Archives for January 2007
Dear Hu Jintao
21 January 2007 | Random | 6 Responses
Please crush and destroy Taiwan province.
The island’s evil separatist government is why my Internet is still broken after over one month. I cannot even FTP into my Web site and no longer have any route to Gmail.
I openly support any military effort necessary to restore my Internet connection, and to deny those evil separatist-backed companies access to control of the trans-pacific internet cables.
Thanks, and keep up the good work!
Sailing off the edge of the map
21 January 2007 | Rants | 5 Responses
While walking home today, musing on the latest tidbits of gore news I’ve been glowing over the last week, my again thoughts turned to language and the words we use to express ourselves. The best part about gore news is how every story ends the same: in death.
No matter what language we use, death seems a sticky topic for us humans: especially in common speech. Reporters may use that sterile, icy word to describe the ‘passing’ of a celebrity, but we mostly avoid it in polite conversation.
Humans never die.
Your cat can die. Your cell phone battery can die. Your computer’s network connection can die. The chrysanthemums you keep on your windowsill will die if you don’t water them.
But grandma? Grandma doesn’t die: she ‘passes away’ or ‘passes on.’