Avalanche is a great word. Its onomatopoeia is horrific. The very syllables bring to mind a Frenchman tumbling down a mountainside, until he meets his demise in a crunching vortex of snow and rock and ice: “Ahhhh…vahhh…laaaaaaaa…uNNCHHH!” — Mike Arnzen —Oddly Chilling Thoughts (The Goreletter)
After some good-natured ribbing about his taste in clothing, General Wesley Clark, the Democratic Presidential candidate, has decided to donate his much-famed argyle sweater to charity. —General Wesley Clark’s Argyle Sweater (EBay) I found myself doing a little superior dance, because I just happen to have a read a blog entry about the history of sweaters…