Out of the 100+ "new" words added to the most recent edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, my favorites is:

Fan fiction (1944): stories involving popular fictional characters that are written by fans and often posted on the Internet.

A close second is:

mondegreen (1954): a word or phrase that results from a mishearing of something said ( Read more... )

The Palin Meme

(stolen from scruffyweakness )

BACK STORY:
Sarah Palin married her high school boyfriend, Todd Palin, on August 29, 1988. The Palin family lives in Wasilla, about 45 miles (72 km) north of Anchorage. The Palins have two sons (Track, 19, and Trig, four months) and three daughters (Bristol, 17; Willow, 14; and Piper, 7) [ages as of August 2008]. Todd ( Read more... )

Ever watched the Leave Britney Alone vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc) ?

This is along the same lines...soooo funny

Today is the 88th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment (which gave women the right to vote if you didn't already know that :P). With all the discrimination women still face on a day to day basis, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the sacrifices made by women in the past that make it possible for me to complain about the rights we ( Read more... )

Fuck freeway overpasses or billboards. The hot new place to put up tags is the Library Keyboards! Thats right ladies and gentlemen, the dangers posed by tagging the library keyboards are the likes you have never experienced. The rush of adrenaline, the ninja-like stealth needed to accomplish the task, mixed with the ingenious selection of pencil to ( Read more... )

In my local Food 4 Less:


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You know the gas prices have risen too high when the BROTHELS in the area are reporting 25-50% decline!

So, we were at the dog park, attempting to enjoy it while trying to stay away from the homeless man who appeared to be dying and his aggressive, unleashed, dog ( Read more... )

I am so cool that Shelley Berkley wants to be MY friend bitches!
(she is a local politician)



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I could have sworn I already posted this...but apparently not. So I am going to repost it now:

Fred Thompson Names Wife as Most Prized Possession!