the nomenclature of “victim”

Ya know, suicide is painless, or so the song says, but njjules pointed out a headline today mentioning that someone was “a suicide victim.” I don’t want to make light of a tragic situation, since suicide is only painless for the person in question – pretty much sucks for the cleanup crew, you know? But, […]

Not to overly belabor the “we’re doomed” theme, but…

The newly minted 9-yr-old is not in training to be a teenager. She’s in training to be 21. She insisted that she would take her bath without fuss, if only I would please put several ice cubes into the warm water of the tub when it was full. “Deal,” says I. In with the water, […]