Archive for January, 2008

literally throws herself at men

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Lilly McElroy likes to throw herself around. At men, onto her bed, through the air. A performative photographer and video artist, McElroy seems to have a lot of fun making refreshingly spontaneous pictures. I asked her to explain the procedure behind her photographs and this is what she sent me:

“I started the project by placing […]

literally raise the roof

Monday, January 21st, 2008

One of the most stellar qualities of the Playstation 3 is its standard Blu-ray optical drive or disc player. This device allows the game console to play high-definition movies in CD or DVD formats. With this feature, the Playstation 3 transcends its role from a mere video gaming device into a full-fledged entertainment apparatus that […]

literally go for broke

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

You didn’t think we were just going to pick on Democrats, did you?

Rudy Giuliani wants us to go for broke, literally: his answer to the economy’s short-run problems is a huge permanent tax cut, which he claims would pay for itself. It wouldn’t.

“Go for broke” is a gambling term that means “risk everything to reap […]

literally the future of our country

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Continuing our series of political posts, reader Susanne caught the following serial abuse from Senator John Edwards:

John Edwards went crazy with the misuse of literally in his Iowa “victory” speech:
Here are the 4 misuses, all in a matter of minutes:

And, as a result, they know that they can’t go to the emergency room and get […]

literally shocked his audience

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

We’re not sure which episode from yesterday to highlight first, but we’ll start with one that we haven’t posted yet on The Caucus. And that’s the outpouring of anger and insults by former President Bill Clinton in talking about his wife’s chief rival, Senator Barack Obama, while at Dartmouth in the late afternoon.
He literally shocked […]