Wheat, n.

Editor's note -- The Guardian's Mind Your Language blog praised Ambrose Bierce on Friday for still being wise and witty after 100 years on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of his relatively famous lexicon, "The Devil's Dictionary".

The Mind Your Language blog forgot to mention that Ambrose Bierce's relatively famous short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", is coincidentally celebrating its 120th anniversary of publication.


The Guardian's blogger alphabetically listed his favorite D.D. definitions, of which the Editor's favorite is...

Famous, adj., Conspicuously miserable

Editor's note --The correspondent from The Economist's Johnson blog tweeted his favorite Guardian blogger's favorite D.D. definition which is, ambiguously, about whiskey or perhaps bread.

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lanegreene Robert Lane Greene

by karenagardner

Wheat: A cereal from which a tolerably good whiskey can with some difficulty be made, and which is also used for bread bit.ly/u3TmBd

Not Man Ray

Editor's note -- Roger "I dunno" Ebert didn't know this is a picture of a guy holding a headless action figure while standing next to a bizarrely-dressed mannequin.

It's not easy to recognize Salvadore Dali because his mustache is normal-looking.

Editor's note -- The guy holding the action figure is Salvatore Dali. The Editor assumes that Man Ray took the picture because they were friends and did weird things together. 

ebertchicago Roger Ebert 

 by karenagardner

Photo for 10/25 of I dunno what: bit.ly/rBfMxz

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Comic book characters

Editor's note -- Michael Kupperman went to New York Comic Con 2011 this weekend dressed in a Mark Twain costume. He had his picture taken with Beetlejuice, Solomon Grundy, Big Bird and a Wookie. 

 "It was more fun than being just a guy and making small talk. Like being a character at Disneyland," said Mark Twain.
(photo by Alex Cox)

Editor's note -- Here is a picture of Michael Kupperman in a Mark Twain costume  with Beetlejuice. Michael was at NY Com Con 2011 to promote his new graphic novel THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 1910 - 2010.

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MKupperman Michael Kupperman 

 by karenagardner

Photographs of today's madness! tinyurl.com/3e3j2gu

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Eliminated

Editor's note -- The New York Yankees wanted its twitter followers to retweet this picture so they could go Back to the Bronx on Thursday for Game 5 against the Detroit Tigers.

Russell Martin is excited

Editor's note -- Twitter followers of the New York Yankees anticipate the Detroit Tigers are already wishing they hadn't gone Back to the Bronx on Thursday. 

Yankees New York Yankees 

 by KarenAGardner

RT this amazing Russell Martin photo if you think Yankees will hang on tonight. #BacktotheBronx pic.twitter.com/M20PljsZ


Footnote to History: Unfortunately, it was the Yankees who were eliminated from ALDS because A-Rod struck out. The Editor wishes the Tigers well in their quest to obliterate the Rangers.

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Honky Tonk Woman

Editor's note -- In which Roger Ebert is unaware this is a picture of Mick Jagger in drag.

Editor's note -- Maybe, Roger. It all depends on who you think it is.

ebertchicago Roger Ebert 

 by KarenAGardner

Photo for 9/28: Is this who I think it is? bit.ly/nIxapp

Shooters

Editor's note -- If an Iowa City nerd doesn't know what to do on Bourbon Street on a Friday night, then it isn't a good idea to let everyone know.

Editor's note -- As I've said, try oysters raw at Acme. Or if you just want crappy food, go to Pat O'Briens and have a Hurricane instead.  

willwilkinson Will Wilkinson 

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@KarenAGardner I didn't know, honest. Anyhow, aren't oysters aphrodisiacal? And aren't there enough kids in this lousy world? Why risk it?


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Covert cat?

Editor's note --  Author and former CIA Agent Larry J. Kolb relayed this picture of a short man conferring with a suspiciously tall cat to Roger Ebert's Journal.

  

Editor's note -- As it turns out the cat was not an undercover spy in a covert operation, but was simply overly tall.

ebertchicago Roger Ebert 

 by KarenAGardner

Photo for 9/9 of a tall cat: bit.ly/mWIWis


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