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The Rino Ojbects to Being Called a Rino
When does this guy manage to attack Democrats, I wonder? Which is something that “real” Republicans do from time to time. In other news, an anti-voter fraud group just claimed that there were 30,000 dead people registered to vote in North Carolina. But because…what? An old lady managed to make it this far without needing… Read More The Rino Ojbects to Being Called a Rino
The Exclamation Comma and Other Things The Language Should Have But Doesn’t
English is known for its wonderful economy of odd squiggles. It’s what makes our language so contextual. At the Blah Blah Blog, a list of interesting new grammar points: The Irony Point The Love Point The Exclamation Comma The Question Comma The Interrobang Yeah, they’re rediculous. So are a great many words Shakespeare invented.
Orson Scott Card on Ray Bradbury
At NRO. He embodied what Pope advocated: “True Wit is Nature to Advantage drest, / What oft was Thought, but ne’er so well Exprest.” I might reread the Martian Chronicles, too. Looking back, they were rather a surprise to me.
Maddow: “Without Unions, Democrats Do Not Have a Way to Compete.”
She said it, we didn’t. via Twitter.
Today is a Day of Sweat.
Farmer’s Market. Dunkin Donuts. Home Depot. Folks’ house. Hair Salon. Weed, mow, mulch and barbecue. I mean, I know I’m supposed to hate these things. But I’ve never been good at hating what I’m supposed to.
Poem in a Pocket Day
My cliche choice: THE SECOND COMING Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are… Read More Poem in a Pocket Day
So What Did Shakespeare Sound Like?
Interesting question, and the answer is, like almost everyone in the English-speaking world. Apparently Elizabethan English was a stew of almost every conceivable accent. Which makes, sense, in a Proto-Indo-European way.
Rejoice, Rejectees of Life…
Regected Riter is back. Has been all month, as a matter of fact. And he’s a Fire Guard.
Upcoming Book
Pursuant to last week’s Book Blog Bleg, I have decided to cull the best of my old dead blogs into a single volume and publish them on Amazon using CreateSpace. It will be a short tome, to keep prices small. I’m also going to publish it on Kindle. The suddenly low entry costs of Amazon… Read More Upcoming Book
