It enrages me when I see people post stupid memes and comments; half joking but mostly serious; about Trump and "these" women who are coming forward.
Those who advocate sending more American troops -- mostly serious Iraq hawks like Senator John McCain and midlevel military commanders in Iraq -- argue that is the only way the United States will be able to stabilize the country enough to move forward with democratization and genuine liberation.
I think, also, there was the influence of Ambrose Bierce and his cynical "Devil's Dictionary," Samuel Johnson's mostly serious but occasionally coruscating "Dictionary of the English Language," and Gelett Burgess's now-forgotten send-up of platitudes, "Are You a Bromide?" What the entries in these books have in common, in addition to compression and wit, is an intolerance of stupidity.
Nicole Leigh Shaw consistently wonders, "Why did I come into this room?" Once upon a time she was a mostly serious news journalist, an accidental magazine columnist and a mediocre editor.
(Steinbeck also wrote screenplays for movies -- including Viva Zapata! and Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat -- not based on his books.) The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden are mostly serious novels, but Steinbeck actually had a wonderful sense of humor when he decided to put it to literary use.
But he was mostly serious while talking, with some reticence, about himself and his career.
Join us for a mostly serious look at the implications raised by reuse, syndication and commercial exploitation of microcontent.
The comedic moments of this opera, which blends serious and silly elements, rarely descended into slapstick in the director Jay Lesenger's mostly serious approach.
Polis, an outspoken supporter of legalisation efforts, provided one bit of intrigue during the mostly serious briefing.
Then there's The Mostly Serious One, Lynette, whose main purpose is to act, maintain the (usually pretty boring) storyline and keep the whole thing remotely realistic.
