Random British Slang

Baccy - Tobacco. The sort you use to roll your own

Brill - Short for "brilliant". Used by kids to mean cool.

Dishy - If someone is a bit of a dish or a bit dishy it means they are attractive or good looking.

Porridge - Doing porridge means to serve time in prison. There was also a comedy TV series called Porridge about a prisoner starring Ronnie Barker of The Two Ronnies fame.

Splash out - If you splash out on something - it means you throw your senses out the window, get out your credit card and spend far too much money. You might splash out on a new car or even on a good meal.

NY Comic Convention 2007

Originally: By Ryan Brenizer

New York Comic Con attracted thousands of comic book fans last
weekend, with many donning costumes ranging from simple Spider-Man
T-shirts to an elaborate, $5,500 replica of Boba Fett's Mandalorian
armor.

Many geek-friendly celebrities made appearances, including comedian Stephen Colbert, Clerks director Kevin Smith, Battlestar Galactica stars James Callis and Tricia Helfer -- and, mysteriously, Gary Coleman of Diff'rent Strokes.
Last year's New York Comic Con -- manned mostly by volunteers -- was
shut down by fire marshals, but the 2007 event's operation was tighter
than a pair of spandex undies.

-- Wired Magazine Blog

Here's a cool... thing: Clint Laourdakis shows off a replica of a sword from Final Fantasy VII as part of a display for handmade weapon retailer LucyGoosie.


Photo: Ryan Brenizer

Famous Phrases, Part I

Cogito ergo sum - I think therefore I am.
-Rene Descartes
Translation: Our realities are determined, or at least greatly influenced, by how we see things.
Vendi, Vidi, Vici - I came, I saw, I conquered.
-Julius Caesar
Translation: Just something that the Conqueror said once upon a time.

Wow. I had totally nothing to write, but I didn't want to neglect posting too long, so I decided to list two Latin phrases that are famous. There's nothing to get the philosophical juices flowing like nothing else. I would write all the philosophical things that came to mind, but I decided to write about the irony of instant-philosophy. Philosophy means "the love of wisdom", according to Wikipedia. That is a great source for all types of information, by the way.
The way things are and the way we see things is very different, but the reality that we perceive will eventually meet, if we aspire to it enough. That can be good or bad. Who we are and who we are becoming will constantly get closer, yet never meet. Like a rational function with asymptotes. Sorry about that, a little math verbiage there. Google it. Until next time, insert catch-phrase here.