I had an interesting session with my shrink yesterday. In the four years (off and on, give or take) I’ve been seeing her, we’ve done a lot of the heavy lifting towards self-actualization, leaving room to focus on some “problems”* that are really luxurious in nature: you know, the philosophical biggies like “why am I [...]
Lexicon
“Doing loads of homework? Drag city. Studying with a new buddy? Funhampton!” , from DailyCandy LA
Having signed on to this writing-out-loud thing just prior to the blogging bubble bursting, I’m still relatively new to its attendant ups and downs (and techie widgety time sinkholes), but I’ve already experienced that thing known as blogging burnout, several times, to my great chagrin. As any blogger knows, on occasion offline life intervenes, making [...]
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Who Loves Ya, Baby?
“Kojak parking” (n) (slang): finding parking directly outside of one’s destination, no matter how busy the street or hour of the day, without circling, waiting, or having to pay. [syn. “celebrity parking”; “Hollywood parking”; TV/movie parking.
In the end, the people who do what they believe in, who have something to believe in… in the end, they last longer. , Hugh MacLeod Hugh MacLeod posts a little story today about a smart guy who lost his job for the right reason: he stayed true to his beliefs rather than the party [...]
While searching for links for my last post, I was dismayed to find not a single definition, mention or even blog entry using a word I feel should be in wide circulation in the English language, hackting. Not being one to sit on my ass (and being a monstrously competitive type hellbent-for-leather to put my [...]
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“Follow that asshole in front of you!”*
sheeple: (sheep’-el) (n) a portmanteau word combining “sheep” and “people” to indicate a mindless mob that accepts the party line without question. I’d like to give a big shout-out to my boy, Ken Robinson, for turning me on to whatreallyhappened, where I first encountered my new favorite word, which, from the look of things, has [...]
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Landmarks in language
Jeremy Wagstaff has highjacked a number of actual U.K. village names and put them to excellent use in his Geek’s Lexicon. My favo(u)rites: aynho (n) Someone who forwards inane jokes, hoax virus alerts and cutesy e-mails to everyone in their address book, however much they’re asked not to. Usage: Who is the aynho that keeps [...]
In a recent post, the ever-insightful Zenmistress of Businessâ„¢ (a.k.a. Evelyn Rodriguez) discusses the role of flexibility, living in the now, in a long and happy life. Jon Kabat-Zinn, whom she quotes extensively in her post, calls it “full catastrophe living“: not living your life at the high level of stress we might associate with [...]
Paper Manâ„¢: (n) a man that looks good on paper, but whose loyalties tear easily. , Jory Des Jardins, from Part II of her boxed set, The Women’s Guide to Independence
