No Cruise Control

*see note below
Repeat after me, the word of the day is schadenfraude. I always knew he was a crazy looney toon mofo. But while everyone’s focusing on his ridiculous Oprah appearence (BTW Oprah, honey? Even Dr. Phil would have told Tiny McChimp to calm the hell down. Where was your mind?), I’m more [...]

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polemic

polemic – yourDictionary.com – American Heritage Dictionary: “po·lem·ic Listen: [ p-lmk ]n.
A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.
A person engaged in or inclined to controversy, argument, or refutation.
adj. also po·lem·i·cal [ --kl ]
Of or relating to a controversy, argument, or refutation.”

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Addict

(Pronunciation Key)
ad·dict tr.v. ad·dict·ed, ad·dict·ing, ad·dicts

To cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on a habit-forming substance: The thief was addicted to cocaine.
To occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually or compulsively: The child was addicted to video games.

n.

One who is addicted, as to narcotics or [...]

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Food Myth: Bottled Water Better Than Tap

ABC News: Is Bottled Water Better Than Tap? or Really? You can buy the Brooklyn Bridge?
As someone who only buys bottled water when I need a fresh bottle to put my tap water in, the debate always amuses me. Since it comes up in a major news story every year, I guess, I’ll [...]

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So What? You want a fucking cookie?

News – (nōōz, nũz), n.pl1. New information about anything.
My frustration with the news in general and so-called entertainment news specifically* started to seriously cause me to believe that maybe I didn’t understand what the word “news” truly meant. I read through the entire definition, and (to my admittedly unwarranted surprise), nowhere were the words, truth, [...]

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analgesia

analgesia – a state of not being able to feel pain.
found while looking for analeptic – a restorative. I’d move there, but I hear the taxes are ridiculously high. I suppose, though, if you’re feeling no pain, you might not care about such minutinae as taxes. Still, I’m doubtful that analgesia is a [...]

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Food Myths: Do Boiling Lobsters Feel Pain?

More to the point, do I care?
ABC News: Do Boiling Lobsters Feel Pain?
I’ve found that I encounter the same food myths and mythology at the oddest times when I talk to people, form random meetings in the supemarket , to vigourous discussions over drinks and dinner or polite conversation on and airplane. I though [...]

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Rock On

From my travels on the web:
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Ancient Chinese Secret, huh?

From the fortune cookie at the Japanese/Chinese buffet down the street.
Great things are accomplished only by the perfection of minor details.Lucky Numbers 34, 27, 11, 4, 28, 9

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