One of the websites I manage, has an rss feed and receives alert emails from
an emergency and disaster information service in Hungary. The site has quite
a bit of near real-time information on everything from pandemic maps,
nuclear events, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, cosmic events, and just
And... a blast from the past, pasted below. I'll let whoever emerge
as the folks who lead the wiki project decide how to respond. As usual,
I'm inclined to let the community choose and will only intervene directly
as a last resort.
I haven't participated here for a while, but I do still
_Lost_ and _Fringe_ both return. _Lost_ was excellent last
season and I expect great things from the final season.
_Fringe_ kicked up a gear with the twists and revelations at
the end of the first season so it will be interesting where that goes.
I have to agree with John, Torchwood was
I've been looking forward to the new Land of the Lost movie, despite it's
deviation from the original story.
Today, the Sci-Fi channel has been playing the original Land of the Lost
episodes. I haven't seen these in 30 years.
The claymation is jerky, the blue screen overlays are bad, and
The movies that are about to open look promising..
Knowing with Nicholas Cage
This looks promising, but it also looks a lot like War of the Worlds. Nick
Cage has about a 50/50 ratio of good/bad movies.
Witch Mountain
Definitely a kids movie, but it will be a must see since I saw the
A few months ago, I called Chase Bank about a question with my account, the
phone teller asked me several security challenge questions that I thought
were unusual. One of the questions was a certain uncle's home address. The
impossible part of this was that I haven't had contact with this uncle
D Brin wrote:
Thanks Alberto.
Hoping the world will soon be proud of us!
d
Bumper sticker sighted yesterday:
1-20-09, The End of an Error
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Julia wrote...
seriously, there are rabbits in the area, and I'm vaguely
phobic about rabbits
Have you ever seen the B movie Night of the Lepus? Quite possibly the
worst movie of all-time.
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Thank you for reminding me of my desire to bitch-slap people
who claim to be Christians and are a lot more hung up on
Leviticus than Matthew chapters 5-7. :) (Problem is,
bitch-slapping is more in keeping with Leviticus than that
section of Matthew.)
Julia
Julia,
Your
Gheeze, who knew (well apparently the Russians 50 years ago). I'm guessing
that environmental groups will start petitioning the court to outlaw the use
of scotch tape in a vacuum in case it creates a black hole that will
instantly swallow the earth
X-Rays Detected From Scotch Tape
Once again, I'm embarrassed to live in Ohio. The town in this story is only
about 30 minutes away. It's a small town that is routinely the butt of
redneck jokes all over Ohio.
This is a witch hunt. I'm not sure how justice is served by convicting a 15
year old of making a stupid mistake. And,
Dan M wrote:
With all due respect, so what? Most people prefer drilling
everywhere over $4.00 gasoline. And, the Republicans are
winning that argument...the polls show a massive preference
now to drill to bring down the prices.
Are high gas prices a necessary evil to force
They shouldn't be, and in an economy and social/cultural
framework that cultivated proactive thinking at least in the
majority, they wouldn't be. The problem is that the existing
paradigm tends to go ahead with business as usual until it
becomes totally unsustainable,
*then* start
Because it's the right thing to do? Just because something is
cheap does not mean we need to be wasteful.
Substitute anyone with most people in that sentence and
I'll agree with you.
Ok, Most people.
I agree, just because something is cheap doesn't mean that we need to be
wasteful,
McCain's VP Wants Creationism Taught in School
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/08/mccains-vp-want.html
Told you Maru
William T Goodall
I'm reading that blog entry a little different. She appears to be advocating
to allow the debate and discussion of both. I didn't read anything
Not in school, and not in science class. In comparative religion,
maybe, but it's hard enough to teach good science without adding a
load of creation myths to the course.
I agree, not is science class, and I did specifically say that it shouldn't
be taught as an equal alternative.
Considering the fact that McCain just announced his VP running mate today,
it's interesting that there are domain names associating Sarah Palin with
Vice President registered back in June 2008. The domain name
VicePresidentSarahPalin.com was registered on June 14, 2008. Nothing illegal
or
This is very reminiscent of the music industry a few years ago when they
tried to have laws passed that would have allowed them to access anyone's
machine remotely and delete/disable any MP3 that they thought was illegal.
From the way it's written, it appears that the intent would be for
Just ran across this in my travels online
Terminator Salvation - 2009
John Conner - Christian Bale
Kate Conner - Bryce Dallas Howard
Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor (Bale) is the man fated to lead
the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the
I don't see this going very far. The only thing this will accomplish is
making money for attorneys with the slew of lawsuits it would generate.
