http://www.whatsinaword.net/ TV, FILM, PHILOSOPHY, POETRY, AND GENERAL OBSERVATIONS BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH en Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:55:00 GMT Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:55:00 GMT info@whatsinaword.net info@whatsinaword.net http://www.whatsinaword.net/mound-dividing-time/ Soft dirt crumbles underfoot, lone pebbles rolling down the trench. His hand rises, fingers splay, grip at the earth, pregnant with despair, dreams have gone astray. Bones of past already... http://www.whatsinaword.net/mound-dividing-time/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/mound-dividing-time/ Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:55:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/post-modern-homogeneity-and-the-blues/ It is an undesirable and yet seemingly unavoidable irony that the more democratic we become, the more we destroy high culture, become homogeneous, grow outward rather than upward and make... http://www.whatsinaword.net/post-modern-homogeneity-and-the-blues/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/post-modern-homogeneity-and-the-blues/ Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:46:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/inside-the-leviathan/ In the belly of the leviathan, none of them suspect, they walk past me without looking twice, I look like I should belong. It must be my dull eyes, and... http://www.whatsinaword.net/inside-the-leviathan/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/inside-the-leviathan/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:39:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/where-does-it-go/ In Trainspotting, the character titled 'Sick Boy', tells Ewan McGreggor's character Mark 'Rent Boy' Renton, "It's certainly a phenomenon in all walks of life...at one time, you've got it, and... http://www.whatsinaword.net/where-does-it-go/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/where-does-it-go/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:50:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/atheism-is-a-hard-gig-but-well-worth-it/ Its hard being an atheist, you have no one to rely on but yourself when shit hits the fan, you have no insurance policy against death (on the flipside there... http://www.whatsinaword.net/atheism-is-a-hard-gig-but-well-worth-it/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/atheism-is-a-hard-gig-but-well-worth-it/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:09:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/the-last-fiction/ I remember watching a movie called Baraka a few years ago (flick w/ no dialogue just visuals) and seeing the baby chickens flying down the chute toward the packing trays... http://www.whatsinaword.net/the-last-fiction/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/the-last-fiction/ Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:38:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/the-greatest-man-of-the-20th-c/ By what criteria do we measure greatness? How civil are we? our neanderthal still treads heavily upon this earth, leaving deep footprints wherever he has been, the scattered bones of... http://www.whatsinaword.net/the-greatest-man-of-the-20th-c/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/the-greatest-man-of-the-20th-c/ Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:04:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/places-never-dreamt/ four white walls of equal size, and a floor with a corner for each blue and red balls stand alone, with no discernible purpose, they are aesthetic slender white women... http://www.whatsinaword.net/places-never-dreamt/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/places-never-dreamt/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:27:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/the-appeal-of-man-v-wild/ Why is it that I cant stop watching this bloody Man v Wild Show? Every time I tune in its the same thing, he gets dropped off in the middle... http://www.whatsinaword.net/the-appeal-of-man-v-wild/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/the-appeal-of-man-v-wild/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:13:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/neanderthal-redux/ Observations from the modern jungle. Never underestimate the middle class, semi- professional, quasi skilled man of average intelligence, he may seem an easy foe and in all respects perhaps he... http://www.whatsinaword.net/neanderthal-redux/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/neanderthal-redux/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:06:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/the-mournings-morning/ Who watches the world turn dumbly engaged while gifts spurned? Nightly one wonders, the dreams of life's spike, and morning's sudden awakenings. Necessity chooses for them and no longer are... http://www.whatsinaword.net/the-mournings-morning/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/the-mournings-morning/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:30:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/week-49-day-4/ histrionic (adj) - excessively dramatic; as, "He beat his hands against the door. It seemed a histrionic gesture." Latin histrio (actor) http://www.whatsinaword.net/week-49-day-4/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/week-49-day-4/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:17:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/week-49-day-3/ frisson (n) - a shudder or shiver arising from fear, joy, excitement; as, "an agreeable frisson of terror." French http://www.whatsinaword.net/week-49-day-3/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/week-49-day-3/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:54:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/week-49-day-2/ sobriquet (n) - nickname; as assumed, often humorous name; as, "a sobriquet both childish and basically unsuitable." French http://www.whatsinaword.net/week-49-day-2/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/week-49-day-2/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:59:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/week-49-day-1/ ostensibly (adj) - apparently but not necessarily so; as, Ostensibly he was there to teach. Latin ostendere (to show) http://www.whatsinaword.net/week-49-day-1/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/week-49-day-1/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:09:00 GMT