As _________ as apple pie |
I was thinking about the phrase "as American as apple pie" and got to wondering if this was specific to a particular variety of apple. There is a certain mental image of a red delicious which ...
Posted by I'm not Vladimir Nabokov on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:07:00 PST |
Origins of emo |
From the mailbag comes the query:"What does the term 'emo' mean and where does it come from?"Miss Etymology has long wondered when this question would finally appear. The term "emo" is a derivation of...
Posted by I'm not Vladimir Nabokov on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:53:00 PST |
Major Tom... |
"Some day I think you and I are going to have a serious disagreement." Twice I have gone to great lengths to answer the questions posed by my friend and commenter Sara. And twice the lengthy an...
Posted by I'm not Vladimir Nabokov on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
extended network |
Who the hell isn't in my extended network? I decided today to just start looking at random people on myspace and every damn one of them is in my extended network. Or so it says.
What is this fa...
Posted by I'm not Vladimir Nabokov on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
