Word: bastardization
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Rooming: Concrete and spacious. While Mather House may look like the bastard child of Optimus Prime and a cement truck…well, isn’t that pretty badass? While the non-initiate might call it an "eyesore" or "big block of fugly," any Matherite will tell you that the exterior is redeemed by an enviable interior. Every resident is guaranteed a "cozy" single within a suite, eliminating the numbing isolation and social depravity of those lonely Quad singles. In the low-rise, sophomores and juniors get two-story suites with 4-6 singles and a party-friendly common...
...Rycroft fought back her tears and Mesnick turned to Malaney, the show's fans took to the Internet in a rage, decrying Mesnick as a "jackass," "playboy" and "bastard." It was clear that this particular chapter of reality TV struck some as a little too real. Yet creator and executive producer Mike Fleiss says the fireworks of March 2 reflected the best, not the worst, of the genre. "I'm not really surprised by this; it's just a sign that the show is working," he tells TIME. "That's really your job, to create television that the whole country...
That world has become so complex that Houser and his team have to use diagramming software to keep its various components straight. "It's an absolute bastard, because you're trying to track 50 characters," he says. "And the thing that makes it more complicated than, say, a TV show or a novel is that you as the player have choice. You can always do any of five or six things at once." Imagine Victor Hugo trying to write Les Misrables with Jean Valjean under the reader's control and you'll get some idea of what Houser...
...more fun.” Ditto, Axl. 2008 has seen a slew of new releases from seemingly defunct bands, the best of which is Metallica’s “Death Magnetic,” released this past September. “Chinese Democracy” is the bastard brother of Portishead’s “Third,” another album that fans waited over a decade for. “Third,” released in April, seduces the listener with labyrinthine tracks, sounding like pared-down, refined versions of the trip-hop trio?...
...Lowdown: MacDonald's "Fat Bastard" persona is one we can all recognize: that particularly odious American mentality of indulgence and irresponsibility, of charging one's life on a credit card until the IRS comes a-knockin'. But the scheme MacDonald concocted to kill said bastard is uniquely his own, and the life he lived throughout the ordeal is as unbelievable as it sounds. How did MacDonald not die in the process? Just as fascinating are the glimpses of life in the U.S. in 2000. As MacDonald notes, "If I had been paying attention, I might have noticed that...