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2014

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE: Credibility Fraud

That's incredible!

2012

How to win against facts

In which 2 + 2 = whatever you want

2007

CRIMES OF THE FUTURE: Introduction

The Editors and Syndics of Glob Press once again welcome the readership of the world to sip lightly at the Pierian spring that is this feature. We shall say ...

2005

CUT BAIT

Having returned from a salubrious vacation on the Continent, involving the most minimal of hospital stays (it is true what they say about Old Country hospita...

FALSE PRETENTIOUS

Our regular word maven and arbiter of usage is currently vacationing on the Cote de Merde in Lower Normany. Instead of his usual finely-crafted column, we pr...

LEASED FROM BONDAGE

Let it not be assumed that the prose stylings that grace this space are the work of one man, writing alone and unassisted. Whilst our proprietor and editor-i...

DUDE THE TWIST

The Permanent Committee to Recall the Governor has fallen on hard times over the past few months, as interest rates in their cause have declined. Many member...

MOURNING EDITION

The proprietors of this feature strenuously deny all of the recent stories fabricated by the popular press to explain our recent hiatus in publication. If ou...

2004

HABEAS PURPOSE

Due to a recent appeal to our Standards Board, the publication history of the Glob has been redacted to remove all recent items that have caused offense to o...

LA DELUGE

The publisher regrets the recent hiatus in production of this feature. On the evening of January 4, one of the office print servers choked on an extensive ar...

HAPPY NEW FEAR

The film industry surprised many critics in 2003 with the rehabilitation and revitalization of swashbuckling genres that had been thought entirely played out...

2003

NAUGHTY BITS

Do you know where this data has been? In order to read this page, software acting on your behalf has innocently submitted a request across the channels of th...

SENATUS POPULUSQUE ENORMOUS

Many citizens are puzzled by the current behavior of the U.S. Senate. Engaging in a 30-hour debate in order to discourage senators from filibustering sounds ...

SOLAR WIND

Recently, this correspondent had the opportunity to interview the reclusive cowboy astronomer Dr. Furianus ‘Dusty’ Fortiscue on his ranch in Oklahoma. Dr. Du...

SOMETHING BORROWED

The Geek Chorus: Dood, what gives?

Thursday

Me.

Wednesday

Me.

Tuesday

Me.

Monday

Me.

THE GREAT DIRECTOR

The results of the California recall election continue to reverberate throughout the state and the wider world. A collective fantasy has come true: the entir...

ALIEN IACTA EST

The mood in the headquarters of the Permanent Committee to Recall the Governor was at an all-time high this evening, as reports from the polls made it clear ...

ONE PING ONLY

The Geek Chorus: Dood! Dood, you there?

MIDNIGHT SPOIL

One of the hazards of using impressive words is accidentally reaching for the wrong one in the heat of disputation. It can be difficult to maintain the prope...

HORROR SCOPE

From time to time, the hushed halls of The Glob Universal School of Knowledge echo forth with the lusty cry of an academic hot on the heels of a research top...

GOOD PROSPECTS

As the sun rises on another working week, it is tempting to take an hour to review your upcoming schedule and commitments, perhaps pausing to peruse the morn...

KING LUG

One of the appealing characteristics of the English language is its fearlessness in appropriating vocabulary from any source. You can easily find Latin, Gree...

TESTIMONIAL

I hestitate to dwell overmuch on serious topics, but a number of people have written in with questions regarding the soul insurance now on special offer to r...

CAMPAIGN REPORT

The Permanent Committee to Recall the Governor was in special session in San Francisco last night, debating measures to take in response to the delay of the ...

SOUL INCOME

Each week, the readers of this feature astonish me with their generosity. Words fail to describe the rich and costly gifts that regularly appear at The Glob’...

CUCULUS LESSON

In recent divagations through the wilds of English vocabulary, I encountered the curious specimen wittol. It turns out that this rara avis is a descendent of...

BUBBLE ECONOMICS

The administration has made it clear that vast appropriations are immediately required for continuing defense of the nation and national interests abroad. In...

OBSERVATIONS

As the planet Mars gradually draws away from us, I wonder that none of the learned commentators who noted its approach saw fit to warn the public on the poss...

BY THE C SIDE

I am pleased to learn that our recent experiments in promoting vocabulary are starting to yield results. One of our loyal readers reports that no less a writ...

A PUBLIC PLOD

Suspicions are growing that the current administration is being somewhat disingenuous regarding the effects of the colossal Federal deficits projected for th...

A CLASSICAL EDUCATION

Subscriptions continue to pour into The Glob Universal School of Knowledge for our correspondence courses on computing and the computational lifestyle. Howev...

PRO CRASS, DA NATION?

Rather than dwelling on political topics, I would like to return attention to mining gems from the vocabulary of English that may be employed to add sparkle ...

TIMELY ACTION REQUIRED

It is with great regret that recent work at The Glob Political Action Wing has resulted in a lapse of our publication schedule. To make amends, we have licen...

HARM VIRUSQUE CANO

My discorporate correspondent has finally hailed me again, via notepad. I have normalized the spelling of the following note from the original 1337.

AUNTY SOCIAL

Continuing our review of useful words that have been unjustly neglected, we will examine a few words that may be employed to abuse friends, neighbors, and pa...

FIENDSTER

Despite some recent good news, it is difficult to take a long look at the current economic situation without resorting to the flask. In an attempt to find a ...

LEARN BY CORRESPONDENCE

Today I was disappointed to find that my mysteriously disembodied correspondent did not utilize the notepad program I kept running overnight. No doubt this i...

HOMAGE TO THE SUN-DIAL

Upon arriving at the office this morning, I was surprised to see a pop-up dialog on my screen indicating that my workstation had crashed overnight. Upon res...

OVERHEARD

As I was out walking in the city last night, I spied many happy couples strolling along the sidewalk arm in arm. One young lady and gentleman, perhaps only r...

WORD UP

In the interest of promoting the vocabulary of my vast readership, I have taken it upon myself to select a word each week for illustration with copious, well...

CALLY UBER ALLES

It is a sad fact that the future governor of California has a limited range of options at his or her disposal to pull the state back from the brink of econom...