Cool Word of the Day

Fletcher: maker of seller of arrows.
I don't know this for sure, but I'm guessing this word has gone by the by because of a lack of need for arrows nowadays. So if you've been fletched, you've been supplied with arrows. It reminds me of fleeced, which means you've been ripped off.

Their Mom Must be so Proud

So I was reading the news this morning and I came across this item about twin porn star/burglars. You read that correctly, porn star/burglars. So these twins, who have occasionally acted together (ew!) were arrested in Philly after breaking into shops through their roofs. The only thing that comes to mind is the question, 'what, porn doesn't pay enough?'

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090716/koddities/us_porn_actors_burglaries

Feeling Cross?

Crosswords are a wonder and I love them. To show my love, I will write about the history of the crossword. Here goes...
In 1913, Arthur Wynne, a journalist created a new puzzle he called the "word-cross" and it was published in New York World newspaper. The new puzzle gained popularity, its name was changed to crossword and it began to appear in other American newspapers.
By 1924, crosswords had become a fad, and many thought it belittled the newspaper industry. By the time the word 'crossword' appeared in the dictionary in 1930, the crossword puzzle trend was here to stay.
Crossword Fact: some cryptographers who worked for the Allies in WWII, were selected after winning or placing in crossword competitions.

"Nothing Beside Remains. Round The Decay of That Colossal Wreak..."

I've been thinking, why is it that people feel a need to be a 'legend' instead of being memorialized in a regular way? Marilyn Monroe is a legend and I'm not saying that she set out to be, but people are intent on emulating her legendary status. I'm curious about why one would want to be like someone who is basically remembered for a hot bod and a ditsy demeanor. Lindsay Lohan, for example, longs to be like Marilyn, even going as far as recreating her famous photoshoots, getting a Marilyn quote tattoo and having a train wreak of a personal life. I long to be remembered as me, not as a legend, as who I was not who I have been built up as. I am often reminded of a quote by a lesser known person, Damon Runyon, who wrote 'Guys and Dolls' and other New York set stories. As he was dying of cancer, he said, "you can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year." I remember Damon Runyon, and not for getting naked in Playboy magazine.

All my lovin I will send to you... but darlin' I won't be true

Another day, another political scandal. Like most of the others, this one involves sex; it also involves the Governor of South Carolina. The previously unremarkable governor, Mark Sanford, has apparently been traveling to Argentina to carry out an affair with an as-yet-unnamed woman. Some have alleged that he has been using taxpayer funds to carry out these trips to the Argentine. So not only is he being investigated for misuse of funding and being asked to step down, but he is also the subject of late night fodder and less than stalwart support.
Meghan McCain, political blogger and daughter of John McCain has thrown her support behind Sanford writing, "stop requiring that our politicians live at such a high level of moral superiority" and "I suggest that the party concentrate less on what goes on in the bedroom and more on what is going on in policy." I find it interesting that McCain is so quick to say that people should concentrate less on what goes on in the bedroom and more on politics. George Bush won a whole election concentrating on what goes on in people's bedrooms. Also, misuse of taxpayer funds is basically fraud, whether or not there is a bedroom involved.
Sanford wife has also gotten involved, but like most other political wives who have weathered being wronged, she is basically ignorant of her husband's life and seems to like it that way, saying "his [Mark's] career is not a concern of mine". Well, it is now, i'm sure.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/category/mark-sanford/