One of the billboards I pass almost every day is for a radio station. It has the station's letters on a white background, and next to that, in giant, capital letters: LIBERALS HATE IT.

Ten Feet By One Foot: The Story of an Uncompleted Quest

[See how the narrator cleverly demonstrates her current circumstances, viz., working in a highly academic bookstore, with the title that recalls so many academic books. She has also made good use of the devices of foreshadowing and irony. This will be on the test.]Sunday, August 28 ( Read more... )

On Hot Guys At Work: the Formation of Another Ethical System That Will Be Totally Impossible to Sustain

So, I have three totally hypothetical situations that have definitely not arisen at any point recently, and I'm just throwing them out here because I have no idea how I would, er, hypothetically deal with them if they were hypothetically to come ( Read more... )

A while back I was talking to a housemate and I said something I didn't get to defend at the time, which naturally means I get to go all defensive in blogland. Yay defensive ( Read more... )

Improbability of the Week!

SCENE: Lydia sits, innocently as ever, at the counter at Bookstore X That Is Her Bookstore. Sunlight comes through the windows behind her, making no impression at all on the well-lit store. She is ringing up several customers ( Read more... )

Today I bought a small box of food colouring for mysterious purposes of my own. Also, it rained. While walking home from my assorted errands, the idea came to me that I could dye the puddles. So pleased was I by this concept that I immediately opened my new box, only to discover that I had bought a box with two reds and no blue. Without further ( Read more... )

MorpheusAk: it would suck if my love for you kept me from going insane