BCD: barrels, courts, disasters. I find the term ‘barrel’ as in ‘barrel of oil’ to be unique in that it strikes me as an unrefined and crude (sorry, fuck puns) word and yet it is used heavily in news publications and broadcasts to describe an aspect of the economy. It’s a word I would more…
What dictates where on a trunk branches grow? And also, what dictates the paths of roots? And also, when articles in news say [“blah humph borg,” a high officer said on condition of anonymity], if I were the one whose quote was being used, I would require that it be used on condition of condition…
– On the radio I heard a story about a new mayor changing the rules concerning life imprisonment. He believes “life means life” and is in the process of eliminating parole opportunities for inmates with life sentences. The problem I have with this is not the mayor’s redefining of what a life sentence means (as…