10 year old: Cute and bear shouldn’t be used in the same sentence.
13 year old: How about, the bear ate cute animals.
The Faceburg Address
The Gettysburg Address has long been considered a shining example of succinctness and brevity. It’s studied in law schools for its capability to communicate so much, so eloquently, and in only 272 words. And yet, if he were to deliver it today using today’s means of distribution, he’d have to add:
TL;DR Country founded on equality, and falling apart trying to prove it. Too many deaths. Let’s do what we set out to do.
^It would fit in a tweet too.
Missed Opportunity
In Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, Billy Joel mentions “Brenda and Eddie” 8 times, he rhymes with it 5 times, and not once does he rhyme it with Spaghetti. What a missed opportunity!
Encouraging Self-Reliance
If you truly believe the old adage that says, “if you want something done right, do it yourself,” then when you you do something for someone else, you really should half-ass it.
Short Man’s Syndrome
Many people wish they were taller. Me? I wish I was shorter. Perhaps then I would have had a bigger Napoleon complex and accomplished more.
What’s in the Box?
It may only be a coincidence, or it may be an unintended subconscious action, or it just might be that J.K. Rowling knew what she was doing when she wrote Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire presumably in the year or two prior to its release in 2000. In chapter fourteen she used the words “prediction”, “decapitation,” and “what’s in the box” all within two lines. Did she subconsciously start the “What’s in the box” meme referencing 1995’s Seven before the Internet even had such a thing? Time-Life’s Mysteries of the Unknown. Read the book.
The Pecking Order
My son learned about Alfa Romeos while watching Top Gear. Later that day he saw a small shiny car and said, “Dad. Is that an Alpha Male?” I said, “No son, an alpha male car is a Corvette or Camaro, that right there is a Mini Cooper.”
I’m in!
I always feel like a elite hacker, after spending a few minutes going through all the possibilities of the username/password combination for an account I haven’t used in a while. Anonymous will be recruiting me any minute.
My Life, My Way
Occasionally, I see patterns in media. So much has been produced there’s bound to be some overlap here and there, such as my previous compilation of “Hey” used in music. For some time now, I’ve noticed a reoccurring theme in some songs, namely the idea that it’s my life, and I’ll live it my way, and no one can tell me how, and I won’t back down etc. etc. Maybe it’s the rebellious nature of Rock and Roll, or maybe it’s just a common human sentiment. Regardless, I cobbled together some examples:
November
November November,
No more leaf splendor.
Commence blowing with my Black and Decker lawn cleanser.