Category: writing / books

  • Words to Not Live By

    Here are some more words I do not like: Nuc-u-lar. I know every English-speaking person complains about this, but dude, NUCLEAR. Look how it’s spelled. Although apparently there is a rational explanation for all this, I would hope that the leaders of countries wouldn’t use words that are in the same class as pasghetti. The…

  • Fun With Words

    It’s always strange / hilarious when people talk in third-person narrative when they should be talking in first-person. For example, if I wanted a taco, and I said “Mike wants a taco! BRING MIKE A TACO!”, that would be weird. Yet it happens. Bob Dole has a habit of referring to himself in third-person. However,…

  • Film as Elixir

    Ok so go read this review of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by critic Jordan Hiller and then come back here. Since you totally didn’t read it, here’s a summarizing quote: The film and those like it are merely the reflection of ageing creative people in hopeless search for an elixir. I haven’t seen the…