December 2009
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Metaphor Is the New Idiom
”_____ is the new black.” ”_____ is the new 50.” Or 40 or 30 or whatever. I find it interesting how commonplace “new” metaphors have become, and I wonder why. Do we all want a part of recognizing the “next big thing”? Are these statements coping mechanisms to help us deal with the ever-faster change of pace pop culture takes in our hyper-connected...
Dec 31st
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I posted this as a note on FaceBook:
thisiscashmoney: Earlier tonight, a girl from Kent, Washington on Tumblr (a sort of blog/social networking site I frequent) posted her suicide note on her blog. Within seconds, at least a hundred of Tumblr users reblogged it to gain awareness. Using her IP address, they found out her name and where she lived. The Kent City Police Department got over fifty calls from all across the nation warning...
Dec 31st
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra Rocks, Just Not As Much
Maybe it’s because I’ve seen Trans-Siberian Orchestra at least 5 times in 7 years. Or maybe their new album, Night Castle, has been so hyped by them for the last 3 or 4 years, and I don’t like it as much as their other albums. But this time for me there wasn’t the same magic that used to be there. One aspect that that I’ve noticed before that struck me more this...
Dec 21st
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Non Sequitur
Non sequitur. n. An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence.* (Latin lit., “it does not follow”) Does anyone else resent the AT&T’s rebuttal commercials to Verizon’s 3G claims? Luke Wilson agreed to insult our intelligence levels by filming a few commercials that are meant to combat the Verizon’s presentation of AT&T’s...
Dec 12th
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“I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time;...”
– Charles Dickens Is your heart still shut up?
Dec 11th