IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
Ottobre 27, 2016 12:23
TAORMINA, SICILY
It was a dark and stormy night. I went to my bed craving the sleep that seemed to elude me every night since the start of the visitations. As I crawled into bed by the light of the ghostly moon, I said a brief prayer asking that I be spared a visit tonight.
As I dozed off to sleep, I heard the ghastly sound of the door opening and then the creek of the floor boards as my visitors slipped into the room. I closed my eyes tight like a child willing them to go away. Suddenly a cold hand reached out and touched my shoulder. It was followed by a plaintiff voice that said, “Mommy we’re scared. Can we sleep with you again tonight”.
“It was a dark and stormy night” is an often-mocked and parodied phrase written by English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton in the opening…
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A MOUTHFUL!
Ottobre 27, 2016 12:21
Because bears are close to the ground,they cannot see down into the water very well.We are taller & thus can see down into the water better.If you could fly up into the air & look straight down,you’d be able to see all the salmon swimming about in that stream.
Some bears have found a way of getting around this ocular disabilty.They know the salmon are swimming around but cannot see them.They look for the fin on the back of the salmon to poke above the water.This is the salmons dorsal fin.The salmon probably isn’t even aware that their fin is above the water? This can only happen in the shallows or when the salmon swims close to the surface. Smart bears look for these fins as a “Hi,I’m over here”sign.They charge into the water & lunge after the fin knowing there is a tasty salmon there.
Thats what is going…
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Campeonato Brasileiro 2016 – 33ª rodada
Ottobre 27, 2016 12:20
33ª RODADA
27/10 Sport/RE x Ponte Preta – 20:30
28/10 Fluminense x Vitória – 19:30
29/10 Corinthians x Chapecoense – 16:30
29/10 Atlético/MG x Flamengo – 16:30
29/10 Atlético/PR x Cruzeiro – 16:30
29/10 Internacional x Santa Cruz – 18:30
29/10 Botafogo/RJ x Coritiba – 18:30
29/10 Santos x Palmeiras – 19:30
29/10 Figueirense x Grêmio – 19:30
29/10 América/MG x São Paulo – 20hrs
Sweary links #22
Ottobre 27, 2016 12:17
Linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the media’s coverage of the Donald Trump pussy-grab tape: “The word Trump used may not be the most obscene term for a woman’s genital area. But it’s the one that focuses on it in a purely sexual way.” (Also see our own posts on the subject: A Banner Day for Profanity, by Ben Zimmer; Pussy on a Hot Trump Mic, by Copy Curmudgeon; and Watershed Moments: Donald Trump, Rakeyia Scott, and the Times, by Blake Eskin.)
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Speaking of Trumpian vulgarities, Language Log ponders the candidate’s use of “like a bitch.”
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Arnold Zwicky tracks down the history of jackhole: coined by two Los Angeles radio personalities to circumvent Federal Communications Commission language proscriptions.
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This is a Missouri gun shop called Tactical Sh*t pic.twitter.com/g3zmYzDDCz
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) October 10, 2016
(Hat tip: @scarequotes)
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Start up: Airpods delayed, battle of the bokehs, Microsoft’s tablet vroooom, AI judges, and more
Ottobre 27, 2016 12:15
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Apple delays AirPod rollout, don’t expect them in October • TechCrunch
Matthew Panzarino:
»If you’ve been waiting for Apple’s AirPod wireless headphones to go on sale, you’re going to have to wait a little longer. Apple says that it is not ready and will need “a little more time.”
“The early response to AirPods has been incredible. We don’t believe in shipping a product before it’s ready, and we need a little more time before AirPods are ready for our customers,” an Apple spokesperson told TechCrunch.
Apple did not say whether hardware or…
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