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    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    By Rob Lightner • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    THERMODYNAMICS, SECOND LAW OF The second law of thermodynamics is the scientific formulation of the proposition “Existence is like a…

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    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    By Rob Lightner • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    NIHILISM Nihilism means never having to say you’re sorry. Once a fairly precise philosophical term,1 it very quickly became a…

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    Getting Comfy With Misanthropy at the Holidays
    Getting Comfy With Misanthropy at the Holidays
    By Rob Lightner • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    ‘Tis the season to take out your existential malaise on others.

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    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    By Rob Lightner • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    JAGERMEISTER The beverage of choice for those who want to go beyond the cheaper, less robust cough syrups. With 56…

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    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    By Rob Lightner • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    WORK Work is borne of the almost unspeakably evil notion that time is worth money; cf. “Leisure,” the complementary notion…

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    The only thing you're allowed to take pictures of on the Boeing tour.
    Boeing Everett Tour
    By Rob Lightner • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Come fly with thousands of ant-sized workers and quite a few planes-to-be.

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    Computer love
    Computer love
    By Rob Lightner • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Hey, good-looking, want some spam?

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    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    By Rob Lightner • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Z The 26th, and hence final, letter of our English fucking alphabet. Moved from sixth place by the Romans, beginning…

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    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    By Rob Lightner • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    ERGONOMICS The science of oppression. Devised in the mid-20th century as a means of improving worker efficiency in repetitive tasks…

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    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    Encyclopaedia of Evil
    By Rob Lightner • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    BULLET- POINTED LIST, Communication1 tool developed in the earliest days of the Gates Dynasty. Pioneered by government employees and private-sector…

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