Word Play

Well, it looks like the folks at Merriam-Webster have given us a few more words to remember. They've added "ginormous" to the lexicon, for all our fine friends in the Happy Meal Culture. And the People Who Like To Make Everything They Do Sound Impressive get one too: instead of saying "lettuce shoots" or "baby plants" we can now use "microgreens". Yay.

And of course, our legacy grows with the addition of the word "crunk", which I thought was the combination of "crazy" and "drunk", (and we could use another word for that because nowadays, "idiot" is just to broad a term). But, because we're never too old to learn (it's the remembering that hurts me), I've discovered that "crunk", at least by this dictionary definition, is a style of Southern Rap music.

Oh well.

I guess our grandparents had similar emotions when rock-n-roll became a Movement instead of a movement, right?

We've got IED (improvised explosive devices) so that folks can have another nice word to shout about now that WMD's seem to have fallen out of vogue; DVR (digital video recorder) one of which broke here just recently.

Oh, and folks, don't go gettin' all cocky now with "ginormous". We didn't invent it. The British used it over 60 years ago. Occasionally, of course. We just made it our Word of The Day.

Unfortunately, for me, they didn't remove "amazing". I asked them to make an addition to the definitions that are already there, namely "yogurt and phone plans are not amazing", but I think they deleted that email without reading it.

So, go have a ginormous salad, made with microgreens, listen to your crunk, or watch an amazing movie on your DVR. Just watch for the IED's ok?

Final note, if the nitwits can have "ginormous", why can't the knuckleheads have "nucular?"

Wait a Minute, Wait a Minute!

Ok I promise I'm not trying to turn this blog into Celebrity Central or anything, but I'm curious about all the noise going on over Lindsay Lohan's email to the Altman family, offering her condolences on the death of Robert Altman. Take a look at the text:

Dead Is Hard, Life Is Much Easier
Lindsay Lohan on Robert Altman

I would like to send my condolences out to Catherine Altman, Robert Altmans wife, as well as all of his immediate family, close friends, co-workers, and all of his inner circle.

I feel as if I've just had the wind knocked out of me and my heart aches.

If not only my heart but the heart of Mr. Altman's wife and family and many fellow actors/artists that admire him for his work and love him for making people laugh whenever and however he could..

Robert altman made dreams possible for many independent aspiring filmmakers, as well as creating roles for countless actors.

I am lucky enough to of been able to work with Robert Altman amongst the other greats on a film that I can genuinely say created a turning point in my career.

I learned so much from Altman and he was the closest thing to my father and grandfather that I really do believe I've had in several years.

The point is, he made a difference.

He left us with a legend that all of us have the ability to do.

So every day when you wake up.

Look in the mirror and thank god for every second you have and cherish all moments.

The fighting, the anger, the drama is tedious.

Please just take each moment day by day and consider yourself lucky to breathe and feel at all and smile. Be thankful.

Life comes once, doesn't 'keep coming back' and we all take such advantage of what we have.

When we shouldn't..... '

Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourselves' (12st book) -everytime there's a triumph in the world a million souls hafta be trampled on.-altman Its true. But treasure each triumph as they come.

If I can do anything for those who are in a very hard time right now, as I'm one of them with hearing this news, please take advantage of the fact that I'm just a phone call away.

God Bless, peace and love always.

Thank You,

BE ADEQUITE

Lindsay Lohan

So yeah, hi!

What exactly is so horrendous about that? Spend a few minutes browsing Internet message boards, or a couple of real doozy Myspace pages. Compared to the stuff I've seen posted there, Lohan's letter is practically Shakespearean.

What exactly is the deal here?

Maybe this is just another good reminder that English is very close to joining Latin on the "Dead Languages" list.

At least she didn't send them any dirty pictures of herself "accidentally" exposing herself as she got out of a limo.

Be Adequite folks, ok?