Dr. Metablog is the nom de blague of Vivian de St. Vrain, the pen name of a resident of the mountain west who writes about language, books, politics, or whatever else comes to mind. Under the name Otto Onions (Oh NIGH uns), Vivian de St. Vrain is the author of “The Big Book of False Etymologies” (Oxford, 1978) and, writing as Amber Feldhammer, is editor of the classic anthology of confessional poetry, “My Underwear” (Virago, 1997).
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The pond, once brimful of brekkekkek-kexing, has become virtually silent. What's happened to all the frogs? Is it acid rain? Or is it the great blue herons who patrol the shoreline morning and evening? I think we've located the culprit. The pond has been colonized by catfish, specifically, by the brown bullhead or horned pout.…
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