God Awful Things

My unknown to anyone and unnoticed by everyone strike can come to an end. They have finally restocked the fridge at work with Diet Dr. Pepper.

I propose a toast to our self control!

Sometimes emotions find you in the most unlikely and unforgiving situations..

Bonus points for the Yacht Rock soundtrack.

Sucks to be me!

Video shot from a booster rocket. It doesn’t even look like anything is happening until about 1:54 when you realize what’s going on.. I’ll save the surprise.

Also.. the moon is shrinking… bummer.

It’s funny, in my categories of this blog I have one on “Etymology”, which I have only ever used once before.

But lo! It is time once again.

Flavorwire has an article with the etymology of 10 genres of music.

Punk: While “punk” was once (and still, occasionally) catch-all slang for a young delinquent, “punk rock” first appeared in a 1970 Chicago Tribune article, uttered by Ed Sanders of The Fugs. Although the band was one of punk’s immediate ancestors, Sanders went on to define the term as “redneck sentimentality.” The next year, Dave Marsh of Creem used “punk rock” to describe ? and the Mysterians. Its meaning evolved from there, originally encompassing a slew of Nuggets-era garage-rock bands and eventually solidifying into a more rigid description of the mid-’70s bands we think of as “punk.”

The more you know indeed.

Bet you were wondering..

In early childhood, crying is an acceptable way to show emotion and relieve stress and anxiety. As children, (especially boys) grow up, Western society discourages them from crying, particularly in public. People still need an outlet for strong emotions, and that’s where swearing often comes in.

See the whole fucking thing over at HowStuffWorks..

You ever have one of those days where you’re all “Man, I’m too happy.. I wish I could read something to incite anxiety attacks and bring me down..”?

Well there is an article on the New Yorker about Hospice medical care for dying patients that you can read to solve that problem.

Her father and her sister still thought that she might rally. But when the others had stepped out of the room, Rich knelt down weeping beside Sara and whispered in her ear. “It’s O.K. to let go,” he said. “You don’t have to fight anymore. I will see you soon.”

Later that morning, her breathing changed, slowing. At 9:45 A.M., Rich said, “Sara just kind of startled. She let a long breath out. Then she just stopped.”

Last night I was having dinner and drinks with some friends and naturally the conversation turned to my frustration with the Predators movie.   That being the whole not realizing they’re not on earth until the reach some cliff edge and notice one or two or three giant planets in the sky.  Seriously, WTF, like gravity wouldn’t tear it apart, blah, plus I mean, it FILLS the sky, they would have noticed it from anywhere.. Anyway.

So today I am sent a link of a T-shirt with a wolf howling at the moon, and of course the moon is huge.  So I decide I will show her the “Three Wolves One Moon” shirt made famous on amazon.

You know what happened as I was reading the reviews? My iTunes started playing “Rock You Like A Hurricane”.. No shit.

Do you say things like “ATM Machine” or “PIN Number”? Then you have RAS Syndrome, which stands for Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome.  Itself being a redundant acronym..

From the Wiki:

RAS syndrome stands for redundant acronym syndrome syndrome and refers to the redundant use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym or initialism with the abbreviation itself, thus in effect repeating one or more words. Usage commentators consider such redundant acronyms poor style and an error to be avoided in writing, though they are common in speech.^[1]

The term “RAS syndrome” is itself a redundant acronym,^[2][3] and thus is an example of self-referential humor.

Truly… the more you know.

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