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Everything in modern city life is calculated to keep man from entering into himself and thinking about spiritual things.
---Thomas Merton

Tag: language

Vote or Die

Well, we’ve seen how much I love American government. And that didn’t even get into politics. Well, 2008 barely started before I could get sucked into the vortex of rhetoric that is a pre-presidential debate. My first impression was how slick these guys are at talking. My second impression was how [...]

In teh Bginining wuz teh Wrd, OMG!1!!

The LOLcat Bible is sweeping teh interreligiouswebs, vastly popular among the ‘net nerd crowd - the same flock who follow the Flying Spaghetti Monster. In typical ironical fashion, these cyberdenizens rejoice around a lampoon of what can be profound.

I never converted to pastafarianism not because I don’t find it hilarious; I do. But, [...]

Signage is the Soul of Wit

Things have changed for the home team since our first Monday night game. More buzz surrounds the football felines from UC and their undefeated assault on the national rankings and their image as a basketball school. Even I have made a few cheers for the Bearcats.

As shocking as that bandwagon jumping is for [...]

Look Out Safire/Chomsky/Pinker

I, for one, never knew Isiah Thomas was such a semantics scholar. Not surprisingly, most of the media focused on the linguistic double standard (dare I say doublespeak?) and unrestrainedly criticized him. Now, I don’t like the Knicks, nor did I like the Pistons, but I will defend Isiah here.
Bitch is not the [...]