Archive for December, 2009
Dubious phrase of the year?
OK, I know this latest terrorist incident is very serious, but it has introduced a new candidate for unfortunate word linkage.
And that is “Powerful underwear bomb.”
What’s next? “Suicide skivvies”?
Lists, lists, we’ve got lists
This January is turning into a double whammy time for lists.
Not only is it the end of another year, it’s the end of the first decade of the 21st Century.
So not only are there the usual “top 10″ or “top 20″ lists for 2009, but there’s a bumper crop of “top this” or “top that” [...]
I love my friends/I hate my friends
So it’s Christmas card season. I’m mostly OK with that. I have to do something to acknowledge the holidays as well as renew acquaintences with people I have pretty much forgotten about during the past 11 months.
Of course one problem I have (and this is sexual in nature) is that I am a guy. This means that I [...]
It’s Here! It’s Here!
The high point of the Holiday Season has arrived!
Yes, it’s Dave Barry’s Annual Christmas Gift Guide. And you can view it here.
This year’s edition is up to Mr. Barry’s high standards, which because he lives in Miami are defined as “sea level.” Despite that, Dave and his plucky crew have delivered a host of holiday [...]
Winter vs. Summer
As another arctic air mass gets ready to invade, I found myself wondering which gets older faster. Winter weather or summer weather?
Now I’m not complaining that we have things called “seasons” here in Eastern Washington. As an escapee from the Valley of the Sun, it’s nice to live where cactus aren’t the only green plants and there is [...]
