The Christian Science Monitor has some new words from our current economic times. Check out: “Recession slang: 10 new terms for a new economy.”
Sigh:
2. Permatemp, n. The condition of …

This New York Times “On Language” column is from a couple of weeks ago, but it’s clever and educational and portmanteaus (portmanteaux?) are always fun.
Plus I agree with Mr. Garner …

I love-love-love things like this.
From the Freakonomics blog at the New York Times we get a graph showing water consumption in Edmonton from February 28 – during the men’s Olympic …

Continuing our coverage of the Mahmoud al Madbouh assassination in Dubai (which I still find fascinating) the Dubai PD have made a new pronouncement: “Spies ordered out of Persian Gulf.”
It …

If you’re in New England and haven’t just woken up, you’ve probably heard the news: “Nomar to retire as a member of the Red Sox today.”
The “Nomar” in question (if …

So apparently today is a holiday?
Mar10 Day, as in Super “Mario” Day?
Is it federally recognized?
Should I go home now?

So as you know South Africa is hosting the FIFA World Cup in June.

Ahead of that, the “Schott’s Vocab” blog on the New York Times has a …

Just found this blog for a new animated short being done in the Netherlands. Check out: “Slim Pickings Fat Chances“.
Here’s some bits and pieces:

Oh I can’t wait to …

I love languages. I love that you can say the same thing in hundreds of different ways. How some languages have subtleties that others lack. Each has …

So let me guess, all of the restaurants at the park are now planning a seafood special: “SeaWorld Orlando reconsiders using Tilikum killer whale in shows?”

Umair Haque has a good blog up at Harvard Business Review about economic recovery: “The Real Roots of the Recovery.”
In it he calls the economy “thin”, likening it to Paris …

Check out this neat new building in Boston (okay, okay, Cambridge) that opened on Friday. The new hq for the MIT Media Lab was designed by Fumihiko Maki and …

Punk-rock journalist Spencer Ackerman had a post yesterday that linked to the text of bill McCain and Lieberman introduced regarding the closure of Guantanamo Bay, specifically regarding detention. Here’s …

I’m not a fan of the Country or the Western, but I have a great title for a song: “Can I Borrow Some Rope For a Noose?”

Awwwww yeah:

Each week when Time Magazine shows up in my mailbox it feels more and more slender. In fact, this last week even the Rite Aid flier was heftier.
But damn, …

February 8, 2010
Rich Ross, Chairman
Walt Disney Studios
500 S. Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
Dear Mr. Ross,
Congratulations on recently being promoted to Chairman of the Studio! I have a few …

You might have seen this already: “iPad Available in US on April 3.”

Apparently land prices in Florida are getting so low that citrus growers are buying land from developers instead of selling land to developers.
Check out the Orlando Sentinel on the topic: …

This has very little to do with anything, but I just read an interesting article in the Miami Herald (what, you don’t read the Herald every day?) Planet Hollywood, …