Assuming you are on the internet now, then I'm assuming you've been to dictionary.com to look up some of the big words I use; even if you're just here fugaciously or because of your propinquity to me.
Not to be outdone by Time Magazine announcing its person of the year, dictionary.com announced its 2015 Word of the Year, which they say encapsulates "the most robust fields of language evolution and user interest this year."
Obviously, if they choose anything besides "Kardashian" or "breast" they are lying. But that doesn't stop internet sites. Should I ruin it for you or let you click on the link? I'll ruin it for you, because that's the kind of guy I am.
The word of the year is: "identity."
Of course it is.
And if you need to ask why there's a picture of Amanda Peet, as if I need a reason, Google it.
** Do you folks listen to podcasts? I'm kind of a novice at them, but they're growing on me. I heard good things about Serial.
Their new series is out on the controversial deserter and Jason Bourne-wanna-be Bowe Bergdahl. I'm going to give it a go. Sounds interesting.
Their first season was on Hae Min Lee "a popular high-school senior, disappears after school one day. Six weeks later detectives arrest her classmate and ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, for her murder. He says he's innocent - though he can't exactly remember what he was doing on that January afternoon. But someone can. A classmate at Woodlawn High School says she knows where Adnan was. The trouble is, she’s nowhere to be found."
** This story claims researchers are fine with your kids climbing on the monkey bars.
Failure, danger, and aversion to risk are becoming the center of the conversation, and it really does start at the playground. Consider the “safe” playground: a structure that takes the risk out of the equation.
Yes, fewer children get injured. Yes, fewer parents worry. But maybe we’re preventing the wrong anxieties by helping parents rather than kids.
So screens may cause their own problems, but as far as mental health at early stages goes, the biggest concern appears to be keeping kids from getting up, getting creative, and doing stupid things. Same for helicopter parenting, bland adventure-less playground equipment, and constant supervision.** And this was a big ol' joke by the New York Times: The most pressing issue in 95 years finally gets editorialized on the front page.
** And if a guy didn't know better you'd think the NYT was a tad liberal. Here's their story on Ted Cruz.
“Why do people take such an instant dislike to Ted Cruz? It just saves time.”** For annoying me so much, I tend to read them quite a bit. Here are the Times' picks for the 10 best books of 2015.
About the only one that somewhat interests me is - One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway.
Otherwise I don't see anything I can't live without.
** Why does Europe hate Israel so much? Brendan O’Neill takes a stab at it in: The wretched reason why Israel became Europe’s whipping boy. I'll ruin it for you again:
Plucky, keen to protect its sovereignty, considering itself an outpost of liberalism… Israel is a painful reminder to today’s morally anchorless European thinkers and agitators of what their nations once were.They hate Israel because they hate themselves.** And what would the world be without the wisdom of Arnold Schwarzenegger? This story claims Arnold has been a passionate advocate for alternative energy, and I would add pretty passionate about his housekeepers as well.
And the great communicator knows he's right and you are wrong and no he's not being a bully because he's over-compensating for something small.
He just says: "I don't give a f--- if we agree."
Well, thank you sir for your kind consideration.
** Here's this week's music link you and Arnold can chill out to in case you might have missed it on NPR: Jump the Gun by Halestorm.
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