Bits of randomness conceived while forcing myself to listen to another dreadful presentation/lecture...

• Where else does one see a term such as "transnational" besides higher ed? Do researches sit around making up new compound words? Must be a professorship requirement to give difficult names to easier concepts.
• What would it be like to be part of a dying culture?
• Why do razor blades (for shaving) cost so much damn money? What the hell? It's a tiny little blade that goes dull the instant it touches skin and replacements run more than the GNP of small countries. Baffling. Congressional hearings anyone?
• Every religion/culture must have its own belief system that, from the outside, looks messed up.