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Bad Word Pairs #013
“Tropical Depression”
I guess it’s the irony of this phrase that bugs me. I know it’s a technical weather term for a low pressure system occurring in tropical regions of the world, but what a crappy way to phrase it.
The term makes me think of group therapy sessions where islanders talk about how being isolated from the rest of the world has turned them into them manic depressives.
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Peasants of the Pavements
The art of Cherri Wood.
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Little Zoo
The art of Elisa Dudnikova.
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TOP 5 LONGEST NAMES
(THAT I’VE RESEARCHED, AT LEAST)
Letter Count: 28 letters
This is the longest word in the English dictionary, even though you could add prefixes and suffixes to other names to make longer ones. It made the list because some of these other words below are translations, requiring more letters in English than they would in their own language.
Letter Count: 54 letters
This monstrocity is a chemical used for pain relief of tooth aches. It’s technically a medicinal word, allowing it to add and morph as many elements as needed to articulate their point. This one comes with a lot of caveats it seems.
Letter Count: 58 letters
Believe it or not, there is a place in Wales with this name. Good luck telling your cabbie to get you there, though.
Letter Count: 165 letters
I’m not kidding when I tell you that the jumble of letters above is also an actual location in Thailand. What were these guys thinking? I’d be winded just telling someone where I was going.
Letter Count: 179 letters
Once upon a time, there was an Indian chief who lived his days in Wisconsin. He died in 1866, but left as his legacy, the longest name in history, clocking in at a whopping 179 letters. -
Quote of the Week #013
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” -Winston Churchill -
Nike Sportswear, For the Cools
Nike has finally found a name for their product not directly targeted for on-the-field activity. But Nike Sportswear is something more, it rises above the Nike Town, Sportsmart classification, and is the limited, higher end niche they’ve carved from their established stock-and-trade. Whether reissues or new releases, the collection is looking pretty sharp.
And if you’re interested in spending over $200 for your hoodie, I highly recommend finding the Loopwheeler collection of tops. There’s a nice video giving you a glimpse into the Loopwheeler Factory, further proof that you still need thread and a loom to make a sweatshirt.
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Bad Word Pairs #012
“Pregnant Chad”
In this election year, I was reminded of the debacle a couple elections back, where some of the votes were confusing due to holes not punched all the way through the voters’ cards. Fortunately most of that has been resolved with digital/computerized voting systems (which likely present their own fun set of issues).
Nonetheless, the term “pregnant chad” emerged from that whole quandary. And I have to say, I wanted to punch something every time I heard a smug reporter using the phrase with a snide grin, since it was a funny thing to say. My ire has since abated, but let’s hope nothing lame like that emerges this year come voting time.
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Why Don’t I Live Here?
(HUF HAUS)
Prefab’s never looked so good. You can’t get these beauties in the states, but if you could, I just might have to start saving up. More info on the program on the HUF site.
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Quote of the Week #012
“Well begun is half done.” –Aristotle (and Mary Poppins) -
30 Years Later . . .
It took them 30 years to get back together and make an album, and here it is: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is available to stream on their site (the entire album), there’s a free download, and the album is about ten bucks. I’m more of an Eno man than a Byrne fanatic, but this album sounds lovely.
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Bad Word Pairs #012
“Jiffy Lube”
This word pair is fine, until you actually stop and think about it. The connotation with lube in this day and age is probably different than it was 20 or 30 years ago, but still. I don’t want anything lubed, let alone anything lubed in a jiffy.
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Addicted to Faces of the Earth
These images speak for themselves. This site shows dozens more Faces of the Earth in this spirit, and some of them (as you can see here) are pretty awesome.
I’m sure Pixar will have something coming out soon using Faces of the Earth as the basis for their character design, much like they used Nick Park as the basis for their Cars film.
Check out the parent site, Flabbergastedly, for other photographic oddities found around the interweb. And Thanks Alex for the link to the link, wherever that may be.
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Quote of the Week #011
“Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.” –Friedrich Nietzsche
