From “locker room talk” to “alternative facts,” the gaslighting that got Trump and co. in power began with them weaponizing language. And in this surreal/waking-nightmare new world of ours, we need to create new language to name our shared experiences, to stay sane, to fight back.Con...
The supernatural element may or may not be real. We can be certain of two things: Billy is primed for a mental breakdown, and he is bitten by a small white rat. He witnesses down fur growing from an awful wound on his arm, and his hyper-perception (the foley inFangsis not a comfor...
I really enjoy what I do, and who I'm with and where I am. Having said that, I'm not really a person of habit, because what I do in my job is travel around the world and play concerts to people, and occasionally do very weird things. — Robert Smith 8 So I'm more at home...
NASA wasn't going to let the face on Mars go without an explanation. The Mars Global Surveyor cleared things up for good in 2001 by taking afresh image of the face. The newer, sharper, higher-resolution picture shows a much blobbier, less stark formation. In short, it's just a mesa ...
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I think that you are over thinking things or may be paranoid " "tell Katy and Jenna that I said hi btw!" doesn't seem like its sexual in nature at all. But yeah, I learned by lesson though. Better just not to say these things. I would say it was a mistake ...
Not design edge of the art hardware. I can still tell stories, so I write my science fiction, and I enjoy it. I have more practice setting some things aside than most people, I suppose. I trashed my lumbar spine badly enough that, at age 32, I was lucky to avoid wheelchair living....
Malcontent: a rebellious person; dissatisfied with how things are Masticate: to chew food Meritocracy: choosing someone based on ability and experience Mock: not authentic, but without the aim of deceiving Moist: a word that you never hear outside of cooking ...
' A John Cleese Twitter question ['What is your pet peeve?'], first sparked the "Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops" blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller's collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor. From 'Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about ...
***全部对话均发生在书店中。*** * 孩子:妈妈,Anne Frank是怎么躲过纳粹的? 母亲:我回去告诉你。 孩子(高声尖叫):但!是!我!现!在!就!想!知!道!!! 书店店员(对另一位店员):应该有人告诉她Anne是长时间保持非常安静才躲过纳粹的。。。 (注:Anne Frank是《安妮日记》的作者) * 顾客:圣经是谁写的来...