Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Mar 21 2006
I see no hero at all here
I don't create comics but I do work with words quite a bit. It's annoys me when a company decides to suddenly claim ownership of a word or phrase that has been used by many of us for a long time. However, this sort of thing does happen. Boing Boing reports that Marvel Comics and DC Comics want the hyphenated word "super-hero" to become their property.
Boing Boing's post suggests, among other things, that we adopt some other term to describe characters owned by Marvel/DC. I think I might prefer to spend my time thinking of a suitable term for those greedy folks who are attempting to pigeonhole a set of fictitious characters in order to strong-arm other comics publishers. The words "super" and "hero" definitely don't even come to mind when describing such people.
posted at: 09:12 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry
I don't create comics but I do work with words quite a bit. It's annoys me when a company decides to suddenly claim ownership of a word or phrase that has been used by many of us for a long time. However, this sort of thing does happen. Boing Boing reports that Marvel Comics and DC Comics want the hyphenated word "super-hero" to become their property.
Boing Boing's post suggests, among other things, that we adopt some other term to describe characters owned by Marvel/DC. I think I might prefer to spend my time thinking of a suitable term for those greedy folks who are attempting to pigeonhole a set of fictitious characters in order to strong-arm other comics publishers. The words "super" and "hero" definitely don't even come to mind when describing such people.
posted at: 09:12 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry
Mans says to skip that hip bone
While wandering about from one web site to another this morning I happened upon a hilarious voicemail recording that someone had tweaked and set to music. It seems that someone had visited a church and was a bit distressed to see that one of the female praise singers had incorporated a little too much hip action into her particular portion of the worship service. I guess the gentleman felt that one should be stirred by the Spirit in one's heart but that one's delight should not be allowed to extend to one's lower spine and posterior. I can't help but hum a few bars of "Dem Dry Bones".
posted at: 06:58 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
While wandering about from one web site to another this morning I happened upon a hilarious voicemail recording that someone had tweaked and set to music. It seems that someone had visited a church and was a bit distressed to see that one of the female praise singers had incorporated a little too much hip action into her particular portion of the worship service. I guess the gentleman felt that one should be stirred by the Spirit in one's heart but that one's delight should not be allowed to extend to one's lower spine and posterior. I can't help but hum a few bars of "Dem Dry Bones".
posted at: 06:58 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
