July 2006

Is angelicized the opposite of demonized?

himself

If it is, then society has angelicized the word ‘retard’. People feel comfortable laughing and playfully saying, “I’m retarded.” ‘Retard’ has managed to work its way into our everyday venacular. The most common usage involves saying, “I’m (insert any subject) retarded.” Examples: I’m mathematically retarded. (This is only true if you have an additional chromosome) [...]

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If humans were countries, then relationships would be foreign policy.

himself

It seems my last relationship had a fuzzy start. We both had trouble defining it as a “relationship” in its embryonic stage. Similiar to the United States cryptically labeling the Korean War as a “police action”, we couldn’t commit to being in an actual relationship. We should have seen that as a foreshadow to the [...]

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