Reverse Etymologies of Fake Words

I've been spending the last two days playing with the Online Etymology Dictionary trying to first-draft level improve the made up names of my races and languages so that the names I'm applying don't clash quite so badly with any etymological associations people better informed than I about language would bring to the text. Right about now I wish I'd studied some Northern European languages and maybe, I dunno, Arabic. Because Latin and French and Greek is all very nice, but not when you want root... read more

Сайт Consumerist.com подвёл итоги голосования пользователей на тему "лучшего" поддельного блога. Напомню, что в прошлом году приобрёл популярность такой рекламный ход как создания блога, в котором от лица вышленного персонажа рассказывается о преимущесьве того или иного продукта/услуги. Победителем оказался блог AllIWantForChristmasIsAPSP.com созданный по заказу Sony некоей рекламной конторой Zipatoni. Кто-то из посетителей усомнился что два таких взрослых раздолбая, которые смогли сделать сайт...

fandom: Numb3rs pairing: Don/Charlie rating: A summary: They've never been normal, and now they're starting to see why. title: Reverse Mathematics Epilogue It’s been six months since Alan and Cadence got married. The November wedding had a nice feel to it. Somehow fitting, that these two retirees who can’t stop smiling at each other get wed after the trees have shed their leaves. It turns out her kids aren’t very annoying, although the grandkids have an energy that exhausts Don worse...

I understand that there is concern about fake television shows.   Last week Gordon Ramsay was criticised for not catching a fish (I've not caught a fish either but have thus far escaped censure from the tabloid press) this week Bear Grills (a man named after what he eats during the filming of his programme) has been criticised for not living in the wild while filming his show "Born Survivor"   and occasionally going to hotels.  Additionally, some of the things he does have been tested by a crew...

Today I was in some filming sessions for the school play. I think that in the end it will look rather tacky but who am I to voice my opinion? There were lots of fight scenes... lots of fake blood. People were walking around looking distinctly disfigured. In the next two weeks I have to choose subjects. It's really making me think about what I want to do with my life. I have no idea. When I was very young I wanted to be Tintin. Yes, the thought of being an emotionally stunted (seriously, that...

Title: Nightmare on 54th Street Fandom: TCR Rating: PG Words: ~1000 Disclaimer: Two. For the characters: They and their universe are property of Stephen Colbert, the other Report writers, and of course Viacom. Not mine. Sue me not, please. And for the real people, the poem: Please, make no mistake: these people aren't fake, but what's said here is no more than fiction. It only was writ because we like their wit and wisecracks, and pull-squints, and diction. We don't mean to quibble...