Word: absurdness
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...small Dallas-based company that began selling stress-relieving sound machines in 1993, is embracing that philosophy wholeheartedly. In addition to its Texas-shape fountain, complete with oil well, the company has trademarked a line of whimsical frog fountains, and is developing one with giggling piglets. "It gets more absurd as we go along," admits president Suzanne Harper. Coming soon: a gargling Billy Bass...
While vaguely absurd, this overpowering fear is a natural consequence of a mindset which treats Progress, with a capital "P," as the chief end and highest good to which a society can aspire. If Progress is Good, it follows that those who stand in the way of said Progress must be Bad, Wicked, and a dozen other capitalized synonyms for Absolute Evil. And while most of my fellow Harvardians would doubtless shy away from Alec Baldwin's scheme for the stoning of prominent conservatives, they sympathize with the spirit that animated his remarks, which was summed up admirably when...
Moreover, the fan contests were utterly ridiculous. Shooting the puck from center ice into an 8-inch hole in the goal is near impossible. Doing it three times in a row for $50,000 is beyond absurd. Wayne Gretzky couldn't do that. And how can you only give $100 for doing it once...
...done enough to prove himself, Tong seemed to fade off towards the end of the set. The crowd didn't seem to notice and fell back on its usual inane activity of fiddling with glowsticks and posing with absurd dance moves. Despite its initial brilliance, the night trailed off into aimless idling on the part of both Tong and his audience...
...Were you slightly nauseated by the panderfest when the woman asked what she'd get from the candidates' plans? I don't want to make Clinton sound iconic here, but he would have linked specifics to a larger theme - opportunity and responsibility. (Given his behavior, it's pretty absurd, but still he would have found a more articulate way to make his point than Gore did by rattling off tax benefits and then Bush did by rambling on about peace...