Mississippi Basin
a: Mississippi basin ~
b: The literary genitalia of the North America
What: On the penal side:
John Kennedy Toole lampoons Mark Twain's use of the Mississippi River as a phallic daddy symbol in "A Confederacy of Dunces".
On page 131, he describes it as a "Father-God-Moses-Daddy-Phallus-Pops in an altogether false motif begun, by that dreary fraud, Mark Twain."
I suspect Tool would be more sympathetic to the Vaginal side:
Unwittingly, The environmentalists and some NPR correspondents are always going on about "Sensitive Wetlands" in the Mississippi Delta. This has got to be one of the slickest metaphors in the history of metaphors. The Mississippi delta is one of the largest and most "Sensitive Wetlands" on the planet. Oh dear, I really must get down there before that oil slick coats it all.
Writer: mattyflynn
LCC: PS
Where:
Date: May 4 2010 2:07 AM
Computers Or Camping
a: Vaccination ~
b: installing anti-virus software
What: 'For example, saying that "getting a vaccination is like installing anti-virus software" may have meaning to someone familiar with computers. But if the person prefers camping to computing, you might say instead that "getting a vaccine is like putting on bug spray before going out in the woods."'
Writer: Helen Osborne, MEd,
LCC: RM
Where:
Date: Dec 6 2012 11:36 AM
a: Student loan ~
b: every other kind of debt-except
What:
"A student loan is like every other kind of debt in many ways, but there are subtle differences that make it more dangerous than most debt. It is important to really take the decision of getting a student loan with the same level of care that you would with a car loan or a mortgage. Is this something you really want to be paying for 10 years or more? "
Writer: Robert Farrington
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 11 2014 10:05 AM
a: Akira ~
b: action opera
What:
"Reading Akira is like attending a grand science fiction, action opera. Characters develop as apocalypses loom and are dodged, often catching the protagonists a sharp shock on the way past. Otomo's world offers endless worthy corners and details to envelop the plot as it barrels towards crisis. Volume two thickens the plot by throwing in more blood, letting it clot slightly, then turning up the heat. Quite a ride! "
Writer: Sam
LCC:
Where:
Date: Aug 1 2014 4:37 PM
