Sunshocked

Has Metallica has squandered any cultural relevancy it has had over the past twenty-five years? I make the case, using Google search results.

I’ve got myself a master plan. A foolproof master plan. Here’s the ultimate five step plan to finding housing in San Francisco. Use it with caution, as it may result it having to pay rent.

Designed by Chris Costello back in 1983, Papyrus (and not Comic Sans) is my least favorite font. The disdain is rooted neither in its subtle serifs nor its curious kerning, nor any particular aspect of the typeface itself, but rather how it is used—and what the usage says about us as a culture.

The cover of Friday’s Chronicle reported a flurry of comments from GOP leadership (among which I’m including O’Reilly) on “San Francisco Values”. These three words are intended to scare voters into voting Republican, keeping SF Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi out of the Speaker position.

We get the word “bedlam” from the world’s oldest psychiatric hospital, St. Mary Bethelem in London. Founded in 1247, treatment long consisted of shackling the mentally ill to the walls and letting them scream. Seven hundred fifty years later, a lot of businesses are finding success by making a place for noise and chaos.

Congratulations “google”, you’re officially a word now. You’ve finally got the juice you deserve. No more getting carded at librarian conventions. Maybe soon that red line under you in Word will go away. Before you get too excited, let’s take a look at other famous proper nouns that have now slipped into our daily usage.