…and 35 other things every rock critic should know
EDIT 10/05/2005: The link is gone, but the link is forever.
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People on rec.arts.comics.strips have been talking about words and symbols being co-opted, and someone talked about a restaurant called “Gay Dan’s” which had an 1890s theme, but which changed its name after the word “gay” became overwhelmingly associated with homosexuality. Someone related this story in response:
> About Gay Dan’s Restaurant: I remember reading
> several years ago that a community in California
> decided to change the name of one of its street
> from “Gay Street” to “Screaming Eagle Drive.”
> The local gay community then announced that they
> were no longer referring to themselves as “gay”
> but that homosexual men would henceforth be
> called “Screaming Eagles.”
The US wants to have a war! Who’s coming along?
http://www.defectiveyeti.com/iraqevite/
Life is hard and then you nap.
Curiosity never killed anything except maybe a few hours.
Variety is the spice of life: One day ignore people, the next day annoy them, and play with them when they’re busy.
Climb your way to the top — that’s why the drapes are there.
Never sleep alone when you can sleep on someone’s face.
Make your mark in the world — or at least spray in each corner.
When you go out into the world, always remember, being placed on a pedestal is a right, not a privilege.
Make love loudly and have your babies quietly.
(found unattributed on USENET)
In response to my last entry, someone asked:
How about a search on “Random Insult Generator”? No shortage of hits with that one!
Yeah, but are they SURREAL insults? I mean, anyone can insult someone without much imagination.
I did, however, enjoy finding the Random Renaissance Insult Generator, which provided me with “THOU BOOTLESS SHEEP-BITING HEDGE-PIG!” and “THOU INFECTIOUS FLAP-MOUTHED VARLET!” (which sounds awfully Yosimite-Samish).
A spammer who sends out 10,000,000 e-mail messages per week can expect approximately a 0.1% rate of return to his spam, or approximately 10,000 replies per week.
There are 10,080 minutes in a week. Thus proving, once again, that there’s a sucker born every minute. 🙂
Came across this in Teresa Neilsen Hayden’s journal, and couldn’t resist passing it along.
http://www.yourish.com/archives/2002/july29-aug3_2002.html#2002073101
Read Teresa’s comments afterwards:
The Bush administration wants to recruit citizens to keep a watch on one another. It might go something like this:
I have no comment. Just read.