The question I have, is it still volunteering if it's mandatory?
Idiots. Sometimes I'm ashamed to admit that I live in Ohio.
Ohio: Bill requires
I use and would recommend Pegasus Mail -
http://www.pmail.com/
Robust mail client with several possible view-types, and an
inbuilt baesian filter.
I was also going to recommend Pegasus Mail (Pmail), and saw that someone
else beat me to it. I used Pegasus for years until I
Pine Joins 'Trek' Cast As Young Kirk
Oct. 18, 2007, 4:37 PM EST
The Associated Press
The bridge of the starship Enterprise is filling up.
Chris Pine, who had been in talks to join the cast of J.J. Abrams' Star
Trek flick, will play the young James Kirk, while Karl Urban will take on
the role
So I take it you don't think this was genocide?
Martin
I didn't say that it wasn't genocide, I was questioning what good could
possibly come from making this declaration 90 years after the fact -
especially if it's going to piss off an allied nation that is clearly a
different regime.
As
I'm REALLY struggling with this one. I don't understand what good could
possibly come from passing a resolution labeling this WW1 issue as
genocide.
It seems to me that Congress should have more important issues to deal with
than trying to appease lobbyist with a hidden agenda over something
Highlander 2?
There is no such thing.
Julia
au contraire..
From the IMDB:
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) Connor MacLeod
... aka Highlander II: The Renegade Version (UK: director's cut) (USA: video
title (director's cut))
... aka Highlander - Le retour (France)
...
That was my refusal to acknowledge the existence of
said movie. I'm not alone in my sentiments on that.
Julia
Doh!
It's been a screwy weekend and my IQ is temporarily down 50 points.
Unfortunately, I didn't have much overhead to begin with in that department!
If nothing else, the
Well, the SciFi channel has done it once again.
The new Highlander movie, Highlander: The Source, is so bad that I
can't stand the watch the rest of it. Hideous plot, hideous acting, hideous
special effects.
I thought Highlander 2 was bad, but this one easily takes the prize. It's
The first time I ran across the first picture, I thought it was a fake, and
then I looked it up on Google and snopes.
This is the caption with the picture from the magazine article:
Sitting in a 3.8-metre sea kayak and watching a four-metre
great white approach you is a fairly tense
Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
Watching a Deep Space 9 episode, something caught my attention.
---snip---
Is this an Uplift rip-off?
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi mentions uplifted races as part of his
story plot. At the end of the book he acknowledges and credits the idea as
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Anyone watching Flash Gordon?
I missed this somewhere, but why does Baylin choose to stay on Earth as
opposed to going back to Mongo?
Gary
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No spoilers
Is anyone watching the Bionic Woman? I was pleasantly surprised by it.
Of course Katee Sackhoff, from Battlestar Galactica, plays a renegade bionic
badass of undetermined allegiance.
Anyway, in one scene, the bionic woman walks by a TV that's playing the new
Battlestar
Holy Cow!!
I make a post and step away for a few weeks and find this topic ran rampant
- and I missed it!
However, I always look forward to the side-topics that always seem to be
typical Brin humor... (fiber..biofuel..that's beautiful)
Gary
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I took the kids to the Ohio Renaissance Festival yesterday, and ran across
this sign.
It's beautiful.
http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/
Gary
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Whatever politicians that may be in power if this scenario would came true,
would definitely not be in power much longer.
There's an interesting paragraph about the potential health benefits of a
car free London, but I see they conveniently forget to mention the increased
health RISK of
'Heroes' Star Goes From Sylar to Spock
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=275486
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=275486gt1=7703 gt1=7703
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Doing some domain name keyword research, occasionally I run across some
REALLY strange searches. A keyword search that led to a Batman related
keyword, turned up the search: batman homosexual interpretations. That
term was searched for 266 times last month.
That deserves some sort of witty
Monster or dog? 'Goatsucker' tale debated
Hunter wants DNA test for remains that may explain chupacabra legend
CUERO, Texas - Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's been a
hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic
animals in her house to prove it.
Virtual Earth image reveals Trident sub's secret propeller
This month, a photograph appeared on the Internet of the propeller on an
Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine at Trident Submarine Base in Bangor.
A key to the submarine's ability to deploy and remain undetected, propeller
designs
I was never a fan of the original Bionic Woman, but I have to admit the
trailer for this series looks very promising.
