http://wordparts.com Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:52:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. --- Plato http://wordparts.com/2007/09/14/be-kind/ And I have to wonder: are you an expert, privy to special information that justifies your opinion? Or are you just placing your trust in different sources? Do they deserve that trust? --- traveler_ on reddit Questions we should all ask anytime we find ourselves believing anything controversial. http://wordparts.com/2007/09/13/legitimacy/ ... is sour. Have you noticed? http://wordparts.com/2007/08/24/the-national-mood/ Your April Fool's Joke Sucks: wise words from Anil Dash. The only truly funny April Fool's joke I saw today was that a company is planning a Bob Ross video game. It turns out it isn't a joke. (It's being planned for the PC and Nintendo's DS and Revolution systems.) http://wordparts.com/2006/04/01/april-fools-2006/ The "War on Christmas" has been won. (Flash) http://wordparts.com/2005/12/26/three-wise-camels/ A unicorn is just a more violent form of horse. http://wordparts.com/2005/12/19/some-things-you-have-to-believe-to-see/ With all the King Kong hoopla of late, I think a good movie would be one with a similar premise but starring an abnormally large computer panda bear instead of an abnormally large computer gorilla. They could call it “Really Giant Panda”. http://wordparts.com/2005/11/27/a-panda-on-top-of-the-empire-state-building/ Remember what the doormouse said: "Feed your Head  Feed your Head!" --- Jefferson Airplane, "White Rabbit" http://wordparts.com/2005/11/08/feed-your-head/ One of the best things about using Wikipedia is stumbling upon pages of lists. Sometimes they're of things you'd have never thought to list. Such as "List of films by gory death scene". Ever needed a list of movies containing scenes of "Death from slicing by such a sharp object, that it ... http://wordparts.com/2005/10/31/wikipedia-lists/ The idea of teaching this in science class in a public school is astonishing to me. http://wordparts.com/2005/10/27/monty-pythons-flying-creationism/