Word: boredoms
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Stefani or her new solo album, Love, Angel, Music, Baby. It is, with slight exceptions, a nearly unlistenable piece of crap. It inspires a trancelike state of boredom punctuated by forehead-slapping grimaces of sympathetic embarrassment at its colossally stupid lyrics. The pain starts with the opening track, “What You Waiting For,” which opens with a generic beat and leads into a repeating chorus of “take a chance, you stupid ho.” It’s followed by “Rich Girl,” an excruciating cover...
JANUARY. Ken wins sixth million. Begins to show signs of boredom. Plays a game standing on his head; another blindfolded; another in which he phrases his responses in iambic pentameter; another in which he refuses to give any answers that contain the letter e. Loses $16,000 when Final Jeopardy! answer (in the category Long Words Having to Do with Money) turns out to be eleemosynary; still wins. Ratings increase...
Formula for Boredom...
...death to many thousands of Iraqis, and the longer he remained in power, the more deaths would have come about. Let me put it this way: "Blair was brave/ Wanting to save/ Thousands from the grave." This, naturally, also applies to President Bush. Juhani Lindgren Hameenlinna, Finland Formula for Boredom? Michael Schumacher's dominance of Formula One racing is yawn inducing [July 26]. I grew up a big fan of Formula One races and have enjoyed many years following the sport. Unfortunately, as more and more high-tech auto innovations were allowed, I began to lose interest. The racing...
...Philadelphia Phillies' alleged practice of selling seats in an empty home stadium when the team is on the road. "Paying steep admission prices simply to sit there watching the grass grow, with not even loud rock music or Diamond Vision by way of entertainment, is a new high in boredom, even for Philadelphia," carps one disgruntled Philliephile. Team executives maintain that the practice is entirely legitimate, pointing out that since nothing happens 90% of the time at an actual baseball game, and that the average fan is at a refreshment stand or in a rest room the other...