We are in the imagination business. As people who primarily work in film and TV, vivid imagery appeals to us because it is the recipe to communicate ideas to readers. If no one can picture what you can in your brain, it won’t be a successful project. People need to see what’s hap...
New slang: what does “41% yourself” and “WPS” mean? The controversy continues with a couple of very-online slang terms. The first, “41% yourself,” originated on putrid nightmare-chamber 4chan. "41% Yourself" is a way for online cretins to say “kill yourself” and make it e...
So on this occasion, he thinly sliced both red and golden cooked beets. Then topped them with super thing slices of Boursin Cheese, ( I’ll tell you another time about how he does that, because if you have ever dealt with Boursin, you know that slicing it in any way isn’t easy!)...
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As broad caricatures these are useful in understanding facial hair trends. But a deeper dive into the records reveals that there is more to this than simple, homogenous trends. In other words, what we assume to be the predominant fashion doesn’t mean that every man wore this style. ...
I began intensely craving the smell of foam last year, out of nowhere. Not just any kind of foam either, but a very specific sort of packing foam I had encountered at some point in my youth. I looked everywhere to fulfill this confounding need. Thoughts of foam occupied my mind; I tal...
Language is flawed to begin with. One thing to someone could mean something completely different to somebody else, which is demonstrated by the comment about the different numerical base (nice try, by the way). That does not mean that absolute truth doesn’t exist. ...