U.S. Reporter Released by Captors in Iraq - Yahoo! News
I honestly did not think we would see this day. I’ve followed quite a few of the kidnappings that have taken place in Iraq and not all have turned out this well. It’s amazing. Wow.
Slain Minister’s Wife Faces Murder Charges - Yahoo! News
Yes, it’s hideous, the minister is dead. Horrible crime. But there’s another crime here and I am about to point it out to you:
Does this Slain Minister’s Wife Faces Murder Charges mean that
(a) The minister’s wife, who has been slain, is facing charges of murder?
or
(b) The wife of the slain minister is facing murder charges?
After reading the article, I believe it is the second choice (the wife of the slain minister is facing murder charges).
Let’s compare two versions of this headline - one, the original, which I believe to be unclear, and another that I have created, which is clear. We will compare clarity and amount of space taken by each.
Slain Minister’s Wife Faces Murder Charges
Wife of Slain Minster Faces Murder Charges
Aah, so much better! Thank you for playing my game.
Committee to Protect Bloggers :: Bloggers Campaign for Jill Carroll
I’m as concerned as anyone about Jill Carroll’s safe return. I’m also concerned with free speech, so I share with you what the Committee to Protect Bloggers has to say:
Jill Carroll, a freelance reporter working for the Christian Science Monitor newspaper, was kidnapped in Baghdad over two months ago. All indications are that she is still alive. The Monitor has started a campaign, using Iraqi television, to distribute a video asking for Iraqis to help find and free Jill.
Jill is not a blogger but she’s got that spirit. She’s an independent intellect who is fascinated by the world and has a desire to speak what she sees. So let’s not leave it up to the newspapers and television stations. She’s ours as much as theirs.
So, I would like to ask every blogger who gives a damn about individual human life and the individual human voice, to post a link to this video on their blog, to blog about Jill and to pass along our concern to friends, family and other bloggers. Of greatest import are Iraqi blogs and blogs in the Arabic and Muslim worlds that may be read by people in a position to do good for Jill.
Here’s a link to the Jill Carroll video.
The Christian Science Monitor’s rss feed for Jill
Favorite quote, regarding “Fox Lips”: How big are Fox lips? When Rita Cosby switched from Fox to MSNBC, a construction crane was called in to move hers, which resemble a pair of oily, red eels mating angrily.
Or could it be this, about the “60-year old glimmer twins,” Lou Dobbs (CNN) and Chris Matthews (MSNBC). If they’re both true blonds at 60, they should be put on display at a medical museum.
Or, no, maybe my favorite quote is this, about Andrea Mitchell: A relatively late arrival to the blond gang is NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, 59, who looks like an Earl Scheib paint and body shop hosed her hair down with a gallon of Gold Leaf Metallic Clearcoat.
More will be revealed… I have so much to say about the blonding of America.
There’s more to this definition, but this is really all you need to know:
crapulous \KRAP-yuh-lus\, adjective:
1. Suffering the effects of, or derived from, or suggestive of gross intemperance, especially in drinking; as, a crapulous stomach.
Beautiful.
Dubai Firm to Give Up Stake in U.S. Ports - Yahoo! News
I mean, really… isn’t it?
CNN.com - Homeless man set afire in Boston park - Mar 5, 2006
Some statistics: Nationally, the number of assaults against the homeless has risen dramatically since 2002, according to a recent report by the National Coalition for the Homeless. In 2005, 73 homeless people were assaulted nationwide and 13 died, the report said.
The web site for The National Coalition for the Homeless has a report on hate crimes against the homeless here
mulligrubs (MUL-i-grubz) noun
1. Grumpiness; colic; low spirits.
2. An ill-tempered person.
[From mulliegrums, apparently from megrims (low spirits).]
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The Columbus Dispatch - AP News: Boy, 12, Sticks Gum on $1.5M Painting
Favorite quote: “Even though we give very strict guidelines on proper behavior and we hold students to high standards, he is only 12 and I don’t think he understood the ramifications of what he did before it happened, but he certainly understands the severity of it now,” said [Holly Academy director Julie] Kildee.
C’mon! You’re telling me this kid didn’t get that putting his gum onto a painting in a freakin’ museum was a bad idea? That it could very likely ruin -or at the very least hurt- the painting? Or hell, that it was WRONG? I don’t buy it. He’s a rotten child and should have a portion of his future wages sent to the museum until he pays off either the cost of the painting or for the repairs. And he’d better count his blessings if they can fix the damn thing.
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