Spouse Busted Watching Cartoons in Middle of Afternoon
My sister Greta has been subbing in the Minneapolis public schools for the last few months. Apparently she was teaching at the school just down the street from my house yesterday, so she decided to stop by. I was at school, so missed her visit, but not Shad, oh no...he and the BTA crew were in the family room watching cartoons. "Research," they say. I say, "Baloney."
Speaking of baloney, check out today's word of the day:
deus ex machina: an agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an apparently insoluble difficulty.
What the hell kind of word is that? First of all, it's three words. Secondly, who would ever, EVER use that in a sentence? The Ugly Juice challenge is to use that word in a sentence in the next 48 hours. Report back. Bet you won't. It's a stupid word.
posted by Ugly Juice @ 4:17 PM
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You're not going to believe this..but not only were we being paid to watch cartoons, but Kevin also used "deus ex machina" in a sentence on our way to watch the cartoons.
We were talking about the thing we're writing for DC. It's a pretty common word in storytellin'
God comes from the machine yo.
I don't even know you at all.
Yeah, "god in the machine." Pretty common critique of shitty novels, actually. As in, "The story is heading towards no conceivable ending when suddenly (deus ex machina) the solution is simply handed to the hero in a most implausible manner." It is basically often used to criticize an author taking the easy way out of a problem. Also, it was a sweet video game 5 years ago.
Tell your spousal unit to go hide behind an egg....
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