Now I have a headache.
I never really noticed just how … shrill Kate Bush is. I like some of her stuff. “Running Up That Hill,” of course, and most of The Red Shoes. But I’m sitting here at work listening to the greatest hits album, and far too often she sounds like someone stuck her [...]

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I’ve seen a lot of people pick on Bush today for his mispronunciation of the word “Nuclear.” The man is a boob, OK? A dangerous, annoying, anti-Constitution Boob. But I tend to mispronounce this word myself.
Honestly, so many people get so nuts over the pronunciation of this word I can’t usually remember which one is [...]

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Bush likes to talk about how much money the “average” tax payer will get back from the IRS because of his tax plan. Many listeners are going to hear that and think “yeah, average joe, like me,” because many people think “average” means “most.” In colloquial, every-day speech it often does. But not when people [...]

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Here’s what I think of the State of the Union Address last night:
1. Didn’t watch it.
2. Didn’t read it.
For deeper commentary, might I suggest Dave Barry’s Weblog. (Thanks, Glen.)

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Joe R. Thompson III was thrown straight up into the air when his jeep colided with another vehicle. He saved himself by grabbing telephone wires on the way up and hanging there until a crane could get him down.
He said “I just kept saying a prayer over and over,” he said.
God reportedly answered [...]

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