A Quick Example of How I Think Marketing is Degrading Language

When you think of an encore in musical performance, it's usually an extra song, not a repeat of the prior songs performed.

So, why the heck do we call a repeat airing of an Even Stevens episode an "encore" presentation?

And why do dictionaries support this relatively new meaning of the word?

I imagine we all have an idea why. This is just a rhetorical question. Thanks for reading.

The Headlines that Changed my Lunch Hour this Week

Frickin' Giuliani in Foreign Policy and ostensibly on Foreign Policy

Fred Kaplan at Slate dissecting the truly provincial outlook of a Giuliani presidency. [Link]

Washington Post: FBI Has Never Formally Charged Bin Laden with 9/11 attacks

Wait, what? [Link]

American Movie Posters Made by Polish Artists

The Grayspace Poster Gallery has over 200 movie posters drawn by Polish artists.

My two favorites are the one's for Working Girl and Vertigo: