Rolling Stone puts together “Jay-Z: 50 Greatest Songs.” Quite a trip down to memory lane. Jay is indeed one of the top rappers of all time.

Bierut is a celebrated graphic designer. Over forty years of his career, Bierut worked for big clients as well as pro bono projects. His book, How to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things, Explain Things, Make Things Look Better, Make People Laugh, Make People Cry, and (Every Once in a While) Change the World, showcases a wide range of projects he had designed. His simple execution yet clever concept makes his works stand out. The intention behind his design is what makes him a genius. He is a vigorous reader and an excellent writer. These qualities make him a strong designer. His masterful designs combined with his engaging writings make this book a must-have for graphic design students. How To is a great resource that deserves a space on your bookshelf.

Stranger raped Elva. He was eighteen and she was sixteen. He lives in Australia and she lives in Iceland. They corresponded through emails about the incident. After nine years, they decided to meet face to face to put their past behind. Their book reveals their daily interaction during the nine days they spent in Cape Town, South Africa. Their road to reconciliation required them to face their painful past once again. Their emotion, humiliation, compassion, and transformation are laid bare on the pages. An unspeakably honest read.

Their TED talk is also inspiring, but you might want to hold off until you read the book first.

Peter Greene’s advice on writing:

Yes, read about writing. Talk about writing. Read, read, read, read, read, read — and do it like a writer. But at the end of the day, there is only one way to perfect your craft, and that is to write. Write every day. Write about whatever is passing through your head. When Something scratches and bangs and hollers against the inside of your head and demands to be released, release it. Write. Write during your lunch hour. Stay up an extra hour. Get up an hour early. But write.

On November 7, Virginia will elect a new governor. One of the pressing issues for me is gun control. Unfortunately, Ed Gillespie is bought by the NRA; therefore, he won’t fight for regulations that will prevent mass shootings. In addition, he is tied to Trump. If he can’t stand up to the incompetent president, he won’t stand up for Virginians. He is just a weakass candidate.

Kristen Manieri:

Through it, we’ve learned that while scheduled sex lacks spontaneity (truly folks, there’s not a lot of spontaneity anywhere in life when you’re raising two kids), we could intentionally build in novelty by adding in new positions or surprising sexy talk.

On the important of sex in a marriage:

Sex, as I’ve discovered, isn’t just an added perk of pairing up; rather, it’s one of the things that keeps us paired up. Love, honesty, partnership, togetherness, vulnerability, and good conversation are all hallmarks of a good marriage, but without sex, that’s just a friendship.

Can’t agree more.

Thomas L. Friedman on Secretary of Defense James Mattis:

[T]he only one who has not been infected by Trump’s metastasizing ethical cancer, the only one who has not visibly lied on Trump’s behalf, and who can still put some fear into Trump.

It’s hopeless. No one will stand up to the big bully.

Oswalt kicks off his latest Netflix special with hilarious Trump jokes. His interactions with the audience members were also entertaining. The riveting part of Annihilation is when he talks about his deceased wife and how he dealt with his daughter during the difficult time. He closes out the heartrending show with a quote from his wife: “It’s chaos. Be kind.”

Jason Newman:

In one particularly graphic example, Jones claims she witnessed Kelly urinating on two women while she and the women were in the middle of a sex act with the singer. “It was just a game for him,” she says. “He just went back and forth [on them] when he was peeing and told [another girlfriend] to clean it up afterwards. That was the worst that I’ve ever seen.”

Damn!

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Em đối xử chu đáo với những người xung quanh. Em không tranh đua hay ganh ghét ai. Người ta tính toán với em, em vẫn không để trong lòng. Giống mẹ em, em không nói xấu người khác. Với một số người thì việc làm này rất khó. Có người thích nói xấu người khác đến nỗi tôi nghĩ lúc không có mặt tôi họ sẽ moi tôi ra nói xấu. Nên giờ tôi sợ nhất là nghe người này nói xấu người nọ. Có cái gì tốt thì nói để học hỏi còn xấu thì tự mình hiểu là đủ rồi. Không cần phải kể lể.

Dường như ganh ghét thường đi chung với đâm thọc. Có ganh ghét mới đâm ra thọc vô. Tôi cảm kích bởi em không phải là người ganh tỵ hoặc đua đòi. Hãy giữ lấy những tính tình tốt đẹp đó nhé. Tôi cần học từ em rất nhiều.