Word: grouching
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...that works the way we do.” Since its inception in 1996, the Harvard Pops Orchestra has been presenting themed concerts, often pun-based. They’ve ranged from “Pops Goes to the Oscars” (including movie themes, but also Oscar the Grouch and Oscar Meyer wieners) to “Pops Rocks” (including rock music, Rachmaninoff, and “that big rock in Indiana Jones”). The orchestra prides itself on its unique, family-friendly shows, and in recent years, the skits which tie the different musical numbers...
...like him. My last roommate is the “messy kid.” While I’ll admit that we all contribute to the swamp that we call our room, this guy is definitely the primary reason we are living in an environment that Oscar the Grouch would envy. Given all the strange growths thriving in our room, it feels like we are living in God’s experimental Petri dish. If you prefer the freedom of walking around your room without tripping on a suitcase that hasn’t been unpacked since Thanksgiving break...
...while the Chinese generally acknowledge his brutality, most seem to cherish his image as founder of the nation, who overturned centuries of humiliation at the hands of foreign powers. Of course, America's Founding Father heroes have warts of their own. (George Washington was imperious; John Adams was a grouch; Thomas Jefferson had that affair.) But as recent biographies have made apparent, Mao was not merely ruthless but his ruthlessness is practically unmatched in history. If iconic, socialist-chic Mao once seemed cuddlier than, say, Stalin, the record now makes clear they were rivals in brutality. Both men, through murder...
Celebrity you most resemble now: Until my thesis is turned in, Oscar the Grouch...
Though an appearance by Oscar the Grouch had been promised in advertisements for the event, Spinney apologized for his absence. Spinney said he had contacted show character "Mumford the Magician," who was able to procure a mini-Big Bird and a mini-Oscar the Grouch...