Word of the Day
Hector (v., HECK-tor)
To bully someone or to behave in an intimidating, swaggering way. Yes, it is named for the Trojan Prince. No, it's not fair; he's still the best character in the story.
Gif of the Day
AnimalsCockatooWhat are you doing?Inspecting thingsStruttingHeavy head?
Link of the Day
The Toast - The Pitch Meeting for Wishbone
Unlike The Awl, The Toast is already dead, which means that any perusing of its site has to come through the Wayback Machine. Fortunately, The Pitch Meeting for Wishbone still lives through it. This is one of the best, tightest pieces of humor the internet has produced. A quick sampler:
VISIONARY: It’s imagination, guys! Kids understand. And that’s what reading’s all about. Personally, when I read, I picture Ivanhoe as a dog like half the time. At least.
SUIT #3: Literally Wishbone is wearing a Romeo costume and standing in front of a grown woman in an Elizabethan gown who’s asking him to deny thy father and refuse thy name, but no mention of the fact he’s a dog?
VISIONARY: Correct.
[Suits shrug, like ‘I guess that checks out’]
SUIT #2: All fours or hind legs?
VISIONARY: That really depends on the themes of the book.
[furious note-taking]
SUIT #1: Uh, can you go into more detail as to how a middle-class American boy’s life constantly resembles episodes from the literary canon?
VISIONARY: Like, his female friend wants to play soccer with the boys’ team and that’s kind of like Joan of Arc wanting to fight in the Hundred Years War.
SUIT #3: Is it?
VISIONARY: Yes.
[Suits take drinks of water. Visionary does not drink, he only sees]
The ToastWishboneYou get nothingI have a dreamBest of the internetWhen you wish upon a bone, your dreams come to life?