What’s up with online thesaurus sites lately? Ones like thesaurus.com used to be great; for each word I’d enter, I’d be given over a dozen synonyms, as well as slang terms, antonyms, and figures of speech. Now I’m lucky to receive five results from a search.
What’s worse is that when I click on a synonym that is closer to the idea that I’m trying to find a word for, half the time there’s no listing at all for it! I’ll either be redirected to the word I’d originally entered or I’ll get a “Did you mean…?” page. That’s just useless.
I know that I shouldn’t depend on sites like that as a crutch, but they still provided a healthy exercise for my own vocabulary. It just disheartens me when I can think of several synonyms to a word myself that the database at thesaurus.com failed to consider.
Oh, and for the curious, typing in “synonym” into the search will not cause an explosive feedback loop, as I would expect.
Ever since the announcement that Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe was being made into a reality, I’ve had to remain calm in order to properly collect myself before unleashing my fury of nitpicking criticism. As expected, no one in the gaming community can help rolling their eyes at the concept; one that’s not only 10 years past its window of opportunity for success, but also completely absurd in principle.
No doubt as more press releases surface, I’ll contribute more to my own personal musings, picking it apart in the fashion that my fanboy blood dictates I do. But I do need to start somewhere. For the time being, I’ll prime this observational trek counting down to and a bit beyond its release with words that have already been said, yet bear repeating. Read the rest of this entry »
Heath Ledger, who is set to play the Joker in the upcoming film “The Dark Knight”, was found dead in his appartment today at 3:45pm. What does this mean for the movies post production schedule?
This is quite possibly the #1 reason why I’m happy I don’t work at Spencer Gifts any more. All day, every fucking day, people would come in and squeeze those damn things. And of course every teenager would think they’re the pioneers of new comedy when they’d grab the whole bundle of 5-10 chickens and squeeze them all at the same time. Usually followed by them running right out the door, as if you could even call that a prank.
The question is not why do places keep selling these things…it’s why do people keep buying them??
Wow… I’m one step closer to having a real website! So far, a lot of what I’m working on is tweaking the style. I’ve installed a base style (Dark Pad) to start with, and I’ll be more or less self-teaching myself to adjust the code so that it looks more like how I’d like my blog to be. I really like the basic configuration that my LJ has, so it may look very similar to that, at least for now.
What may happen for this site in general is that the blog will become the main feature, with supplements on the side, so I may end up moving this to the main site. I just gotta figure out how to do that without messing anything up that I’ve already worked on.
My talksets are getting better; my music selection was so-so. Now heading home to edit our Cutey Honey Flash podcast. 1 hr ago
Just finished my WXDU shift. I'm happier about tonight's talksets. Managed to not sound so much like Tuvok with a wedgie. 1 week ago
Adam Carolla is currently interviewing Marc Silvestri at ComiCon. Add this to the list of things to blow my teenage self's mind. 1 week ago
Why don't I see people using roller skates anymore? They're good exercise, fast transportation, and less cumbersome than bikes. I want some. 1 week ago
I don't comment on other blogs, etc, enough... (That is, at all.) I need to correct that. I feel like I'm being rude. 1 week ago
I fucking hate you, Radio Shack. Your prices for simple wire adapters are criminal. 1 week ago
