sunday short stack

"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit." - W. Somerset Maugham

• The Daily Mirror reviews the papers of Raymond Chandler and the letters of Dashiell Hammett.
• Is it on your iPod?
• Margaret Drabble sheds light on the "feud" with her sister, fellow writer A.S. Byatt. Short version: I stole her teapot. (via @maudnewton)
• White NBA Players Who Look Like Abusive Husbands
• The Ten Best Vampire Movies of the Modern Era. (via @largeheartedboy)
• Jacket Copy has the trailer for Where the Wild Things Are.
• 22 Short Films about Grammar (via @spikenlilli)
• Bonnie 'Prince' Billy guest DJs at NPR.
• 10 Literary One-Hit Wonders
• Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise crazy. (via @mackreed)
• Paste's Top 10 Buzziest Acts of SXSW 2009
• The 86 Rules of Boozing (via @johnmjones)
• Philebrity hooks us up this week with instructions on how to hack electronic road signs and warn of zombies. (via @mkgold)