just like everyone else's blog

I wasn't there, I know nothing.

Meg Lasswell writes about comics sometimes. She'll also be your friend, if you bring her coffee.

Reading makes your brain go "ping"

a s o f t e r w o r l d
explodingdog
Tales from the Real

People I know say the darndest things

Sara
Catherine
Jason P.
Jason G.
Theo
Lori

Other people are okay too, I guess

Natasha Allegri
Kelly Vivanco
John Allison
R. Stevens
Jeff Rowland
Jeph Jacques
Spike

Archives

11/01/2003 - 12/01/2003
12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004
01/01/2004 - 02/01/2004
02/01/2004 - 03/01/2004
03/01/2004 - 04/01/2004
04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004
05/01/2004 - 06/01/2004
06/01/2004 - 07/01/2004
07/01/2004 - 08/01/2004
08/01/2004 - 09/01/2004
09/01/2004 - 10/01/2004
10/01/2004 - 11/01/2004
11/01/2004 - 12/01/2004
12/01/2004 - 01/01/2005
01/01/2005 - 02/01/2005
02/01/2005 - 03/01/2005
03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005
04/01/2005 - 05/01/2005
05/01/2005 - 06/01/2005
06/01/2005 - 07/01/2005
07/01/2005 - 08/01/2005
08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005
09/01/2005 - 10/01/2005
10/01/2005 - 11/01/2005
11/01/2005 - 12/01/2005
12/01/2005 - 01/01/2006
01/01/2006 - 02/01/2006
02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006
03/01/2006 - 04/01/2006
04/01/2006 - 05/01/2006
05/01/2006 - 06/01/2006
06/01/2006 - 07/01/2006
07/01/2006 - 08/01/2006
08/01/2006 - 09/01/2006
09/01/2006 - 10/01/2006
10/01/2006 - 11/01/2006
11/01/2006 - 12/01/2006
12/01/2006 - 01/01/2007
01/01/2007 - 02/01/2007
02/01/2007 - 03/01/2007
03/01/2007 - 04/01/2007
04/01/2007 - 05/01/2007
05/01/2007 - 06/01/2007
05/01/2010 - 06/01/2010

<< current

Dude, not my fault

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Pedantastic

So I'm sitting here, thinking about words. And I wonder to myself "What's the difference, really, between 'avenge' and 'revenge'?" I looked it up, and now I'm gonna tell you:

Avenging, says Merriam-Webster's 4^th ed. Unabridged Dictionary, is when you take vengeance on someone or something on behalf of someone else. It implies vengeance above and beyond the original transgression.

Revenge, on the other hand, is vengeance carried out for oneself. It implies an evening of the score, with a dash of petty malice thrown in.

I'm still gonna call my super-hero team the Revengers.

1:49 PM