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Jul
Posted by Josh in language. Tagged: blog, drawer, filmic, interaction with NPI readers, interwebs, irregardless, language, preggers, the new york accent, tummy. 1 Comment
In a past Monday Medley, we linked to a list of the most beautiful words in the English language. Tyler Cowen lists the words that make him wince based on this article:
“Some contenders:
pulchritude
chillax
hubby
no-brainer
webinar
staycation
any word starting with “mommy”
What can you add to this list?”
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13
Jul
Posted by John S in Sports. Tagged: Albert Pujols, barry bonds, Chicks Dig the Long Ball, home run chase, Joe Posnanski, Mark McGwire, Roger Maris, Sammy Sosa, the Mitchell Report, understandable but unfortunate cynicism. Leave a Comment
Imagine, for a moment, that the home run totals of Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds and any other slugger strongly linked to steroids between 1998 and 2007 never happened. Not that they were invalidated in retrospect or slapped with an asterisk, but that they had never even happened in the first place.
Nobody knows what [...]
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13
Jul
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: BerkShare, Brian Regan, Larry David, Michael Lewis, New York Magazine, new york times magazine, Vanity Fair, Whales. Leave a Comment
What we read while Cheney was keeping us quiet:
Ever heard of the BerkShare? It’s just one of several local currencies that have cropped up due to the recession. Speaking of the economy, if you haven’t read it already, this New York Magazine piece describing the dynamic amongst President Obama’s economic [...]
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