honestly, now

[luciab]

I was seriously debating writing a whole entry on bad/stupid news articles that kept turning up today. I was getting so depressed I was having a hard time reading the news. Who wouldn't be depressed/angered upon learning that tha bastion of honor and integrity known as Newt Gingrich had an affair while he was working to impeach Clinton for getting a blowjob? Or imagine the utter bafflement and astonishment of finding out that the FBI didn't accurately report its use of the Patriot Act? My god, all my pillars of faith, shattering around my ears. (Yahoo news provides all this, if you really want to wallow in it.)

But then, just as I thought all was lost, I saw this article. Thanks to some Mayan priests, there is hope for the world after all. I can work on my assignment now.

Comments

[luciab.livejournal.com]

Hey, baby, there's a reason the word "schadenfreude' exists. And I freely admit I'm not sure it applies here.... he doesn't seem to be suffering enough for me to REALLY enjoy it.

[luciab.livejournal.com]

Me, too. It even sounds right for what it means, somehow. I was thinking there was some neologism based on it that I recently read about but I can't find it now. On that tangent, though, I offer this link to other wonderful words/neologisms. Heh. http://community.livejournal.com/grammargasm/292559.html

[zihuatanejo.livejournal.com]

You know the name of my spear, right?

[luciab.livejournal.com]

Erm, I do but have forgotten.

[margaretc.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you! That just about made my day.