duplicity [du-pli-se-te] - noun: the disguising of true intentions by deceptive words or action. 

Here is the follow up to last week's column, this originally ran on Friday, February 6, 2004. In this column I have some words for desperate pop stars, media conglomerates, and a chubby puppet named Michael Powell.

Media circus at the Echo:

Pop singers, FCC start media circus

Pop singers, FCC start media circus

I would like to say congratulations to ( Read more... )

heretic [her-e-tik] - noun: dissent from a dominant theory, opinion, or practice.

In the spirit of the NFL playoffs I bring you the first column I wrote about football's grandest stage, the Super Bowl. This piece comes to us from the Friday, January 30, 2004 edition of the Eastern Echo.

Super opinions on the Super Bowl at the Echo:

Super Bowl is too Commercialized

Super Bowl is too Commercialized

On February 1, 2004, very expensive ( Read more... )

The Royal Rumble match is generally one of the most exciting of the wrestling year and with such a wide open field there is no reason to believe that the 2008 Rumble won't live up to the standards of it's predecessors. But before we dissect the Rumble match itself, a complicated art form on par with bracketology, we turn our collective attention to ( Read more... )

This week's word sounds as if something very strange and potentially dirty is being done with a dinner roll or perhaps even a fleshy spare tire. Just imagine this exchange,

"Hey baby, why doncha c'men here and rig-my-role? Heh-heh."

"Rig your own role you ole pervert, I'm tired. Besides I just rigged your role yesterday."

Or maybe my mind is simply a ( Read more... )

I caught an episode of Chappelle's Show last night and it reminded me of a column I once wrote about the comedy sensation. This column originally ran in the Echo on February 13, 2004. The focus of the column was Chappelle's ability to skewer sensitive issues with comedy specifically racism. Anyone familiar with the show will recall the "Niggar ( Read more... )

I took a few weeks off from blogging this was officially due to the holidays but I think most know the true source was rooted somewhere in laziness. I just finished reading I Am Legend and I selected the featured word based on its use in the book.

stultify [stel-te-fi] - verb: to cause to appear foolish or stupid, to impair, invalidate, or make ( Read more... )

Can anyone possibly think of an example of obscurantism? Think chimp, underlings, bureaucratic hacks, aaaaaaaand douche bags...yeah douche bags.
obscurantism [ab-skyur-en-ti-zem] - noun: the opposition to the spread of knowledge, deliberate vagueness or abstruseness.

Happy 25th Birthday Stu!

"...and you're gonna sit here and begrudge me a fucking twix?!"

-My dad to me a few years back; he really wanted a twix bar.