2007 Word of the Year |
"Plutoed" Voted 2007 Word of the Year In its 17th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted "plutoed" as the word of the year, in a run-off against climate canary. To pluto is ...
Posted by Jerkeca on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:28:00 PST |
Words to banish in 2007 |
Gitmo- The US military's shorthand for a base in Cuba drives a wedge wider than a split infinitive. When did the notorious Guantanamo Bay Naval Base change to "Gitmo", a word that conjures up an...
Posted by Jerkeca on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:13:00 PST |
say what you may about Kathy Griffin............ |
but I totally heart this woman.She's vulgar, talks about her vag all the time, went to Iraq to make fun of Cheney to our troops and the gays love her. And anyone that can get Barbara Walters to ...
Posted by Jerkeca on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:07:00 PST |
What people really think |
1. Give me a nickname. this one's easy. jerkeca. 2. What is the one thing in my life that sticks out? your complete intolerance for whiskey. 3. How long have you known me? um. maybe a year and a half?...
Posted by Jerkeca on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:01:00 PST |
Wise words from Custodians of Chaos |
Vonnegut Speaks
In this exclusive extract from his forthcoming memoirs, Custodians of Chaos, Kurt Vonnegut is horrified by the hypocrisy in contemporary US politics. The extract was published in the...
Posted by Jerkeca on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:22:00 PST |
Washington Post Valentines Fun. |
THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKING FOR A RHYME WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE BUT THE LEAST ROMANTIC SECOND LINE:
(1) Love may be beautiful, love may be bli...
Posted by Jerkeca on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:47:00 PST |
Essential vocabulary additions for the workplace |
NEW WORDS FOR 2006: Essential vocabulary additions for the workplace (and elsewhere)1. BLAMESTORMING : Sitting around in a group, discussing why a Deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was ...
Posted by Jerkeca on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:58:00 PST |
Wildfires Apparently Controlled From Cubicle in Midtown |
Wildfires Apparently Controlled From Cubicle in Midtown
READ MORE: advertising, gawker, top
We were as surprised as you were to find Smokey the Bear advertising on Gawker today. Only you can prevent...
Posted by Jerkeca on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 01:43:00 PST |
Telemarketing Fun!! |
This is a bulletin from one of my coworker's drag queen friends on myspace. It amuses me.
Hello Darlings! With my new T-Mobile phone, I have very little time to chat o...
Posted by Jerkeca on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 12:07:00 PST |
T'was five days before Christmas.... |
'Twas five days before Christmas and all through the town;
Not a train was up running, they'd all been shut down.
The turnstiles were locked and the stations were cleared,
in hopes that Old Bloomber...
Posted by Jerkeca on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:52:00 PST |
