For Memorial Day: A Pacifist’s Offering

In the chilling “Offertory,” Britten pairs the Latin text, which speaks of sacrifice and praise to God, with Owen’s “Parable of the Old Man and the Young,” a retelling of the story of Abraham and Isaac.

On Sleeplessness And Online Poker

The higher the digits went, the more I shrunk, compacting in my seat in my silent room to grow faster, higher, larger, made of money I rarely transferred into palpable bank notes. I liked seeing the number of my bankroll climb. A withdraw seemed a loss.

Blake is the author of several books of fiction and nonfiction. He edits HTMLGIANT and reports on books for Vice.
 

Things I No Longer Need To Know

Do some spring cleaning with your brain and get rid of the knowledge you’ll never need again. You may not be aware of it but it’s actually weighing you down, and once you get it out you’ll feel ten pounds lighter. Promise. I may not know much but I do know that.

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Where Are They Now? The Baby-Sitters Club

Little did he know, the last thing on earth Claudia was equipped to deal with was the abundance of mismatched neon tube socks, paint-splattered denim overalls, ironic side-boob tanks, authentic eagle feather hair accessories, ikat sweatbands, and sandalwood sandals indicative of Bushwick.

Steph is a former editor at Thought Catalog and a current writer at Gawker Media. Her work has been featured on ...

What Your Favorite Game Of Thrones Character Says About You, Part 1

Here are my suggestions about what your favorite Game of Thrones character might say about who you are.

I am Brandon Scott Gorrell and I am pumped!!!
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