Word: boredomization
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...disgorges one of its bombs, pilots say the plane bumps like a car hitting a pothole. Far below, they can see the flash of their bombs. On board the plane, a hot plate lets them heat up hot dogs or chili--preferred over military rations. Reading helps kill boredom, and there's room for a sleeping bag for short "power naps" and a 50-gal. portable toilet...
...that verge on the Hanksian) wonders how to end the day. Quit? Suicide? Or a little corporate revenge? He picks (c), which is where Office Space goes off the rails. For the first half of the film, though, Judge (King of the Hill) runs some interesting twists on workaday boredom. At its shambling best, Office Space is like a bracing break at the coffee machine. Some horrible Monday, why not cut work...
...these people. They're going to talk for sure, so if you skimmed the reading over your flyby in Loker the hour before section, you can just sit back. For all the times that one of the talkers has saved me, I can put up with my temporary boredom or annoyance. Unfortunately, I am rarely only temporarily annoyed--rather, the irritation lasts about an hour...
...unfolded several 20 by 24-inch bar graphs onto an easel in my bedroom for a colorful client presentation. "Costs, customers and competitors. This seminar on early Hebrew literature might look interesting, for example, but when we perform a cost-benefit analysis, we see that the amount of boredom actually increases as the course progresses, while your projected grade decreases. The course's consumer base is suspiciously small, so before pursuing this niche market, it is essential to study the competition." The consultants then embarked on a fact-finding mission to interview the guy downstairs, a near Eastern languages student...
JOURNALIST DU JOUR Then: Mark Twain (1), who later abandoned the trial out of boredom Now: Dominick Dunne (2), trial-hardened by O.J. Simpson...