January 4, 2011
I met this guy, a limo driver, out in Redding, California. He introduced himself as Diamond Dave. As in, “Nice to meet you, I’m Diamond Dave.” He meant it too. I called him Dave once, said, “thanks, Dave,” actually, and he corrected me. He wanted to make sure I inserted the Diamond part in there. [...]
January 3, 2011
I’m going to start calling things “sajak.” Yes, as in Pat Sajak. It’s the perfect term to describe things that are safe and friendly and that white people really like. But “sajak” has a deeper meaning: calling something “sajak” means that some hip, popular trend has become fully gentrified. It will signify something’s complete saturation [...]