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[livejournal.com profile] kellinator may appreciate this one...

Page 344:
"Golka, a Massachusetts physicist, Tesla disciple, and lightning experimenter, has pursued the ephemeral fireball with the fervor of a hunter of snarks."

All you snarky folks better lay low.

Of course, I originally thought the above was a typo. This is likely due to the fact that I haven't read enough Lewis Carroll. Snark was coined by Lewis Carroll in 1876, and refers to an imaginary animal and is used to refer to someone or something that is hard to track down.

Who knew? All this time I've seen it used in the context of people making clever quips about that which annoys them.
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According to the guy who wrote the article.

[livejournal.com profile] scarcrest passed this along. Someone on his list posted it in her journal. However, here's the original article from the Guardian.

There is some good snark in here. [livejournal.com profile] reannon busted the author on a factual error in his write up on "My Immortal" by Evanescence. But I think his critique of Celine Dion's cover of "All By Myself" is perfect:

20. All By Myself Celine Dion (1996)
The Canadian superstar's bombastic cover of Eric Carmen's 1970s hit about loneliness is the audio equivalent of the fire-bombing of Dresden. Celine's vocal histrionics surpass the blood-soaked psychic fury which slaughters the prom-goers in the movie Carrie. Had Ms Dion been around during D-Day, the Allies could have dropped her off at Omaha Beach with a PA system and have her sing All By Myself until the German infantry bayoneted themselves.


*wipes a tear* It almost makes me wish for another D-Day. My, I'm bitchy this morning.

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