Now, Manson himself denies that they will be getting married. But the interesting thing is that, whether or not the marriage actually happens, a young woman would actually want people to believe it will. What makes this story meaningful is that it is far from an isolated case. In his h...
She could say the same thing to Charles Manson, or to Henry Kissinger, or to a leaf blower, and be equally correct. (Manson no doubt would enthusiastically agree: What an unlikely path the universe took on its way to producing his uniquely authoritative self.) Soon after, Mrs...
Who doesn't loveNat "King" Cole's "The Christmas Song,"Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas,"Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You,"Charles M. Schulz's GRAMMY-nominatedA Charlie Brown Christmassoundtrack, or any new version of a festive favorite? Even so, it's always good...
Not necessarily in real life, although at the same time it does go back to Charles Manson and Marilyn Monroe, people that live on the edge, people that are dangerous, people who are outlaws. I think "outlaw" is a great term that I really identify with. I'm at a point in ...
When Charles Manson was a prison inmate, he got introduced to Scientology by fellow prisoners, and his ability to psych out people was intensified so that he could zero in on their weaknesses and fears. In 1967, he was released and went to the Scientology Center in San Francisco. A friend...
“You’re only allowed to use the tools that you can calculate by hand.” So that’s like a tiny fraction of the possible tool sets to abstract to. Actually, what we’re training people to do is to take a very tiny tool set and only work with that tool set. So it’s, like, ...
Records were shoddy to the point of not knowing that the 30-inch steel high-pressure line was even welded. Maintenance was so deferred that the company would like us to be impressed that it is now spending $2.7 billion in upgrades. Prevention and mitigation were ignored ? automatic shut-off...
It’s the kind of place where you’re not exactly sure who lives there, so you kind of just go with it. Going with it, it turns out, is also a theme when talking to Foxx, who, as I am learning fast, has a way of taking conversations to interesting places.It’s become ...