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whitecollarspeak is a pestilence of the corporate age
i love my job. ferrls. but i would love it a lot more if the following words/phrases retreated back to their homes in the Land of Actual Linguistic Signification, or else died an unmourned death:- aligned
- disconnect
- reach out
- get our arms around
- meet you halfway
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the parable of christ and the coal-man
I've been reading about mountaintop removal bomb-and-bury mining lately, and it's got me right het up. I figured there aren't enough people preaching about it. I'm no church fellow, but maybe the following could be useful to them what are...( Read more... ) -
so this guy walks into the bar...
(x-posted from what's i guess become Teh Regular BlogIf there is one professional violation that the guild of American lawyerdom cannot stand, it is UPL: Unlicensed Practice of Law. Translation: You've got to get bar certification (a very expensive and exhausting process!) if you're going to hold yourself out as qualified to give reliable legal ( Read more... ) -
we can haz mrraige nao ferrls?
Today was the day that we went to Rockville. What's in Rockville, you might ask? Well, not much outside of the Montgomery County courthouse...
which includes the Licensing Division...
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i can has wief? kthx lolz
Yeah, so I guess it really is impossible to pull one over on people when, after a big, romantic trip with one's girlfriend, one calls up one's friend "to catch up" and "share some big news." They see right through one, guess it on the first try, and jump right to the "Oh, are you getting married ( Read more... ) -
Day 6: escape from the rez
SaturdayIn the bakery below the hostel worked two round-faced, middle-aged Blackfeet women. We caught them on their lunch break and listened to them explain about the Blackfoot Confederation, Ghost Ridge, Blackfeet dialects, wild herbs, and their dreams to start giving "Blackfeet experience" tours of the reservation lands. Fueled by this exciting ( Read more... ) -
Day 4: scenes from a train
Thursday
We were on the train until around 7pm, so the day's sights consisted in large part of the changes in the American countryside across the northern West.
( Half the country, with a musical interlude. )