I have decided that the news lately makes more sense if I assume that some shadowy, world-spanning conspiracy has begun their terraforming initiative in preparation for a takeover by the evil from beyond time and space. Seriously. “National treasuries are plundered AND volcanos erupt AND…
In which correctness is dispensed, and nonsense dispensed with. Specifically: The 201st Decade, known as “The Aughts”, ended last night. * The “Twentieth Century” ran from Jan 1901 through Dec 2000.* The “Nineteen Hundreds” ran from Jan 1900 through Dec 1999.* The “Nineties” ran from…
In my head, I’m having an informal competition to come up with the headline that you *least* want to see over an article about you in the major news. My current winner is: Incompetent idiot kills thousands What’s your entry?
The Washington Post holds a neologism contest each year … asking readers to supply new meanings for common words. You are welcome to use Google to find the entire list … but a couple reduced me to uncontrolled giggles: 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon…
A notional list, based on more than a decade of observation: * First we become loud. * Then we all talk about how drunk we were, that one time. * Next, we reassure each other that we’re totally not drunk yet. Not at all. *…
Please take note: If you find yourself ranting in the role of “Howard” here, then you irritate me. Note that “friends” locking a post will not prevent this crap. You. Yes you. Don’t look away from me: I’m talking to you. Facebook and livejournal are…
This morning I awoke from a dream in which I was eating at a restaurant. The name of the restaurant was the “Snug Dumpling.” I still think that it’s sort of a cute restaurant name. And with that – off to bed – and then…
Lightly edited for content and privacy, I present here a chat on the topic of her notional new charity. Also included is a discussion of whether “getting laid” must always have an integer coefficient – as opposed to the existence of both negative and imaginary…