Category Archives: Words

The Ultimate Fridge

I’ve always loved the 50s style refridgerators made by Smeg, and now you can order them online! Pink is still my favorite but check out the other colors, too. The name ‘Smeg’ is just an extra bonus!

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Funning Up The Workplace

If Office Jargon gives you a perverse thrill, you must read this essay by Mark Labash on the  movement to bring  “Coercive Joviality” to the workplace. It’s about ‘the infantilization of corporate America.’ It is delightful reading material, and enlightening as well. … Continue reading

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Princess Diana: Fair And Balanced

To mark the tenth anniversary of Princess Diana’s car-crash, the US media indulged in the usual TV specials and analyses of the event and its significance. Predictably, there was a lot of criticism of poor Diana, as if it were … Continue reading

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My Tattoo

Here’s my tattoo. Ma haine dure (my hatred endures.) I am very happy with it, but it seems to upset strangers, which was not my intent. I’m getting tired of explaining its genesis, and that hatred is my fuel, my … Continue reading

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Larry David’s Divorce: I Like It!

When I heard that Larry David and his wife Laurie were splitting up, I  was so happy that I thought there should be a word to express this feeling. I have created one in German: scheidungglück. It means, “divorce happiness.” It … Continue reading

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A Ginormous Mistake

Now that Merriam-Webster has officially proclaimed that ‘ginormous’ is a word, I have even less regard for their dictionary.   ‘Ginormous’ is a horrible debacle as far as my ears are concerned. It also makes me think of ‘vagina,’ but I … Continue reading

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Bobos vs Pinkberry

Abbot Kinney is a street in Venice, CA, where  “screenwriters” hang out in a trendy coffee house and couples browse rustic-looking antique shops for something to impress their friends. Barbra Streisand used to send a  “picker” to scour the shops for the … Continue reading

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Reverdy and Rozerem

Listening to ‘Bookworm,’ a weekly radio program hosted by Michael Silverblatt, I discovered the French poet   Pierre Reverdy. He is known as a Surrealist, but his poems seem very straightforward to my untrained ears. They are morbid, dismal, creepy, and … Continue reading

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Another Strike Against Phil Spector

Thanks to thesmokinggun.com we can see this postcard from Phil to fellow dirtbag/bigshot Allen Klein, mocking L.A. District Attorney Steve Cooley. Click on it to read. The use of ” ’twas ” is totally indefensible. Ugh! Guilty as charged.

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Fun With Mental Disorders

Recently, I discovered a whole new category of mental disorders, known collectively as Delusional Misidentification. With Capgras Syndrome, the person’s primary delusion is that a relative or loved one has been replaced by an imposter who is an exact double. … Continue reading

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