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Irony Watch
10 January 2007, 08:26 | Filed in: Misc
The word "lassitude" was on the brain as I walked to
work today. I looked it up in the OED to check I had the right
nuance. Sure enough: "a flagging of the bodily
or mental powers; indifference to exertion."
Then, for some reason, I checked to see if the domain was available. Here's the irony part. Lassitude.org has been snatched up by one of those indifferent companies that offers web locations for a markup and fills the space meanwhile with a search page and random links. The domain name plus motto reads:
Then, for some reason, I checked to see if the domain was available. Here's the irony part. Lassitude.org has been snatched up by one of those indifferent companies that offers web locations for a markup and fills the space meanwhile with a search page and random links. The domain name plus motto reads:
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