February 2011
8 posts
WatchRetrospace :: Bad Fashion #20: Catalog for Solid Gold Dancers //
If you’re wondering where directors went to outfit the, um, “actresses” for videos in the early 80’s, this is the place. Kinda makes you wish you could place an order, doesn’t it?
“The real ask, then is not how “the big reveal” got its make, but...”
– Language Log: With a magical gesture, reveal the vanish… //
Interesting article on the verbing of nouns (“zero derivation nouns”) which I happened upon while seeking to assuage my irrational anger over a formal usage of the (apparently historically acceptable) noun ask.
WatchThe Onion News Network :: Snowy Conditions Proving Hazardous For Nation’s Idiots