press griefing (pres gree-fing), n. a meeting called by an organization, government, etc. to confuse, harass, provoke, frustrate, or aggravate journalists and, by extension, the public at large. Ex.: “Sarah Sanders presents the official White House policy: The media is the enemy of the people.”
How I spent my summer vacation
I’m ready for summer.
[Read more…]ruppository
ruppository (ruh–poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee), n. A small, solid mass of fabricated evidence, facts, statistics, information, etc., inserted into the rectum, enabling one quickly to pull arguments out of one’s ass. Ex.:
Aging and agelessness
I have long been haunted by a passage from Milan Kundera’s Immortality.
[Read more…]OED
OED (oh-ee-dee), n. Psychiatry. Oxford English Disorder: a potentially disabling anxiety disorder in which a person mentally or verbally reacts to misspelled, mispronounced, or misused words. OED occurs in a spectrum from mild to severe and, if severe and left untreated, can destroy a person’s relationships at work, at school, or even at home.
What I’m reading (and teaching): McIntyre’s Post-Truth
I’m more nervous than usual about the upcoming semester.
[Read more…]disingenious
disingenious (dis-in-jeen-yuh s), adj. 1. of a person. having or showing an unusual aptitude for dishonesty or insincerity; skilled at inventing new ways to deceive or mislead. 2. of things or ideas. characterized by original or inventive deception or insincerity. Ex.: Russian troll farms developed disingenious tactics to sow discord among American voters.
“The Paranoid Style,” part 3:
Both sides now
POTUS interruptus
POTUS interruptus (poh-tuh s in-tuh–ruhp-tuh s), n. Withdrawal method, used or threatened by the President of the United States, presumably to garner economic or rhetorical advantage, as with NAFTA, TPP, the Paris Agreement, the Iran nuclear deal, the UN Global Compact on Migration, NATO, etc. Generally a dick move.
What I’m reading: Amber Benson’s Death’s Daughter
I haven’t finished reading Montaigne’s Essays yet, but it’s summer, and sometimes a guy just needs a break from 16th-century France.
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