Tuesday, October 2, 2012

WE, HOWEVER, WILL STICK WITH "SNOWPOCALYPSE" AND "BLIZZAPOCALYPSE":  For 2012-13, the Weather Channel will start giving winter storms names like Draco, Khan, and Xerxes, because why should hurricanes have all the fun?

11 comments:

  1. Jordan10:58 PM

    Now, that's "Gandolf: A character in a 1896 fantasy novel in a pseudo-medieval countryside." And not Gandalf: A character in a 1937 novel in a pseudo-medieval countryside.

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  2. Suuuuuuurrrre, Q and Khan are named after those. Riiiiiiight. (Same goes for Draco.)

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  3. Tosy and Cosh8:19 AM

    Grammar nerds - a question. In the sentence "Enemy of Othello in Shakespeare’s play, Othello," my instinct would be to get rid of the comma after "play." Am I wrong?

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  4. You're right. It's specifying which Shakespeare play--it's a restrictive clause.

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  5. If this doesn't include a meteorologist nearly getting blown away by winter storm while yelling "KHAAAAANNNN!," I'm sorely dismayed.

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  6. Tosy and Cosh9:07 AM

    As written, Shakespeare only wrote one play - right?

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  7. And Luna. And Orko. (By the power of Grayskull!)

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  8. Someone is showing their geek cred by going with Gandolf -- given how much Tolkien was inspired by WIlliam Morris' "The Well at the World's End."

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  9. Joseph Finn10:44 AM

    Orko sucks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTreR8GUDh0

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  10. Exurban Mom3:01 PM

    Along those lines, Tropical Storm Kirk this summer lead to a funny statement in an official weather bulletin: 'Kirk will not live long and prosper.' Heh.

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