sunday short stack

"At 18, our convictions are hills from which we look; at 45, they are caves in which we hide." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Adam Yauch is recovering from surgery and sends thanks. Get well (and happy birthday), MCA!
• 50 Best and Worst Twist Endings in Movies
• David Ulin reflects on the lost art of reading.
• These kid coffee shop jams are too frickin' cute. Death Nightmare! (via @xenijardin)
• The 7 Vices of Highly Creative People
• And along the same lines, Favorite Drinks of the Rich and Famous
• Snacks and Shit is a blog about "rap and hip-hop lyrics that are absolutely absurd, ludicrous, nonsensical, ridiculous, basic, basically stupid, basically bad, basically basic, or preposterous."
• 23 Possible "American Idol" Replacements for Paula Abdul (I did not even recognize Sinead O'Connor.)
• RIP John Hughes. You were a good man.