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Entries from April 2008

1.21 Jigga What?

April 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So I saw a Delorean article in the New York Times and I just had to read it. This chick Lauren Reilly decided she wanted to treat herself, so she looked up “DeLorean” on eBay and bought one for $13,000 sight unseen.
Impulsive? Maybe.
Awesome? Definitely.
Nevermind the fact that she spent at least another $13,000 fixing [...]

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Tags: Culture Commentary · Movies

Redact

April 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Definition: verb to put in writing : frame 2: to select or adapt (as by obscuring or removing sensitive information) for publication or release; broadly : edit
Quotation:
How do we handle the demands of government secrecy or the need for judicial discretion to conceal passages of text that ordinary mortals are not allowed to read? [...]

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Tags: Word of the Day

Pugnacious

April 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Definition: adj having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
Quotation:
Mr. Herenton, 67, grew up in a Memphis housing project and attended segregated public schools. He makes frequent reference to his height, 6-foot-6, and takes pride in a pugnacious leadership style that has often served to stoke the affections of his base, Memphis’s black voters, but [...]

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Querulous

April 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Definition: adj 1 : habitually complaining 2 : fretful, whining
Quotation: “He heard the sound of Alison’s impatient barefoot step approaching. ‘Come on,’ she said through the door, ‘don’t hide in there.’
‘I’m not hiding.’ He stood up, and caught his reflection in the mirror on the wall above the sink. He had [...]

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Metacarpals in Disarray

April 1st, 2008 · No Comments

About 10 days ago I damaged my right hand. No bones were broken (save for a few chips) but I dislocated either two or three metacarpals. Depending on your belief system, relationship to me, thoughts on my character, and various and sundry other factors, you can choose to believe in one of the [...]

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