03.22.07

Nudist Emperors and Cognac

Posted in Words, words, words at 22:57 by Wormwood

Stop-Using-WordsIn this, the illustrious second installment of my “Words, words, words” category, I will tackle the fable of the Emperor’s New Clothes. Why? Because I’m getting more than a little tired of hearing the phrase “the emperor has no clothes” bandied about when someone just doesn’t want to get the point. There will even be a bit about a proper application to a recent cognac commercial! Oh yes, there will be fun tonight!

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02.27.07

Inconceivable!

Posted in Words, words, words at 06:51 by Wormwood

Stop-Using-WordsWell, Joral’s decided to start his “Word of the Day” feature, and has even been so kind as to give me a degree of credit for the title (of course, we all know it’s a quote from The Princess Bride), but so far he hasn’t seen fit to actually bring up a particular word. So I’m going to scoop him, and beat him to his own punch with my own first installment in “Words, words, words”: Procrastination.

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