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[14 Nov 2009 | Comments | ]
Do we have a language problem? Yes we do.

Conversation? We’ve got a problem. I’m about to abandon you altogether and crawl into my cave and talk only to the voices in my head. And I think you know why: the voices in my head occasionally make statements.
I am seriously on the verge of hitting my crazy every time I talk to people, watch TV, listen to the radio, and catch the news. People won’t stop asking themselves questions, and I’m about to lose my mind over it. Whether for stabbing my eardrums to relieve myself of the misery …

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[9 Nov 2009 | Comments | ]
Asylum.com Is So Cliché

FROM ASYLUM.COM:
Clichés are omnipresent in our ADD society. From The New York Times to Bazooka Joe, we just can’t stop till we get enough. Here on the information superhighway it is even more pronounced. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, James Frey has a LOT of fans in blogging: derivative, hackneyed, predictable, a favorite of Oprah … wait, that’s the president. But let us be clear, blogging is a cliché hotbed. The collision of blogs with political and popular culture is the perfect storm of bad writing. Uber …