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Sublimate Pronunciation: \ˈsə-blə-ˌmāt\ Function: noun A chemical product obtained by sublimation . Sublimation of an element or compound is a transition from the solid to gas phase with no intermediate liquid stage . Radio jackass Don Imus is at it again. He made some off-color joke about Adam (don't call me "Pacman") Jones' color and now he's in for another ass-beating. What I don't get about the whole affair is why do we care what he says? We know he's a jackass, yet we treat his nonsense with the same respect we would treat a politician or religious figure making the same remarks. Your attention please: He's a radio guy. He has a program on the radio. They pay him to make stupid remarks, and when you call attention to his nonsense it only makes him say more stupid stuff. Which leads me to Anthony's Rule of Thumb #5: When you see a non-sports personality on the sports page of the newspaper or a sports personality on the front page, it's a...