n. One who attends a small, rural school in the middle of the Corn Belt, but dresses like he is growing up on the mean streets of Compton. The girls brought this wonderful term home from high school. As far as I know the usage is entirely localized to our school.
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Month: October 2011
n. tobacco juice, or perhaps more accurately, tobacco spit. From now on when I highlight a word, I am going to try to, as the OED does, offer a quotation. In this case, a story: So we’re all sitting around playing D&D: Me, Mike, Kevin, and other people unimportant to this story. Kevin and I […]
The girls and I watched the Back to the Future trilogy this weekend. It was the first time we’d watched them in a long time, and more amazing than ever; we caught so many things we hadn’t see before, and the girls could actually understand the entire plots (they were just wee ones the last […]
My dyslexic friend got kicked out of church for singing ‘Our Dog is an Awesome Dog.’
“Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.”
“Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.”
I shot this on the inside, exterior sill of the Western Auto building in downtown Kansas City. Cupric is available in 1600 x 1200. Just right click and Save As (Windows) or Option-Click (Mac).