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1) Klaus over at Ming Movie Reviews just hit a big milestone, He’s been reviewing all the movies in “1001 Movies you must see before you die,” and he’s reviewed them all<\/a>. And a bunch of other movies as well.<\/p>\n

Of course, this is definitely a situation where quantity doesn’t mean anything without quality, and the reviews are very good. (There are some I disagree with, of course, but that’s a different question. \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n

 
2) Tiyana Marie White at The Chandra Tribune<\/a> has posted a video<\/a> (first of a series) with advice for aspiring writers. Check it out, and subscribe to her channel (I did \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n

 
3) As you may possibly have heard, Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Some people have got a bit worked up about this, but since they are mostly the people who think in terms of whether one thing “rises to the level” of another thing, I’m quite tickled about how annoyed they are.<\/p>\n

In one sense, who cares? As Leonard Cohen<\/a> said, it’s “like pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain.”<\/p>\n

Or, as Kate Tempest<\/a> said, “… please run as much of It\u2019s Alright, Ma (I\u2019m Only Bleeding) as you can. Rather than me saying why I like them, I\u2019d rather just leave space to let the lyrics speak for themselves.”<\/p>\n