlights.

biko

I aint' no rayding done.

NachoBusiness

Adorable two year old girl missing for two days in Ohio























Found safe and well sleeping in a field \:)/

One eyed Jack

Surgeons reattach toddler’s head after internal decapitation

Surgeons at a Brisbane hospital have reattached the head of a toddler to his spine after he was internally decapitated in a car crash.
One-year-old Jaxon Taylor was travelling in the car with his mother and nine-year-old sister when they collided with another car at a speed of 110kph.

The 16-month-old toddler’s head was torn from his neck internally.

He was airlifted to a Brisbane hospital where a team of surgeons, headed by Dr Geoff Askin, performed the six-hour surgery to reattach the head to the spine.

“A lot of children wouldn’t survive that injury in the first place and if they did, and they were resuscitated, they may never move or breathe again,” said Dr Askin.

Doctors said Jaxon will have to wear a brace over his head for eight weeks to help the tissues and nerves connecting his head to his spine to heal.
“It is a miracle,” Jaxon’s mother Rylea told 7 News Melbourne.

Incredible story

whatismyname

The best thing I've read today is the world is due to end tonight. Still hoping.