The meme has become a net-based medium in its own right, now painstakingly researched, chronicled and evaluated on sites like Know Your Meme and MemeFactory, acting as one part social experiment, one part social commentary, one part creative exercise, and one part gratifying time-suck.
I for one am gratified to learn that there is such a program, however faulty it may be.
It's gratifying on one hand but deeply worrying on the other.
"We had an overwhelming — literally overwhelming — number of people trying to get onto the e-edition site this morning, and it's gratifying on one hand, but it slowed things down," said Jonathan Wolman, editor and publisher of The News, which is owned by MediaNews Group.
It's a hustle, but it's an immensely gratifying one.
The first embrace of haute cuisine is a mutually gratifying one, and shortly he finds himself at the Plaza Athénée.
There are newsletters, events, and numerous points of contact, all to assist you in making the experience a fun and gratifying one for both you and your student.
In a post that I, for one, found gratifying, Jon Chait identifies two of the reasons why: The first is an attachment to the status quo and a reverence for American political institutions of all stripes, which is certainly commendable up to a point (the point being a recognition of when the institution has failed).
"It's always gratifying whenever one's work is recognised and valued, but to receive the Shelley award is particularly satisfying," he added.
