Tart Tongues
Rich Galen
Monday March 12, 2012
- "... Caning of Sen. Sumner ...": Here's the U.S. Senate page describing the caning of Sen. Charles Sumner by U.S. Rep. Preston Brooks.
- "... Slut ...": From Merriam-Webster's Third Unabridged:
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -s
Etymology: Middle English slutte; probably akin to German dialect schlote slut, Swedish dialect sl�ta slattern, Dutch slodder slovenly person, slut -- more at SLATTERN
1 : a lazy, careless, or slovenly woman
2a : a lewd or dissolute woman; especially : PROSTITUTE
2b : a saucy or brazen girl
- "... Holden Caulfield ...": Holden Caulfield is the protagonist in J.D. Salinger's 1951 novel, "The Catcher in the Rye, It was the first legit book that boys of my generation were allowed to read that contained the "F bomb."
Mullfoto of the Day
Can't remember if I've used this before. This is along the Washington Beltway (of "Inside the ..." fame) in Maryland.
The obvious question is: Is it OK to take a glug from a quart bottle of Rhinegold everywhere else on the Beltway?
Catchy Caption of the Day
Actual Caption:
The sun erupts with one of the largest solar flares of this solar cycle in this multi-colored NASA handout photo taken on March 6, 2012. This flare was categorized as an X5.4, making it the second largest flare -- after an X6.9 on August 9, 2011 -- since the sun's activity segued into a period of relatively low activity called solar minimum in early 2007. The current increase in the number of X-class flares is part of the sun's normal 11-year solar cycle, during which activity on the sun ramps up to solar maximum, which is expected to peak in late 2013.
A cranky sun spitting charged particles at me. As if I don't have enough to worry about!
REUTERS/NASA/SD0/AIA/Handout
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