Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Pithiness

New word: Pithiness 

(noun). Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words

Antagonism and denial

"We get denial when its a purely antagonistic message"

John Robinson on CBC Radio, talking about bahaviour-changing activisms like Environmentalism and Tobacco that use horrific images of diseases and storms to scare people to action.

Antagonism: (noun) an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Camp Candy re-discovered

Camp Candy was my most favourite cartoon at one point. Its theme song would stick to my brain for long time. I could even sing the last long note "Camp Candyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..." pretty well ;-).

YouTube has only one entry for this cartoon (theme song) here:


...ahh memories!