vocabulary

Daily Candy’s Lexicon IX

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I received these words and definitions in my inbox this morning courtesy of Daily Candy. I thought I’d share: beighborhood n. Area populated by good-looking people. (“Let’s go downtown. Fifth Street has turned into a total beighborhood.”) DIZO n. Acronym. Describes (busy, working, all-too-typical) couple: Dual Income, Zero Orgasm. Earnest Hemorrhage n. A man who […]

politics

More Election 2004 Info

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I have a feeling that I’m going to be posting info about the 2004 election for a long, long time. I still need to post about how both the Red Sox and George Bush won this year – I mean, what else will happen? Will the magnetic poles flip sometime before New Year’s Eve? That […]

ramblings

Frontline Show to Watch on 11/9

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Hurry up and watch this upcoming Frontline on PBS about how “the multibillion-dollar ‘persuasion industries’ of advertising and public relations and how marketers have developed new ways of integrating their messages deeper into the fabric of our lives.” It sounds interesting, compelling, slightly scary and yes, I work at a marketing company so there will […]

politics

New Map of America post-2004 Election

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While this map might not make it into the Rand McNally atlas, it maybe should. I’m sort of surprised today about how I’m not as angry as I thought I’d be. I’ve almost, dare I say it, moved to the acceptance stage of grief. I think the answer to my lack of anger today is religion, […]