Thursday, November 19, 2009
A New Word for the English Language
I would like to propose what I believe is a new word for the English language. That word is MAVINIZED; as in to be mavinized. Based on the original noun, maven, mavenized describes the effects of disapproval of a maven upon those who violate the maven's sense of propriety or social mores. This disapproval may or may not be based in reality as maven's tend to define reality in their own terms. The insidious nature of a maven is that they do not privately hold their views of others actions, but see it as a responsiblilty to alert their social networks of their personal views and decisions about the propriety of others. Mavin's are at their most destructive when dealing with other mavens or those in positions of social popularity. I'm suspicious that E.A. Poe actually meant maven instead of raven as the pronouncement "nevermore" is the intended outcome of being mavenized.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Georgia politics
I'm so sick of Georgia politics and politicians. Not only do we have two US senators that are members of the party of NO but a govenor as well. This is the govenor that stood on the steps on the capitol and prayed for rain during a drought. And... the group of Republics in the House of Representatives are, simply put, backwards. Now, as a result of the recent local elections, the city of East Point is having to have a runoff election for Mayor because our own nutcase, Ernistine Pittman won the most votes. It makes me wonder why I pay taxes in a city and state that don't represent me at all. I have no real reason to stay here. Most of my friends are casual or alienated and the weather, except for about 4 weeks a year is either too hot or too cold. Where would I go? I'm open for suggestions.