Tell me if I'm wrong, but I'm afraid my line's being stolen out from under me. Has anyone else noticed how often the word "outrage" is being used by the press lately? It seems everyone is outraged about something these days.

Here's a sampling:
-- Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post a few weeks ago, see paragraph 5.
-- The Nation magazine has a weblog called "The Daily Outrage." (I started mine a month before they did...so there.)
-- And "howls of outrage," is a rather descriptive phrase - it's about half way through the article.
-- This one got it's own post when it happened, but I still love the subhead.
-- Where is the outrage? is a question I ask all the time - now I see Sen. Byrd wants to know too.
-- Living as close to the Long Island Sound as I do (about a 10 minute drive), I can relate to why these residents are outraged. They should be on the lookout for the shit that's coming down from Sacramento too.
-- Even the Miami mafia is outraged. (Might need to have a salt shaker nearby for this one.)

You see? It doesn't seem to end. Okay, so I'm lucky if I have six readers. (That's not including my two sisters or my dad who somehow "forget" that I have a blog, though I remind them weekly.) But I'm starting to think I should be doing this for a living. Any ideas?

I'm starting an "outrage" collection. Please send me ANY links to articles that rely on the word outrage - for better or worse. Not sure why I'm keeping track. Just am. It's not like I own the word or anything.