On July 26, 1920, the acerbic and cranky scribe wrote in The Baltimore Sun: “On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
Mencken was complaning about how to difficult it was for a good [...]
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Mencken’s prophecy
Make Poverty History in Halton
Make Poverty History is a great campaign I have been interested in for a couple of years. Millions of people around the world are campaigning in support of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. These where signed in 2000 to eradicate extreme poverty by 2015.
John Versluis, Burlington co-ordinator for the Make Poverty History campaign, passed this [...]
The Surrealist Compliment Generator
The Surrealist Compliment Generator is as about as random as you can get. It’s an attempt to put modern web tech in the service of the Surrealist ideal of unpredictable word combinations. Reload the page for a new surrealist compliment as many times as your miind can take. Part of The Surrealism Server.
If I [...]
Warriors down Blues, Toronto losing streak hits 42
The Waterloo Warriors (my alma mater) won the opening game of their season, posting a convincing 42 points over the Univesity of Toronto Varsity Blues.
Writes Josh Brown of the Record:
It was a successful debut for Dennis McPhee and his University of Waterloo football club. The first-year coach was all smiles after his Warriors pounded the [...]
