A ghost word.

Here’s an interesting tidbit: anyone ever used the word “dord?”

According to Snopes, this word is a “ghost word.” It never existed in the English lexicon, but did appear in Webster’s dictionary. How could something like that happen?

Bush to stop dangerous gasses.

It seems that President Bush is finally expected to announce a plan to stop greenhouse emissions. The announcement is expected tomorrow. This begs the question: will we finally sign the Kyoto Protocol?

I think not. This is President Bush, after all, the dumbest man on the planet. I think he plans to use Beano, or maybe destroy greenhouse gasses with his missile defense system.

Wikipedia answers everything.

Really. It does. Even the famous question: “which came first, the chicken or the egg?“

The question didn’t specify that the egg had to be a chicken egg. [...] It could easily be said that the egg came first, because fish had been laying eggs long before chickens existed.

Wow. I never thought of it that way.

Drugs for all Americans.

So, it’s been reported here that “trace amounts of pharmaceutical chemicals [are] turning up in the drinking water supply of millions of Americans, but no one seems to know how to react.”

So how are all these drugs getting in the water in the first place? Some fraction of every dose a person takes passes through unmetabolized and is evacuated by the body and flushed into sewage systems. Sewage treatment plants are meant to remove the more familiar kinds of pollutants, and typically do not remove pharmaceuticals from waste water as it is cleaned up and released back into the environment, eventually to find its way into other water supply systems.

Well, that finally explains why Conservatism has become so much more widespread in recent years.

The unexplained.

There are some things on this planet that are, quite simply unexplainable. Some are strange, and some are frightening. Some, on the other hand, are just downright funny:

Quote of the… uh, year.

I don’t often put up short little snippets of opinion-based goodness, but here’s a little quote from… well, me:

Conservatism is the imminent result of abundant amounts of two things: ignorance and snobbery.

There you are. Talk amongst yourselves.

There’s nothing they can’t do, these days.

Word Associations.

Every now and then, I like to post something that’s “just plain fun” on Crispy Quips. In light of my “spiffy” new header, I think this is the perfect time for word association.

The premise is simple: I list some words (mostly proper nouns) commonly seen in recent news, and I associate one word with each of the listed terms. Commenters: feel free to submit some that aren’t listed. And, I promise, it’s funnier than it sounds.

Let’s begin.

Romney on technology.

Here’s what GOP hopeful (really hopeful) Mitt Romney has to say on the number one issue in America: Mac or PC? (from techcrunch.com)

“I have a PC. My sons have a Mac and swear by it, but I have a couple PC’s. 3 out of the 5 boys I believe are on Macs, and they swear by them, but I’m a creature of habit, I’ve got my PC.”

Well, Mitt, you’ve just proved that you’re yet another zealot practicing blind allegiance… and not only a PC user, but a Mormon at that.

At least there’s hope for your kids… well, 3 out of 5, anyway.

Students Unite!

Are you a student? Do you live in California? Do you support change in American politics?

http://www.casfbo.org/