Sunday, November 19, 2006
English Quirks Due for Revival (10:39 PM) - The Bag of Nails blog nails a few. I especially like “a” plus the present participle….
Inventing The News (09:50 PM) - An intercepted e-mail from the executive officers of the Native Americans at Dartmouth club has the subject, “Notifying National Media,” and reads as follows:Hello everyone, The idea has been proposed that we notify newspapers and the media across the country…
Bring Yer Wellies, Lads (04:49 PM) - Music shops do their customers an enormous wrong by hiding the World Music section all the way in the back of the store. To wit: Gaelic Storm. They’re a five-piece Irish pub band (the one shown in Titanic). The group…
Tout a coup, I Feel Like Registering a Domain (12:10 PM) - This is probably the best technology advertisement in human history. I discovered French Maid TV whilst browsing through the iTunes podcast directory. There are video podcasts now. French Maid TV is a video podcast. Essentially, a company (like domain name…
Sunday Morning Sinatra - “One For My Baby (And One More for the Road)” (12:16 AM) - It has been a long while since I’ve posted a Sunday Morning Sinatra. Feels like it’s time. Scott Johnson, a one-man Grove Dictionary of American standards, observes that yesterday, November 18, was the anniversary of Johnny Mercer’s birth. Mercer is…