“The team says it can predict which words are likely to become extinct—citing ‘squeeze,’ ‘guts,’ ‘stick,’ and ‘bad’ as probable first casualties.” (from here, mechanics corrected).

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A good rule of thumb when photographing ultimate is always to keep the disc in the frame, because otherwise it’s just a bunch of clowns running around on a field:

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I’m having trouble coming up with a better example than The Fugs’ “CIA Man” for Burn after Reading.

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No chance that a Post-Church Commission CIA hires the protagonist. Little chance that the SAC who gives Nina a ride drives a Lexus. All internet sleuthing—very shaky. The mix-tape that Bobby comes up with. Confusion about the effects of heavy metal exposure. The various overt references to Thomas Harris and The X-Files only highlight the [...]

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I ordered this after seeing an intriguing summary in a recent TLS. The opening scene involves a McDonald’s shoot-’em-up, where there are two shooters. The older of the two shoots the younger and flees. If I understood the exposition correctly, no one ever realized, police and all, that there were two shooters. If television has [...]

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(After “Le Directeur”) Damn unlucky Thames Drains the Spectator. Even the bow-tied editor Of the Spectator Leaks phlegm. The reactionary actuaries Of the hibernator Spectator Strut hand-in-hand, A footpad’s band. Under land Darling Lil— No lace frill— Hears the snot-nose Of the hibernator Spectator‘s Head investigator And puts on clothes. I’ve yet to read a [...]

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