Word: absurdities
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Abel and his world with thoughtful details like the way Abel's mother "used to laugh more when we were little but she wears her hair pulled tightly now and preserves everything in pickle jars." In the end Abel comes home to a rage-filled father and an absurd, giant, paper-mache strawberry out in the yard. Symbolism, narrative arc, unexpected details and interesting characters are what make for the best short stories and "Giant Strawberry Funland" qualifies...
...Assistant Professor of Government and Middle East specialist Eva Bellin says that it is absurd to think that U.S. intervention can install democracy in a region of the world where it has never existed and where anti-American sentiment is rising by the hour...
...brink of war, the world suffered a spectacular outbreak of foolishness last week. Few countries or institutions were spared. The absurd adventures of the Bush Administration, the British, the French and the Guineans have been widely reported. Donald Rumsfeld's latest act of indecent exposure - he insulted our closest ally, Britain - was duly noted (but publicly ignored, once again, by the President, who seems not to mind such behavior). Assorted Europeans, celebrities and the New York Council worked themselves into a fatuous lather over the arrogance of American power. And American conservatives blamed it all on the U.N. "As each...
...swapping fishing stories. (“Check out the size on this baby!”) As for me, I don’t trust myself enough to own an expensive gadget that contains all of my personal information. And using PDAs to take notes in class? Absurd! For the past four years, I’ve been using the Winnie-the-Pooh student planner and ten-cent spiral notebooks of the Mead Corporation, and they’ve never steered me wrong...
...what better way to show it than a well-groomed hand? Open-toe shoe season seems woefully far off, but dainty feet need to look good even when no one can see them. Unfortunately, a manicure-pedicure combo starts at $50 everywhere in the Square, a price absurd even for royalty. Sunny Nails in Central Square is far more reasonable, and has massage chairs (pedicurists at Pure Line and Sasha’s Skin Care both twist your feet and rest them on their laps). Near the Quad, Fancy Fingers is a deal...