Archive for 2008

Can the happy clan

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Rebecca Kell reviles:

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It’s used very narrowly most times. “One man, One woman and their young child(ren)”   Miriam Webster lists that definition as 5a.

It is now being used by Babeland, a sex toy shop.   The two ideas are not meant to co-exist.

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Free the geeks

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Mr. Brooks, the Times expects more from its columnists than this:

 For as it is written, the last shall be first and the geek shall inherit the earth.

This was clever the first time somebody else thought of it.

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Stop the pain

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Unless you’re writing about a defective line of breast milkers, it’s time to retire Pain at the Pump.

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