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Again, let’s ditch Reagan National and put the National Zoo there

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designNow, we’re hearing about how some people still aren’t happy with renaming our national airport after the president who fired the air traffic controllers, even 17 years later.

The name is contentious, to say the least. It was contentious at the time, some might say intentionally so, less to honor the Gipper than to slap around a left-leaning city that certain right-leaning elected interlopers had little respect for. And, let’s be honest, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is too long to sound anything but silly, which might be why people opt for just Reagan or National or DCA. If you’ve ever used the DC Metro, you’ve heard the train drivers slur the unwieldy string of names into one long word. RonaRegaRoshiNasha.

John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt has fewer syllables than the airport’s full title. It’s goofy. That’s no way to honor a former president.

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Category: Design

Archaic Definition of the Week – Fistmeile

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ADOTWfistmeile A measurement derived from making a fist with the thumb raised. The distance between the lower part of the little finger and the tip of the thumb

Glossary of medieval words at The Scriptorium : A Collection of All Things Medieval

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Elevator Pitch – Premium Channel “RePlay”

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PitchGet this: Reboots, remakes, and adaptations are all the rage, so why not create a premium channel dedicated to them?

How would that work? It would take an aspect of what other networks already do, and specialize in it.

Working title: RePlay

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Category: Elevator Pitch

Archaic Definition of the Week – Nigmenog

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ADOTWNIGMENOG. A very silly fellow.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (unabridged) compiled originally by Captain Grose

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The novel won’t stay buried, and neither will its inventor

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Frankenstein-Its-AliveEveryone loves the zombie novel. No, I don’t mean a novel about zombies. I mean the novel itself as an artform, which walks on undeterred by  premature declarations of its demise.

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Snippet of Dialogue – Loading a Clip

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DAVID: “So, wait. When you say ‘loading a clip’ do you mean loading bullets into the clip or loading the clip into the gun?”

MATT: “Either one.”

DAVID: “That seems like the kind of things you’d want to have two completely different ways of saying.”

MATT: [grumpy look]

DAVID: [hands palm out, eyes closed] “I’m just saying, as a writer.”

MATT: “I’m not caring, as a shooter.”

Pirates, fandom, and the statistically inevitable opportunity for grievance politics

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IMG_0671.JPGI’ve been struggling for days about how to comment, if at all, on the Walking Dead/Black Sails homophobia scandals.

If any.

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Archaic Definition of the Week – Thick-Coming

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ADOTWthick-coming (adj.) coming in crowds, frequently appearing Mac V.iii.38 [Doctor to Macbeth, of Lady Macbeth] she is troubled with thick-coming fancies / that keep her from her rest

Shakespeare’s Words : A Glossary & Language Companion by David Crystal and Ben Crystal

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Odd Thought on Lionel Richie’s Kitchen

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OddThought-LionelRichieKitchen

For odd thoughts on other kitchens, check out Steven Tyler, Beyoncé, and Kenny Rogers.

Category: Odd Thoughts

Archaic Definition of the Week – Bastard Eigne

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ADOTWbastard eigne n. Old English Law. the firstborn illegitimate son of parents who subsequently married and had a legitimate son.

Dictionary of the Law, by James E. Clapp

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