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Devlin at Night
Imagine him as the Devil upon your shoulder, smoking a cigarette and always ready to lend a hand in difficult times with some pithy advice, usually immoral, often illegal and mostly correct. He has a penchant for seeing life in interestingly simple and unique ways. He's guaranteed to keep life entertaining.
(Do Not Do What He Does; Do Not Say What He Says)
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Devlin
In like a lion and out like a lamb. I wasn’t quite sure what to do for this month’s reading list. All my thoughts kept leading me back to the dark side of humanity, the serious side.
So…
The Shinning by Stephen King
In the Midst of Life, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians by Ambrose Bierce
Into the Jaws of Death by Jack O’Brien
Zombie Bible (Book One): Death Has Come Up Into Our Windows by Stant Litore
Zombie Bible (Book Two): What Our Eyes Have Witnessed by Stant Litore
Rusalka (Russian Stories, #1) by C.J. Cherryh
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dicksons
Let’s explore this serious side of humanity together.
Devlin
Do-Ho Suh, Paratrooper
(The threads are attached to a cloth of embroidered signatures of soldiers who died in war)
(via teachingliteracy)
- Read the Roman-Raphaelson book on writing. Read it three times.
- Write the way you talk. Naturally.
- Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs.
- Never use jargon words like reconceptualize, demassification, attitudinally, judgmentally. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass.
- …
(via teachingliteracy)
Find some time to help mark this well-loved and iconic British author’s 200th birthday. Read one of his famous works as a thank you.
To learn more about Charles Dickens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
His works:
Novels:
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
The Adventures of Oliver Twist The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
The Old Curiosity Shop Barnaby Rudge
A Christmas Carol
The Chimes
The Cricket on the Hearth
The Battle of Life
The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Dombey and Son
David Copperfield
Bleak House
Hard Times
Little Dorrit
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
Our Mutual Friend
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Short story collections:
Sketches by Boz
The Mudfog Papers
Reprinted Pieces
The Uncommercial Traveller
What Christmas Is, as We Grow Older
A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire
Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire
The Seven Poor Travelers
The Holly-Tree Inn
The Wreck of the “Golden Mary”
The Perils of Certain English Prisoners
A House to Let
The Haunted House
A Message from the Sea
Tom Tiddler’s Ground
Somebody’s Luggage
Mrs. Lirriper’s Lodgings
Mrs. Lirriper’s Legacy
Doctor Marigold’s Prescriptions
Mugby Junction
No Thoroughfare
Non-Fiction, Poetry, and Plays
The Village Coquettes
The Fine Old English Gentleman
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
American Notes: For General Circulation
Pictures from Italy
Thank you Mr. Dickens, your works have inspired us, one and all.
Devlin
