tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405466451098724887.post2085869085047355213..comments2023-06-20T05:07:11.512-07:00Comments on The Party Pooper: Monthly quota half-assed post for MayParty Pooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612246338147102652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405466451098724887.post-16295016416212165462008-05-25T04:00:00.000-07:002008-05-25T04:00:00.000-07:00Anonymous is right. The entire prepositional phra...Anonymous is right. The entire prepositional phrase dedicated to Rain's Hollywood debut is rather cryptic. I'm left wondering; is it catastrophic as in Oscar winning performance or catastrophic as in he'll never work in Hollywood again? Difficult writing indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405466451098724887.post-21006617592245077992008-05-24T17:37:00.000-07:002008-05-24T17:37:00.000-07:00??? doublethink on display.In Shakespeare's day, "...??? doublethink on display.<BR/><BR/>In Shakespeare's day, "awful" used to mean "awe-full" as in "full of, or inspiring awe". as far as I know, catastrophic has ALWAYS meant disastrous (and that's the modern meaning of disastrous, not the archaic meaning, "able to convince onesself that something terrible is actually good")Roboseyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308196436612993379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405466451098724887.post-33651415078385583202008-05-22T16:01:00.000-07:002008-05-22T16:01:00.000-07:00The comment on Rain's performance is very brief an...The comment on Rain's performance is very brief and vague. How do you know the reviewer didn't mean 'catastrophic' in a good way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com