I love English. It's a fascinating mutant stew, constantly incorporating and breeding new words to keep healthy, and I figured I would never have to advocate against any of them.

But "bullying" has gotten ridiculous.


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One of the great things about reality TV is that you don't need to watch it to understand it. I've only seen five minutes of "Jersey Shore" and that was enough to enjoy "Jersey Shoresical", the rock opera by Daniel Franzese & Hanna LoPatin that had its New York run extended following the Fringe Festival. Similarly, "The Real Housewives of Beverly ( Read more... )

Some critics who have issues with It's Kind of a Funny Story peg it as "Boy, Interrupted", but there is actually a movie called Boy Interrupted, an HBO documentary about the life of Evan Scott Perry, who jumped out a window when he was 15.


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Amidst the sad news from Michigan about the the three boys who went missing after their father attempted to hang himself is this suicide story from the New York Post:

"Woman leaps to her death on W. Side"

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