Category: words mean things (Page 214 of 223)

Freaky pop culture trivia of the day:
Dr. William Moulton Marston, who created Wonder Woman and her lasso of truth, also invented the polygraph.

-Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife is helping to investigate the background of Bush cabinet appointees.
-Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, who certified the election for Bush (repeatedly), was GWB’s campaign co-chair in Florida.
-John Ellis, the head of election coverage for Fox News, the first network to call the election for Bush, is Bush’s cousin. Ellis also admitted to discussing confidential exit polling with GW on election night.
-the governor of the disputed state in the closest election in history is the candidate’s brother, Jeb.

You decide.

One of the best recent embodiments of “words mean things” comes from an unlikely source: the new-business magazine Context. We all have too little poetry in our lives, especially this time of year.

Just got back from “Vertical Limit” with Chris O’Donnell. The closest I can liken this experience to is having an iron smacked into your skull for two hours straight. Nitro, avalanches, pulmonary edema, frozen corpses, cut climbing ropes, exploding nitro, broken fingers, giant crevasses, leaking nitro, coughing blood, slicing helicopter blades. And did I mention the nitro? Mountain climbers are nuts. “Because it’s there” be damned.

Don’t miss this incredibly Zen election parody at my new favorite site, Edge.org. They also have a scholarly debate, too, if that’s more your speed.

I want to introduce you to my latest online obsession: Zangelding. The subject is too vast and complex for me to go into a lot of detail here, but you can take a look at a great beginner’s guide to Zangelding. Enjoy.

As this sad and shameful little election ‘crisis’ comes to a long-awaited end, I thought I would propose a Christmas gift for our pseudo-President.

My colleague John Mosey has dubbed me the “Anti-Mosey,” and at the risk of alienating the few readers of this page, I’ve included a link to his personal site so you can see how appropriate this title is.

“The whole charade of letting one’s children climb into a tarted-up drunk’s lap at Macy’s to bark out their greedy consumer object-lust is bogus and unwarranted, and the chilling result of corporate brainwashing.”

-Salon’s Cintra Wilson, with the best anti-consumer Christmas quote yet.

P.S. Why does Santa have to see me while I’m sleeping?

Chris Whittle tried it years ago with Channel One. It didn’t work then, and it doesn’t work now. When will they learn?