It feels amazing to be number one at something, if not the New York Times Bestseller list. Without further hesitation, my newest Google #1 ranking....
This is a proud moment, indeed.
Today's post is a plethora of end-of-summer goodness, hand-picked for Vortexers who are a bit discerning in their internet-hopping moments. I hope I've gathered the very best of what has occupied me this week.
First, Lady Gaga vs. The Secret. Say what you will (and I have) about the Queen of Meat Couture but she is a marketing genius and may have the mac daddy secret to motivational success.
While we're on weird, I hope you'll not think ill of me that I found these early post-mortem vintage photographs fascinating. Some of them I'd seen before while researching The Night Caller because I needed to know nineteenth century photography; some were new and undeniably creepy.
On the high-brow geeky front, researchers from Vanderbilt and the University of Pennsylvania have discovered neuro-biological evidence of mental time travel.
If my fiction career doesn't take off, I could always look for modern ad-writing jobs inspired by this one from the 1970s...
I think I need a cigarette after The Big Zip and I don't even smoke. This ad could be a drinking game. Every double entendre, take a shot. Don't worry. The Vortex has extra couches where you can crash.
Finally, Writer's Digest is offering free ebooks on the craft of writing through August 22nd.
And because I really, really need to get this out of my inbox...
Have a great weekend, everyone!
I only vaguely know that Gaga is blonde and once wore a meat dress. After that I have no idea. Wouldn't recognize her on the street unless maybe she was wearing the meat dress.