Posts filed under 'Word Of The Week'
Farcial.
Sounds like we have a candidate for Non-Word Word Of The Day. I’ve come across this word twice today, both times on the same news site. It made me stop and say “Farcial? What the hell…?”
I decided to investigate the history of this strange pseudo-word. I have a duty as a responsible blogger after all, right? I take it very seriously. Well, kind of seriously. For the most part.
Anyway, I discovered farcial has a history…
Continue Reading January 19, 2007
President Ahmadinejad of Iran says 2007 is the year of the return of the Islamic Messiah, the 12th Imam. Like the world needed the first 11.
There’s speculation that Iran will reveal its new military nuclear capabilities by the Spring Equinox, which is when they plan their celebration of full nuclearization (and the Islamic Messiah may show up for it too).
The Islamic Messiah will come back, Jesus will be his Lieutenant, and they’re gonna get busy. They’ll have a full schedule, laying waste to Israel and infidels all over the world. Oh, and the Prince of Wales might even be tied in with them somehow. The royal crest of Prince Charles matches the description of the beast in the book of Revelations in the Bible it seems…
Continue Reading January 16, 2007
The word has been around since some early ancestor decided he’d rather give up the mate or piece of meat he wanted rather than get his head bashed in. It’s based on a sound principle. Give-in, or die.
Unfortunately, somewhere in time (we can blame Jesus, I suppose), we decided it was nice to be, well, nice. And as a result, we later decided we ought to have some sort of accepted practices when it comes to war—so that when we have to stoop to it, it isn’t so distasteful to our sensibilities. And it worked until Ghengis Khan. And then it was downhill from there right up until Hitler, when it quit working altogether.
Continue Reading January 9, 2007
A site map for getting around My Errant Mind…
Continue Reading December 12, 2006
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