Look for the one labeled Bionic Woman - Trailer, It's 9 minutes long.
http://www.nbc.com/Bionic_Woman/video/#mea=125294
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Online dating humor This is beautiful. (some people may find this mildly
offensive)
http://tinyurl.com/2ht6db
http://www.onlinedatingmagazine.com/datinghumor/videos2007/edisharmony.html
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Wikipedia Unmasked
Excerpt from article
When an edit is made to a Wikipedia page, the IP address that made the
change is recorded. What Griffith did was take the 34,417,493 anonymous
edits added between February 2004 and August 2007 and correlate them with
the IP addresses of hedge funds,
I was just reading about the new hybrid SUV's that are about to hit the
market. The Dodge Durango typically gets 14 mpg, and the hybrid version
MIGHT get 18 or 19 mpg (The keyword there is MIGHT).
I love the marketing dogma that is used to mislead car buyers:
Both companies say that
Today, when we [me + wife + 3 kids] went to watch the
Pseudo-Para Pan American Games, my wife was barred
at the door. She was hiding a WMD inside her purse, so hidden
that she herself wasn't aware of it. It was a very lethal
small left-handed scissors covered with rust and with a
Maybe congress should just shut down the internet completely?
In most federal agencies, the firewalls are so locked down, it would be
IMPOSSIBLE for a computer with P2P software to share files without
intentionally bypassing security. If the federal employee is taking home
sensitive data and
Ran across this in an article unrelated to sci-fi.
The IMDB shows 13 episodes, but this sounds like one of the short term
mid-season replacements that won't have much of a following after the first
few episodes.
The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Plot Outline: Set after the events in 'Terminator 2'
Just ran across this.it's is a remake of the Omega Man that originally
starred Charlton Heston.
I Am legend stars Will Smith. The trailer is short but looks promising.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/
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This is too cool.
This is the underwater equivalent of the cabin in the woods.
The slide show has a picture of the TV with The Abyss on it :-)
http://www.jul.com/index.htm
Gary
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Battlestar Ending Next Season
The producers of SCI FI Channel's Battlestar Galactica confirmed that the
upcoming fourth season will be the show's last. Executive producers Ronald
Moore and David Eick said that it was a creative decision to end the
acclaimed series with the upcoming 22-episode
Deadly spider's venom may yield super virility
The spider's bite can kill children and the elderly, but among strong young
farmers it leads to erections that can last for days and involve involuntary
ejaculations.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18984762/wid/11915773?GT1=10109
I love the Citizens Against Government Waste website: http://www.cagw.org
I don't always agree with them (they are against net neutrality), but I love
reading about the taxpayer money that our government wastes on crap, instead
of investing in things like medical research on (AIDS, cancer,
very big pig (and no, I'm not talking about GW Bush!)
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/features/7691922.html
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Not sure if you can call GeoCaching a sport, but the kids and I recently
discovered it and became completely hooked.
Reading the webpage GeoCaching.com, it almost sounds like the white-hot
action of watching golf or bowling on TV.
If your not familiar with GeoCaching, basically caches are
This is very cool, but unless this guy lives near a Star Trek convention
center of some sort, I bet he doesn't get very many dates.
Star Trek apartment, with Voyager refit:
http://tinyurl.com/2mdkns
original link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
I LOVE this
http://www.stupid.com/stat/CCLF.html
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All I can say is that the three wise men are a Klingon, a Gorn and Balok
(from The Corbomite Maneuver)
http://fatrobot.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html
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I think I make these comments about every three months
Does the sci-fi channel pump out bad movies just for the sake of airing
something? Does Stephen Baldwin own stock in the Sci-Fi Channel?
I'm watching Earthstorm. It's like a train wreck... I can't stop watching,
but it's so bad, I'm
I'm watching Earthstorm. It's like a train wreck... I can't
stop watching, but it's so bad, I'm cringing.
I knew this would be the case... my first clue was that the
movie stars Stephen Baldwin and Dirk Benedict.
Here I go replying to myself again...
I didn't want to leave everyone
Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.
It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on
posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without
disclosing your true identity.
In other words, it's OK to flame someone on a mailing
Not sure how this would do in rough water, but cool none the less :-)
AquaSphere Studio Floating Living Pad
http://tinyurl.com/yqx5tb
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Teacher's porn conviction sparks tech debate
She was convicted last month of exposing seventh-grade students to
pornography on her classroom computer. She contended the images were
inadvertently thrust onto the screen by pornographers' unseen spyware and
adware programs.
