February 2009
23 posts
Mugabe hosts lavish party despite national crisis... →
Party on Bob!
Forvo: the pronunciation guide. All the words in... →
Better Weapons — The Story from American Public... →
Second half of the show, The Sound of Melting Ice, is about DJ Spooky’s trip to Antarctica last year.
ac·me |ˈakmē| noun [in sing. ] the point at which someone or something is best, perfect, or most successful : Earl Grey is the acme of oil flavored teas. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Greek akmē ‘highest point.’ Until the 18th cent. it was often consciously used as a Greek word and often written in Greek letters.
“I have some advice for you boys: Don’t tease me or else!”
– Lily, on this week’s Part 2 of This American Life, a story about trans 8 year olds.
Obama Will Sign Stimulus Bill on Tuesday →
Make it rain, Barry!
The How Are You Doing Project →
Me? I am well. I am well.
Buddy Knox | I Think I’m Gonna Kill Myself
Mr. President! My gosh!
Tribute
Working through grief on my own time, and based on a conversation I had this morning, I would like to acknowledge DFW for permanently adding “Bob Hope,” “to demap,” “kertwang,” and the more traditional “strabismic” and “tumescence” to my vocabulary. It is much appreciated.
WBEZ is hiring a Politics Reporter →
So get a job and move to Chicago, you bums.
Bock Johnson for Fifth Congressional District of...