Comments by hugslife

  • "(adj) 1. of James Graham Ballard (J.G. Ballard; born 1930), the British novelist, or his works (2) resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in Ballard’s novels & stories, esp. dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes & the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments". Collins English Dictionary.

    August 26, 2007

  • "Recently recognized, umami detects 'savoury' or 'meaty' sensations, and is stimulated by condiments like soy sauce, or by foods which contain glutamate compounds like MSG." --Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany

    August 20, 2007

  • The tips of shoelaces are called AGLETS. An alternative spelling is "aiglet", though this is less commonly used...

    it comes from Old French "aguillette" (or "aiguillette"), which is the diminutive of "aguille" (or "aiguilee"), meaning "needle". This in turn comes from the original Latin word for needle: "acus

    http://www.shoe-lacing.com/shoelace/shoelacetips.htm

    June 15, 2007

  • "Keep On Chooglin'" CCR/John Fogerty

    Chorus:

    Keep on chooglin

    Keep on chooglin

    Keep on chooglin

    Chooglin,

    Chooglin.

    Maybe you dont understand it.

    But if youre a natural man,

    You got to ball and have a good time

    And thats what I call chooglin.

    Here comes mary lookin for harry,

    She gonna choogle tonight.

    Here comes louie, works in the sewer,

    He gonna choogle tonight.

    Chorus

    (primal screaming)

    Chorus

    If you can choose it, who can refuse it,

    Yall be chooglin tonight.

    Go on, take your pick, right from the git go,

    You gotta choogle tonight.

    Chorus

    (more screaming)

    Oh, were creedence!

    Clearwater!

    Revival!

    May 15, 2007

  • "The last few years have been marked by an inverted millenarianism in which premonitions of the future, catastrophic or redemptive, have been replaced by senses of the end of this or that..." -Fredric Jameson

    May 15, 2007