December 2009
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“One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and...”
– Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, chapter twelve, paragraph forty-eight
“If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much room.”
On Getting Married
I’ve seen a few teachers, mostly in the Christian studies department, but sometimes elsewhere, have posted on their doors or bulletin boards a little comic strip of a young man saying, “Lord, I will do whatever You call me to do! I’ll go to other countries! Be poor! Starve! I’ll even die for You! But studying wasn’t exactly what I had in mind.” Funny comic with...
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At the Doctor's Office: A True Story
Nurse: (timidly) Um, is there a Miss Shady Nasty here? A Miss...Shady Nasty?
Large Black Woman: I KNOW you is not tryin' to say [ʃəˈdɑinəsti]! S-H-A-D-I-comma-to-the-top-N-A-S-T-I. Shadi'nasti!
Oh, hi.
I used to have a Tumblr, got obsessed with it to the point I couldn’t function in daily life because I was a loser with nothing but a summer job, deleted it, and now feel like it could be something worthwhile as long as I keep some sort of project going. I thought I might do something original and post things of a literary/linguistic nature since no one seems to have done that with...