I’m not sure I’d go as far as to say that I want Tim Blake Nelson to whisper sweet nothings into my ear, but I’d at least let him sing me some folk songs. Man’s got some pipes:
On second thought: Tim Blake Nelson, you can read an audiobook to me anytime.
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“The Spree Killer Who Confessed His Crimes in Biker Fiction”
As a writer, when an editor tells you to “write what you know,” they probably don’t mean “confess to a murder you committed.” Somehow, spree killer, aspiring writer and failson Larry Via never got the memo, because confessing to the 1972 killing of a New York family man was exactly what he did in a short story he submitted in 1985 to Outlaw Biker magazine. Had Via never put his poison pen to paper, it seems unlikely that investigators would’ve ever solved the cold case murder on the side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. READ MORE
The Vision-Board Bros
According to the data, 70 percent of Pinterest users are female, a fact that firmly reinforces the generalization that most vision boarders are women. But a dedicated brigade of Vision Board Bros is growing. And in the quest for a better life, they’re using the powerful productivity app, Trello, to visually map out how they’re going to get there.
Kicking the Incel Habit
Twenty-one-year-old Samuel was spiraling completely out-of-control. His overwhelming loneliness had driven him to join online groups of similarly broken men, at first to commiserate over his “forever alone” life, but soon, to feed what was becoming an obsession: That women and their enablers were his enemy. When he realized his toxicity had taken over his life, Samuel voluntarily went to a rehab clinic to deal with the psychological effects of what he had become — an incel.
We’re in the Jailhouse Now
Tim Blake Nelson is one of the best character actors in the business, with extremely memorable roles in films like O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Syriana and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, to name a few. But his newest casting as the vigilante Looking Glass on HBO’s Watchmen, has turned Nelson into something else entirely: A sex symbol. But it’s not because of how he looks — it’s how he sounds.
Sticky Fingers
Stealing from your place of work — where you’re bound to be recognized — would appear to be galaxy-brain dumb. But when you consider why people steal in the first place, actually it makes a ton of sense.
Sorry, Doggy!
Your dog just took a steaming shit on the carpet. Naturally, you’re a bit peeved, so you yell at your miserable-looking pup. But it’s not the dog’s fault, and after you quickly calm down, you apologize profusely. Later, you ponder what just happened: Does a dog even know what an apology is? Do they forgive? We asked three animal behaviorists to confirm whether your dog still loves you.
How Cucks Took over the WWE
The WWE’s Mike and Maria Kanellis have seemingly ushered in an era of storytelling that mostly involves fucking another man’s wife in the most 21st century way possible https://t.co/Xp2iTFuMgu
— MEL Magazine (@WeAreMel) October 22, 2019
Jeff Gross
Jeff Gross is MEL’s senior editor for social media and content marketing. His daily ICYMI column, which chronicles all things meta on the site, is the quickest way to catch up on MEL, and the funniest thing you’ll read all day. Follow him on Twitter.
