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Jozef Imrich, name worthy of Kafka, has his finger on the pulse of any irony of interest and shares his findings to keep you in-the-know with the savviest trend setters and infomaniacs.
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Thursday, December 02, 2004
Ever notice that anyone driving slower than you is a fool, but anyone driving faster than you is a maniac?
SPAMMERS May Soon Get Theirs... Own Media Dragon
The Blog, The Press, The Media: Publisher: 'Blog' No. 1 word of the year
A four-letter term that came to symbolize the difference between old and new media during this year's presidential campaign tops U.S. dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's list of the 10 words of the year.
Arthur Chrenkoff: Still, dictionary publishers Merriam-Webster have made "blog" their word of the year, based on the fact it has been one...; Joe Gandelman: Guess What This Popular Four Letter Word Is: There's a new popular four letter word — NO, I'm not talking about the one...;SK Bubba: CNN says the word of the year... is "blog". Also, It will now be officially included in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.Charles Johnson: Number One Word of the Year: "Blog" — Dictionary publisher Merriam Webster says the word "blog" is their #1 word of the...;Jan Haugland: The new four letter word — Merriam-Webster's word of year for 2004 is blog. noun [short for Weblog] (1999) : a Web site...; Joanne Jacobs: Cool — Not only is "blog" the word of the year — the most looked-up word that's not effect/affect — I'm pleased to see that "defenestration" ranked 10th;
Hei Lun; Greg Ransom,
Glenn Reynolds; Roger L. Simon; Tyler Cowen.
• If there is a heaven, I don't believe it's going to be like that at all...I don't want a mansion or a palace, Della. I want a schoolroom, filled with little children, with readers and crayons and paints and chalk. Little children, all big-eyed and eager to learn. And I'd want a big library. The biggest library you've ever seen. One that's opened all the time, not just half days. That's what I hope heaven's like. Maudie Ferguson speaking, in Cassandra King's Making Waves. Hyperion, 2004 Changing research, changing tastes