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Nov 01
Halloween Hangover
n. That miserable feeling you have November 1 from eating too much candy the night before.
Oct 18
Staycation
n., a vacation during which you just stay home, either by choice or dictated by finances. Speaking of which, I’m on it for the next two weeks! See ya.
Oct 14
Overheard: 30 yr old women
WOMAN1: Why don’t you use mascara? WOMAN2: Because I poke myself in the eye.
Oct 12
Slutoween
n. A word coined to describe the recent trend in women’s and girls’ Halloween costumes to be increasingly immodest and/or trashy.
Oct 06
William Tyndale
On this (traditional) date in 1536 William Tyndale was strangled and burned at the stake for the crime of heresy, heresy which included translating the Bible into English from the Hebrew and Greek source texts. “I defy the Pope, and all his laws; and if God spares my life, ere many years, I will cause …
Sep 29
Bunto
So I learned another word in my sleep. Quite some time ago I posted how I had learned a word in my sleep–pickle-faced–and it was a word I hadn’t ever heard until my dream. Two nights ago it happened again. In my dream the word wasn’t explained. “I killed three buntos,” the guy said. When …
Sep 27
A fix for ‘no SIM card detected’ on iPhone
A couple of months ago I picked up a second-hand iPhone 3G and jailbroke it so I could run it on T-Mobile. The thing is amazing. It replaced my iPod Classic, Palm m515, and Motorola Razr, and does more than all three devices did. The only real issue I have had with it is that …
