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APPEAL TO THE GRAMMARIANS We, the naturally hopeful, Need a simple sign For the myriad ways we’re capsized. We who love precise language Need a finer way to convey Disappointment and perplexity. For speechlessness and all its inflections, For up-ended expectations, For every time we’re ambushed By trivial or stupefying irony, For pure incredulity, we [...] Does anyone else find it ironic that USA Cycling charges people $35.00 for the “privilege” of sitting on a start or finish line and listening to people complain, for pay that is barely above minimum wage, and forces them to wear a uniform at the same time? No wonder most of the local associations are [...] From The Economist.com: Sweetness and Light Low-calorie sweeteners may make people fat ARTIFICIAL sweeteners have long been touted as being good for the calorie-conscious. Unfortunately, a study just published in Behavioral Neuroscience by Susan Swithers and Terry Davidson of Purdue University in Indiana suggests that such compounds may actually end up making people fatter than [...] Got the following email from K. yesterday: Subject: Proof the universe is sentient It has a sense of irony. 2/13/07. Maybe we should have avoided the 13th? Let’s blame it on my mother not paying the deposit so we had to move it from 10/6 to 10/13. I’m thankful that it wasn’t 2/14/07. That would [...] |
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