"Schadenfreude" is a German word that means "taking pleasure in other's misfortune." Why German is the only language in the world with its own word for this, I don't know, but it does make me all the more glad that I am Polish.

07 July 2005

Welcome

Hello everyone, this is my (Ben Colwell's) blog. For now, I am only on here to post on other people's blogs, but eventually I'll be making regular postings about whatever I feel appropriate. Please, stay tuned.