John F Kennedy Assassination Shooters Perch Window JFK
Actual Original Shooters Nest Window in Book Depository
169 bidders
Current bid: $ 1,000,200
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=330085892516
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Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith Dies
at Age 39 After Collapsing at Florida Hotel
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=2860686
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Wow. I can't even come up with a comment except: the contrast between
her mug shot and her official flight photo is surprising.
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I'm finding out that Digital Rights Management - DRM - isn't just a
Microsoft conspiracy.
I paid for, and downloaded, an AD/HD related PDF document written by a
psychologist.
I didn't mind paying the small fee since I found it useful and informative.
What I DID mind was, discovering after
I'm finding out that Digital Rights Management - DRM - isn't just a
Microsoft conspiracy.
No, it's not. It's an Adobe conspiracy. Adope is so much more
Evil than Micro$oft, that it makes M$ look like a Charity Company.
But I guess under Vista those things will acquire a new level
Script Completed for 'Star Trek XI'
Director J.J. Abrams has confirmed that the script for Star Trek XI has
been completed, that it will concern Capt. Kirk and Spock as very young men,
that shooting
http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-01-11/#3
A question that came up in a deep, late night conversation
Was religion a necessary tool for building moral and ethical standards in
early civilizations or social groups? Or did someone simply invent the fear
of Going To Hell to impose their will on the masses?
I suppose that also
Not sure what I would classify that website as, but I ran across it this
morning, and it's one of my new favorites. It's a collection of links to
interesting news stories.
http://www.fark.com/
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The Vulcan Neck Pinch is not half as powerful as
Not sure what I would classify that website as, but I ran
across it this morning, and it's one of my new favorites.
It's a collection of links to interesting news stories.
http://www.fark.com/
I think my favorite part is the classification of the different articles:
Asinine, Dumbass,
So does that fall under Dumbass or Follow-Up?
;)
Julia
If you were to ask my ex-wife, it should be follow-up by the dumbass :-)
Gary
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It doesn't surprise me that this scholarship is causing a stir. For years,
I've thought that the single biggest perpetrators of bigotry were
organizations like the NAACP and Rev. Jessie Jackson (with due respect to
his positive accomplishments).
Many minority groups have no problem creating
Last April, I created an email address to use for my mom at H R Block. I
only used that address for that one specific reason. I never posted it or
used it for ANYTHING else. Since April, that email address has received
just under 3000 pieces of spam.
I emailed HR block security with a
I love The Onion :-)
Republicans Blame Election Losses On Democrats
WASHINGTON, DC-Republican officials are blaming tonight's GOP losses on
Democrats, who they claim have engaged in a wide variety of aggressive,
premeditated, anti-Republican campaigns over the past six-to-18 months. We
have
http://www.popvssoda.com/ http://www.popvssoda.com/
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The Vulcan Neck Pinch is not half as powerful as the
Vulcan Groin Kick, but it's more politically correct.
~ Quotes you'll never hear on Star Trek.
The box said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed LINUX.
- Unknown
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This is an interesting article and poll about an editorial that's about to
be released. Too bad that ousting someone like Rumsfeld couldn't be done by
a popular vote.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15552211/
The online poll:
Should Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld be removed from his position,
In the last year, I've changed some habits, lost some weight and tried to be
a little more aware of what I'm eating and what the portion size was.
About a month ago, my daughter and I went to Applebee's for dinner. The
somewhat traditional thing is to get a salad bar and an entrée. I ordered
This amazes me. I understand limiting transfers from an anti-piracy
standpoint, but if my hard drive crashes and I have to reinstall Vista,
adding another $400 to that price tag would be prohibitive.
If I'm purchasing a license of any software, I should be allowed to transfer
this to any number
I may go to London in two weeks, and I know nothing
about good [breakfast included: my company pays for
hotel but not for food, and I am in no financial position
to have extra expenses!] hotels.
Any suggestions?
Alberto Monteiro
That depends, do you want the room by the night or by the
Naturalist, 44, killed by stingray on diving trip, Australian media report
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14663786/
There's got to be a comment somewhere that contains the word crikey, but
I've got nothing
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I heard about this a few weeks ago, but didn't run across the article until
this morning.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I guess I've read too many science
fiction stories about a good virus gone bad and taking down a significant
portion of humanity :-)
As unlikely as the scenarios are,
This was listed as a Star Trek quote on a website I visited. I've never seen
it before, but I love it :-)
The Vulcan Neck Pinch is not half as powerful as the
Vulcan Groin Kick, but it's more politically correct.
