So Ann Coulter called John Edwards a "faggot." Should we care? I mean, it's Ann Coulter - does anyone take her seriously? Mainstream Republicans have been quick to distance themselves from her. It's nice to know that Mitt thinks "all people should be treated with dignity and respect" - as long as they're not gay or lesbian and wanting to get ( Read more... )

How the Internet is Saving the Interjection.

I've never before heard or seen "awwa" as a variant of aww.

meh has its numerous fans on my very own LJ.

I had no idea that feh had Yiddish roots, and think maybe that one will come in handy someday.

From a NYT article about Walmart's failure to penetrate other countries' markets, in parts due to cultural misunderstandings:
In Germany, Wal-Mart stopped requiring sales clerks to smile at customers - a practice that some male shoppers interpreted as flirting - and scrapped the morning Wal-Mart chant by staff members ( Read more... )

From a discussion elsewhere, one of the conversants indicating that he wasn't impressed by Bill Gates' philanthropic work ( $30 billion dollar endowed foundation doing work on malaria, AIDS, technology) because it didn't impact his lifestyle at all ( Read more... )

I was amused to see, as I was waiting for the train, a young Muslim woman wearing a violet patterened headscarf, a deep purple skirt, and a pale purple shirt that said "angel" on it.

Slate has an interesting article about a journalist's week in a Mars habit simulations in Utah.

What struck me most though was an exchange between the journalist and the youngest member of the crew, a college-aged engineer (Alyssa), when their main and backup generators die. End simulation - everybody dies.

( Future histories and possible futures - a rambling commentary )

I'm not big on labels, but this is one that has sort of snuck up on me; I suppose I've grown into it (perhaps not the technical part) - defining myself thusly (as one of many attributes) as opposed to being reduced to it by others.

( definitions, who chooses and who wears them. )