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- 'He's here now': Xander Bogaerts, Trevor Story making the best of an awkward situation https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33826564/xander-bogaerts-trevor-story-making-best-awkward-situation-boston-red-sox 13 comments baseball
- The Best "Make a Wish" Foundation Stories (I'm not crying I was just chopping onions) http://www.cracked.com/article_19389_the-8-most-badass-make-a-wish-foundation-wishes.html 3 comments reddit.com
- Best reason to get a kid: Teach her French and make her tell stories. http://www.vimeo.com/2113477?ololol 3 comments reddit.com
- As a companion to the discussion going on in the "best fantasy books" thread, I thought I'd ask: What makes for a good fantasy story? http://www.bestfantasybooks.com/top25-fantasy-books.php 15 comments books
- NPR assembled a panel of judges to make a list of the 100 best horror novels and short stories https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/632779706/click-if-you-dare-100-favorite-horror-stories 273 comments books
- Comcast Horror Stories: I have recordings of a series of phone calls with them that I would like to make public. What's the best way to do so? http://youtu.be/1re1OgcQgdU 118 comments technology
- George Best's son makes a documentary on his father's alcoholism, his inability to form a relationship with his inebriated father, and other similar stories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORqgry4jisE 20 comments soccer
- I'm making GodAI, a storytelling program powered by GPT. My goal is to combine the best features of text-based games and text editing into a powerful general-purpose story writing and interactive fiction client. https://awk.itch.io/godai 20 comments artificial
- I made an introduction to arduino and the story behind it. I also added some technical facts for the people liking that. It was all a school project. I hope you all like it, I have spend a lot of time making it look good (looks best on computer) http://elev.htxroskilde.dk/2018/simonth18/arduino.html 3 comments arduino
- [Borg] Broncos HC Nathaniel Hackett on how to fix the red zone issues: “First and foremost, we have to make sure we have the best plays called.” Moral of story: call best plays. success. https://twitter.com/kyle_borg/status/1572640681839173635 72 comments nfl
- [OC] [Highlight] [Longform] In 1973, Raiders owner Al Davis considered making the Super Bowl a best-of-3 series. Seriously. Here’s the story behind this proposal, and why such an idea would never work. https://youtu.be/kpupOsakXLM 116 comments nfl
- "I am the relative unknown in the position, I am the one with something to prove. But if you look at me and if you look at my story, it’s been nearly sixteen years of hurdles and ups and downs … and I’m going to do everything I can to make the best of it.” -Josh Alexander ahead of his title match https://prowrestlingpost.com/josh-alexander-discusses-support/ 6 comments squaredcircle
- [OC] [Highlight] Hall of Fame CB Roger Wehrli played in 195 games. Amazingly enough, the best play of his career came in game #195. In a 1982 game against the Giants, the 35-year-old CB scored a fake FG touchdown to help the Cards win and make the playoffs. This is the story of that play https://youtu.be/PE85W2PABWM 11 comments nfl
- Griezmann on FIFA's Best award: "The Best bothers me, It is FIFA's prize and that no French player is nominated is weird. [Ballon d'Or] It makes me more excited [than The Best], It has more prestige, an incredible story behind it. It gives me more stars in the eyes. We'll see what happens." https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/atletico-star-griezmann-bothered-best-snub 147 comments soccer
- I'm 27, married, and I make about $30,000 a year. I want to buy a house, but I have bad credit (ex-family member - long story) I just got out of debt now, and I have $10,000 in savings with two revolving/current credit accounts. What are my best options and how much house can I afford? I live in FL. https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/5kcaxm/im_27_married_and_i_make_about_30000_a_year_i/ 41 comments personalfinance
- A new brain imaging study shows that no matter how a story is told, through words, gestures or drawings, our brains relate best to the characters, focusing on the thoughts and feelings of the protagonist of each story, rather than the plot. We appear to be wired to make stories people-oriented. https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/the-art-of-storytelling-researchers-explore-why-we-relate-to-characters/ 36 comments science
- Chip & Dan Heath says telling great stories is one of the best ways to make your message stick. But the question is - how do you tell a great story? I've compiled 10 popular storytelling formulas in this post to help guide you tell a memorable and sticky brand message. https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/6vo76j/chip_dan_heath_says_telling_great_stories_is_one/ 6 comments startups
- Chip & Dan Heath says telling great stories is one of the best ways to make your message stick. But the question is - how do you tell a great story? I've compiled 10 popular storytelling formulas in this post to help guide you tell a memorable and sticky brand message. https://www.reddit.com/r/marketing/comments/6v0hvr/chip_dan_heath_says_telling_great_stories_is_one/ 16 comments marketing