costumes

How to Dress as 13 Famous (But Dead) Writers This Halloween

Still don’t know what you want to be for Halloween? Are you a word nerd? If so, this post is perfect for you. Check out IndieReader’s very cool costume suggestions: Think back to last Halloween. What did you dress as – a superhero, vampire, sexy kitten? There are so many […]

i09’s Absolute Best Cosplay from New York Comic-Con 2012

i09 posted their review of some of the best cosplay images from this year’s New York Comic-Con. They “saw a whole heap of crazy innovative costumes this year such as Lady Blue Beetle, a gang of Neverending Story cosplayers, a few Korras, and a laser-eyed Superman.” The following are just […]

Birthdays

On this day, April 9, in 1967, Sam Harris was born in Los Angeles, California. Possessing a Ph.D. in
cognitive neuroscience from UCLA, he used magnetic resonance imaging to conduct research into the neural basis of belief, disbelief, and uncertainty. Growing up in a progressive secular household, his books explore morality, free will, and the questioning of religion (he is a leading figure in the New Atheist movement); he also established “Project Reason”, whose main aim is the promotion of scientific knowledge and secular values within society, and in 2018 he released a meditation app, Waking Up with Sam Harris. Currently the host of the podcast Making Sense, today he turns 54.

Birthdays

On this day, December 3, in 1857, Joseph Conrad was born in Berdichev, Imperial Russia (modern
Ukraine, then a part of Poland). While he settled in England and wrote in English, he always considered himself a Pole. Heart of Darkness, one of the most famous of his 20 novels (which explores colonialism and the attitudes regarding what constitutes a barbarian versus civilized society) is considered one of the best English novels of the 20th century, as is his novel Lord Jim, which chronicles a crew’s abandonment of its disabled ship. Conrad died in England in 1924 at age 66.