Comments on: A Revelation

By: Wes Ellis

Wes Ellis — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:47:18 +0000

Great post. I guess football’s more important to the rest of the world. What a sad world we live in.

P.S. I think “factoid” was a fine word choice.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:31:18 +0000

I think I’m still safe within the second definition, since I’m from North America, and was using it to mean something close to ’snippet’ — I was trying to be funny.

Point taken though.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:07:45 +0000

factoid
• noun 1 an item of unreliable information that is repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact. 2 N. Amer. a brief or trivial item of information.

http://www.askoxford.com:80/concise_oed/factoid?view=uk

Sorry. I had to.

By: Ryan O'Brien

Ryan O'Brien — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:17:36 +0000

If you actually capture the boogey-man, well, you can’t use him as the boogey-man anymore, can you?

If you’re upset because you think you’re being played by our “leaders,” either get used to being played or get used to being upset.

Powerful people have only one agenda and that is maintaining and growing their power. You can see it on a local level, e.g., work, but on a geopolitical level it is magnified beyond your comprehension. Millions of people can and will be sacrificed to maintain the power of a egomaniacal ruler. It’s the way of the world. Sorry.

By: Whitney Grover

Whitney Grover — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:05:24 +0000

I saw this as well and it terrified, enraged, seriously depressed, and shocked me. Thank you for your post.