If I convinced you to check out Stephan Zielinski‘s book Bad Magic with my review, or if you came to the book yourself by some other route, you will probably be interested in the interview with him that just popped up at the Agony Column (in both MP3 and That Vile Format). If you haven’t read the book the interview… Read more →
Day: April 10, 2005
A few links on language and lexicons
Sometimes things seem to pop up in nice thematic clusters. For instance, I saw an interesting article on Cajun English at PBS (link via Brad Parker) that I found very interesting. Despite being subjected to abuse and stigmatization for many years, Cajun English speakers abound. Why would this be? Why would a dialect which was considered a mark of ignorance… Read more →
Hump Of Hate: Church & State
What could possibly be worse than the alignment of highly conservative political factions with fundamentalist Christianity? Xemu knows the answer to that question. As an aside, also from my Hump of Hate, even ignoring who this award was given to, doesn’t this sentence from the article encapsulate so much that is hate-worthy about North American society? Members of the group… Read more →
Nick Anderson, Pulitzer Prize Winer
The 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning was awarded to Nick Anderson “for his unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages.” You can see portfolio sample at The Washington Post Writers Group. Read more →