~ Star Trek quotes
One of my co-workers sent me this
This is beautiful :-)
One man's solution to the neighbors stealing his wireless bandwidth:
http://www.ex-parrot.com/peter/upside-down-ternet.html
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It's with a heavy heart that I must report the SciFi Channel has sunk to a
new all time low.
I can only guess that SciFi Channel felt as if they had to do one worse than
Tremors: The Series, and Scare Tactics.
[Deep sigh here] As I type this, the SciFi Channel is showing professional
I'm not sure if this archive is cool or disturbing. Cool for historic
purposes, but a bit disturbing if you once posted things you may not want
potential employers to find.
From the webpage...
About the Wayback Machine
Browse through 55 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months
Ok, does anyone really care that one guy head butted another for insulting
his
lineage? Definitely don't think this warrants a BREAKING NEWS! Alert from
ABCnews.com. They must be bored today :-)
Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:
FRENCH SOCCER STAR ZIDANE SAID HE HEAD BUTTED AN ITALIAN PLAYER
Ok, I have a good imagination, but this story just reeks of total
bullsh*t The picture with the story makes David Hasselhoff look like a
game show host that's had too many Botox treatments.
Draw your own conclusions
David Hasselhoff Undergoes Surgery
Jun 30, 1:21 PM EST
The
While looking something else up, I ran across this
The Astronaut Farmer
Starring Bruce Willis Billy Bob Thorton
Tagline: One small step for man. One giant leap for farmers.
Plot Outline: An astronaut (Thornton) of NASA is forced to retire so he
could save his family farm. But he can't
Translation: Damn! We got caught.
Bush Slams Leak of Terror Finance Story
Bush Slams Release of Information on Monitoring of Finances for Terrorist
Activities
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday sharply condemned the disclosure of a
secret anti-terrorism program that
Has anyone seen anything like this flower before? I did a Google search,
but didn't come up with anything. I probably wasn't using the right
terminology.
http://www.europastation.com/gary/flower/
Gary
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David Brin that was printed in the new Playboy. It's a commentary about the
new King Kong movie.
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I find it ironic, that on the same news page as Sheehan's arrest story, is a
link to a Bush quote from his State of the Union address:
Bush: 'We Will Act Boldly in Freedom's Cause'
http://tinyurl.com/c5jym
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/StateOfTheUnion/story?id=1564265
I guess that
I just watched the first episode, of the second part of season 2, that I had
saved on DVR from last night.
I have always liked it from the start, but that show just gets better and
better. I didn't see that end coming. Well, at least the end that will be
concluded next week.
Earlier in the
There has to be some good jokes in this somewhere.
Video and pictures:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10694972/?GT1=7538
With this herring I thee wed
British woman 'marries' dolphin, tying the net after 15-year courtship
The Associated Press
Updated: 2:48 p.m. ET Jan. 3, 2006
JERUSALEM -
I read about this in a couple of places over the last week. The short of it
is, this guy decided to sell space on a webpage for $1 a pixel. So far, he
is 1000 short of his million dollar/pixel goal.
I never cease to be amazed at the crazy money making schemes that pay off
big.
The FAQ is
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051229/ts_nm/homepage_dc
Cash pours in for student with $1 million Web idea
By Peter GraffThu Dec 29, 1:04 PM ET
If you have an envious streak, you probably shouldn't read this.
Because chances are, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old student from a small town in
Maybe these vicious dogs should go to the top of the list of dangerous
animals, right alongside Pit Bulls. The Police Officer showed great
restraint by not using his sidearm to defend himself against this violent,
unprovoked attack. Maybe Fremont California is really, really short of
true
I ran across this on some obscure news page, and then after reading it, also
saw it on ABCnews.com. You have to visit the webpage and read the short
description to appreciate why some of these made it to the banished list.
From the Banished Words history page...
In order to gain the most media
I can think of a couple of words and phrases that should be banished from
the English language:
Ripped From The Headlines - Should read: Plot Stolen From The Headlines.
Can't TV writers come up with their own unique story ideas?
My bad - This is just bad grammar and silly slang. I cringe when
I apologize in advance, because I know this topic can get a bit heated on
this list. The reason I'm posting this, is because this is the first media
article that I've seen, from a major media outlet, that makes an attempt to
be fair and accurate.
(link to complete list of myths at the bottom)
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