Post Tags Archives: 2009

Werd

• 1 comment Categories: Trivia. Post Tags: 2009, A Nation Unfriended, Choice Mom, death panel, Facebook, Intexticated, Ken Burns, Lord of the Flies, New Oxford American Dictionary, P.B.S., Piggy, Sniglets, The Civil War, Tramp Stamp, Unfriend, word nerd, and Word of the year.

I’m a word nerd.  You might say I’m “a Werd.”  Then again, if you said that, people would probably assume that you were saying “word,” and just be confused. That’s how I know that the New Oxford American Dictionary has recently unveiled their 2009 Word of the Year.  Oxford Dictionary doesn’t reveal the process by which it’s chosen.  The highly-secretive, Mason-esque event [...]

The Digital Revolution

• 1 comment Categories: Cranky Young Man. Post Tags: 2009, According to Jim, Clearblue easy, D.V.R., digital switch-over, digital television, F.C.C., HD, iPhone, iPhone ap, June 12th, Lucky Charms, Maury, and Mayan.

The day is fast approaching.  It has taken on more gravitas than the Mayan Doomsday date of 2012.  I am, of course, referring to the switch to digital television.  On June 12th, those of you with analog antennae will be left to wallow in your own outdated filth, not knowing what to think or buy while the [...]