Archive for July 25th, 2009

Vincenzo Kolchak sent me this piece from the online New York Times.

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

OPINION
Timothy Egan - A New York Times Blog
July 20, 2009, 11:05 pm
Methland vs. Mythland
Like a brief, intense summer squall, a media storm passed over small-town America a few years ago, stripping away what was left of the myth of the rural idyll to reveal a cast of hollow-cheeked white people smoking meth behind the corn […]

I pride myself on knowing people who destroy jargon and idioms.

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Below is my representation of Kip Rowlands’ response to the idiomatic expression which signifies an unwanted surprise from shallow thinking.

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Images: (.38) via leeofland.com; (man at switchboard) via amhist.ist.unomaha.edu