The Petri dish of idiocy

(from a Google ad)

The Internet must be a godsend for sociologists and psychologists. Face-to-face, people generally think twice before saying something blatantly ignorant or stupid, but on the Internet, inhibitions don't exist. They even pay to advertise their idiocy in hopes that others will follow in their footsteps.

Happy Earth Day (?)

Take it away, Honest Abe:

"The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.

Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation ... We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just -- a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless."

Brevity is the essence of wot

I think I've found my word of the year:

Sesquipedalian (ses-kwi-pi-DAY-lee-uhn)
adj
1. given to using long words
2. (of a word) containing many syllables.

Boredom's end

As of today, I'm moving to Montreal to start my new job there. New posts will be few and far between on this site for a while.