Ever wondered about the exact process by which unpleasant neologisms make it into the dictionary?Some creative genius has set up a blog with the express purpose of getting Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary to accept the world 'concept' as a verb. As in, "OK, guys, let's concept these ideas for the Argos campaign." Thanks to Adrants for running this one up the flagpole and seeing who moons it.
On a more cheerful note, go to Tangents and see how it's possible to get Samuel Beckett and early-80's synth-pop into the same, um, concept. (It's OK, it's a noun.) Also, the Chinese army will now be refusing entry not just to junkies, lardies and tattoo freaks, but also to snorers.
On a less cheerful note, I've just discovered that I have seen and enjoyed every single nominee for Best Picture at the MTV Movie Awards. Am I 12 years old or something?
You'd have thought that any creative type worth their salt would have chosen something a bit swankier than a standard Blogger template for their campaign. And the dreaded black background one, as well! Tsk!
ReplyDeleteI fiddled around with backgrounds, until Small Boo sagely pointed out that white goes with Snow (as in Cultural).
ReplyDeleteIt's the polka dot one that I can't be doing with.