43.2.

Thing, I like.

    The word thing and or Thing. It can be vague, careless even and yet it has the capability to talk of some considered stuff. Yes, I also care for Stuff and or stuff. They are also all very good looking words, as is Odd.

    Anyhow, what is in [a] thing? Obviously there is Thing Theory (where we learn that an object can and, under suitable circumstances, does become [a] thing).

    There is Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, the Fantastic Four’s The Thing and John Carpenter’s sci-fi classic The Thing. Dinges is Riaan Cruywagen’s favourite Afrikaans word und nicht zu vergessen das Ding.

    Yes, there are many many Things and things. The word’s agility, its slipperiness can be off-putting.

    Things can be dangerous. And things are looking up and things are going to be alright and things are good. Barack Obama likes making and doing things… as he puts it “We built this country by making things…” and “We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things...”.      (2012-05-13)

45.3.

GREED

greedy |ˈgrēdē|

adjective ( greedier , greediest )

having or showing an intense and selfish desire for something, esp. wealth or power : greedy thieves who plundered a defense contractor.

• having an excessive desire or appetite for food.

DERIVATIVES

greedily |-dəlē| adverb

greediness noun

ORIGIN Old English grǣdig, of Germanic origin.

THE RIGHT WORD

The desire for money and the things it can buy is often associated with Americans. But not all Americans are greedy, which implies an insatiable desire to possess or acquire something, beyond what one needs or deserves (: greedy for profits). Greedy is especially derogatory when the object of longing is itself evil or when it cannot be possessed without harm to oneself or others (: a reporter greedy for information).

Someone who is greedy for food might be called gluttonous, which emphasizes consumption as well as desire (: a gluttonous appetite for sweets).

47.

I feel for you [Americans]- it is as if you discovered that your father is fucking your spouse...      

  (2009-03-12)