Wondering why the anarchist in me secretly admires these Somalian pirates, I came across this really oddball blog, no quarter: an anarchist zine about pirates. Kinda cool. “Radical piratology.” To give you an idea of its tenor, here’s a quote from an interview in it by author Gabriel Kuhn on his latest book, Life Under the […]
I didn’t exactly come to this card via a traditional reading, but it reminded me of a character in a short story of mine who “performs” the major arcana cards. And it does seem somehow precipitous since I’d been researching the word “recluse” when I happened upon the classic image (from the Waite deck). Also, […]
From the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary: pho·ny–ba·lo·ney adj \-bə-ˈlō-nē\ Definition of PHONY-BALONEY : phony e Variants of PHONY-BALONEY pho·ny–ba·lo·ney or pho·ney–baloney First Known Use of PHONY-BALONEY: 1978 Synonyms: artificial, backhanded, counterfeit, double, double-dealing, double-faced, fake, feigned, hypocritical, Janus-faced, jive [slang], left-handed,lip, mealy, mealymouthed, Pecksniffian, phony (also phoney), phony-baloney (or phoney-baloney), pretended, two-faced, unctuous Antonyms: artless, candid, genuine, heartfelt, honest, sincere, undesigning, unfeigned From a 1937 issue of American Speech (published by Duke University Press), written by Peter Tamony:
I love this PIX11 series, “Streets of New York”, where they give a mic over to anyone who wants to speak their mind, and tape the resulting editorials. Presumably only “the good ones” get aired (I’d love to see what gets rejected/censored). Anyway, this guy says it all. Sort of.
This H&R Block commercial is weird on many levels. The whole bike fetish/lifestyle thing, for one, seems an odd example for enacting a fake-free sales pitch (I’m sure there’s some name for it in advertising), and for the K-mart of tax returns?! I don’t get it. Are they appealing to this small hipster audience – […]
I think this is a great editorial. Sanitation workers don’t deserve to be Bloomberg’s scape-goat. Here’s an excerpt: “The most important person on the government payroll today bar none is the sanitation worker. He and she are the barrier to disease, epidemics, and incalculable discomfort.” Although the fact that their ploughs have come down my […]
