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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Vage

Vage: Another portmanteau of video and page. A piece of printed material on paper containing a holder with a small video screen and a playable video.

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/o6Xd9

Reference: Video screens hit paper magazines and Vigeo.

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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Vigeo

Vigeo: The portmanteau of video and page. Viewable video comes to the printed page.

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/3uq0DL

Reference: 'Harry Potter' video technology comes to US magazines and Video screens hit paper magazines.

Revised/Updated: Thursday, September 17, 2009

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

American Apartheid: [Though vastly different from the real Apartheid once practiced in South Africa, we vigorously argued the publication of this definition with our senior editor. But, our editor was alive and very much aware of the practice in his younger days. He argued that this kind of (negative) awareness is a very powerful tool for fighting racism and its proponents. Witness the election of Nelson Mandela to the Presidency of South Africa]. The very visible yet -surrounded by an 'invisible barrier' - of active racial discrimination by an emerging (?) police state in the USA. The American equivalent of Apartheid. See the case of Henry Louis Gates, Ph. D. - who was arrested and prevented from entering his own house the other day.

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming

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EAST or PEAST

EAST / PEAST: The acronym for Ethnic Awareness Sensitivity Training or Police Ethnic Awareness Sensitivity Training. The proposed sensitivity training for police forces in the public eye for racial profiling arrest cases.

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming.

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Egocrime

Egocrime: Literally, the 'crime' of being who you are. Being singled out as a 'criminal suspect' by a police state for being a diverse or otherwise ethnic person or persons. A result of racial profiling where/when there is no real guilt nor crime having been committed - except perhaps by the authorities...

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming.

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EWB or RWB

EWB / RWB: (Not to be confused with Engineers Without Borders nor Reporters Without Borders). Literally, Entering-While-Black or Residing-While-Black. Similar to the semi-urban myth egocrime (the 'crime' of being who you are) of DWB.

References: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Black Professor Wants Apology over Arrest, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page and Michael Eric Dyson on the Gates Arrest on Hardball on MSNBC, Chris Matthews, Clarence Page, Michael Eric Dyson, DWB, Egocrime, EAST or PEAST, American Apartheid, Apartheid, Police State, Man killed by cop after day of swimming, racial profiling.

Please Note: We are completely on the side of Professor Gates. We believe that he (an eminent man) was wronged and that the arrest/incident was a travesty.

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Lives of the Lexicographers

Samuel Johnson: (Updated: Monday, May 18, 2009). Recently checked out of our local library: Samuel Johnson - The Struggle by Jeffrey Meyers. The prolific Mr. Meyers outdoes himself right in the introduction and zaps us with a very intimate glimpse into the sex life of the great Samuel Johnson. Some very florid comments and great pathos by Samuel Johnson are reported almost right at the start. Well, he's still our hero. We're still wading through this 500+ page tome - but it is keeping our interest. Not for the 18 and under crowd - the language is a little too graphic and a little too suggestive, at times. But, we think it is worth the cover price ($ 35.00) of purchase if you are into Johnson or great biographies. However, we do suggest checking it out at your library or purchasing a second-hand copy. Caveat emptor - we offer no guarantees - it may not be worth your purposes! Of course, if you're into Johnson, biographies, literature, intellectualism or even pseudo-intellectualism (like us! - actually our senior editor has an IQ of 131, but we digress...) you don't need the hyperlinks. Our apologies. Also, we have not read Boswell's Life of Johnson! If you care to donate us a copy, please do and we'll review it here and credit your donation if you wish.

More: Sam began his academic career at Oxford. Unfortunately - in that time period - Oxford had an abysmal reputation for teaching. Even the great Edward Gibbon (possibly the greatest author of his day) left this institution after one year. Most students used tutors, but even these were inadequate at times.

Located: Boswell's Life of Johnson (Osgood edition) at Project Gutenberg (link here).

Religious/Mystical Inclinations: Was heavily influenced by the work A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, ( http://www.logos.com/ebooks/details/serious)
by William Law. (Sorry, no Guttenberg Project edition could be found here...).

Physical/Medical Indications: Due to his wild gesticulations and mannerisms, Sam may have suffered from Tourette Syndrome. Even so, though this repulsed most other folk, it seemed to make the author/playwright Frances Burney adore him all the more.
For an image of a bust of Sam Johnson, link here. For image of a statue of Sam, link here.
Johnson was well known for his physical prowess (for example, his horsemanship) and his physical power. Not one to take insults or sarcasms lightly, Johnson was reputed to have knocked over his adversaries or even to have delivered severe beatings upon them (if he felt they were deserving of it...)

Other women: Hester Thrale. He did have an extraordinary 18 year relationship with a married woman.

Quotable Johnson: "Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true". #35. From the Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

Rating of this biography: Excellent. We believe the book deserves this rating (or any biography that causes this sensation) because we felt as though we had lived with the man himself.

Next biography: Ambrose Bierce, author of "The Devil's Dictionary".

The Anti-Zen Dictionary

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Vage