When allusions whoosh by to movies that I never saw, like these, I worry a bit less about homogenization of culture.
While I’m up: why do some -ize verbs like baptize have nouns in -ism, while others take -ization (half Greek and half Latin)? Would anyone understand me if I wrote “homogenism” above?
The Oxford English Dictionary wants your help in finding early citations of words coined in science fiction and fandom.
2022: The project is now independent of OUP.
White House In Orbit is a charmingly retro secret-agents strip by Reinder Dijkhuis and Geir Strøm, or perhaps the other way around.
An old friend calls my attention to this proof of the irrationality of pi, which happens to be a mere link or two away from this favorite essay in historical linguistics; each is in a perhaps surprising literary form.
Paranormal Research Group Looking For Members. The responses are a hoot.
Disappointment Nº 47906: After looking for years for a digital version of Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful, I find The Best of the Waitresses – and it lacks my two favorites (“Pussy Strut” and “Redland”).
In 1992 when Democrats campaigned on the idea of Change! for its own sake, I thought of a line of “Redland”: It won’t be better but I’ll settle for different.