Dr Seuss

February 28th, 2011

Geisel generally maintained trochaic meter only for brief passages, and for longer stretches typically mixed it with iambic tetrameter, which consists of a weak beat followed by a strong, and is generally considered easier to write. Thus, for example, the magicians in Bartholomew and the Oobleck make their first appearance chanting in trochees (thus resembling [...]

Gaddafi Nurse

February 28th, 2011

tweetmeme_style = ‘compact’; IS everyone impressed the Wikileaks leaked documents? What have they told us? Gaddafi Nurse The cable was written after US officials had discussed arrangements for the Libyan leader’s visit to New York last year to address the UN General Assembly. The Libyan League for Human Rights based in Geneva petitioned Gaddafi to [...]

But Charlie’s foursome turned into a threesome after he and Brooke fought. Now we’ve learned that as of 4 pm ET Brooke was at Miami International Airport waiting to get on a flight back to Los Angeles. Brooke Mueller ‘There was a whole firestorm yesterday about Brooke being part of our crew and let me [...]

She’s still, for some mysterious reason, seen as such a loser that she recently felt compelled to insist to People magazine that she’s not unhappy, as people seem to believe. Yes, being gorgeous, rich, uber-successful and considered the country’s most eligible bachelorette must be an incredibly misery-inducing experience. Jennifer Aniston But then there’s her increasing [...]

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‘No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; [...]

The discovery of an unusual 6-centimetre-long creature in China nicknamed the walking cactus’ may add to our understanding of arthropod evolution. Walking Cactus CAMBRIDGE: An international team of paleontologists may have found the evolutionary key to the most diverse species on earth – in the form of a walking, sea-dwelling, armoured cactus’. The study, published [...]

Excuse us for coming over all Just Seventeen, but here’s Drew Barrymore and her new boyfriend Will Kopelman. Two things… 1) We all like Barrymore so it’s very nice that she looks happy with a handsome and smartly-dressed man. 2) Sort your shit out, Lohan and Arquette, you’ve got no excuse… Drew Barrymore Lohan and [...]

Excuse us for coming over all Just Seventeen, but here’s Drew Barrymore and her new boyfriend Will Kopelman. Two things… 1) We all like Barrymore so it’s very nice that she looks happy with a handsome and smartly-dressed man. 2) Sort your shit out, Lohan and Arquette, you’ve got no excuse… Drew Barrymore Lohan and [...]

Jake Locker

February 25th, 2011

If your using a player's college stats to predict future success in the NFL, then be advised that the great Dan Marino threw more interceptions than touchdowns in his senior year at Pittsburg-17 td and 23 int. Also his college career altogether wasn't too impressive 79 td and 69 int. Yet he was a 1st [...]