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hmm
I recognize that most Protestants don't mark their liturgical calendar beyond Christmas and Easter, and that the more Anabaptist/ Puritanical of those will sometimes ignore Christmas as well. So there's my caveat.But mo… -
It's about freaking time
The officers who arrested Andrew Meyer last month have finally been exonerated and returned to the police force:"The independent investigation conducted by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has determined that o… -
Is there such a thing as a literal translation?
Only train schedules can be translated literally.-- Larissa Volokhonsky, on NPR -
On the meaning and usage of IS
In her blog my sister has commented on the use of is in Facebook status updates. I'd like to revisit is from a linguistic perspective:Facebook status updates are always in the form 'X is ___ ' where user X may fill in t… -
Some people wear Superman pajamas. . .
Superman wears Tim Tebow pajamas.It's a good football season, kids. A crazy one, but good. -
Dreams of an ancient church
In Bole, Ethiopia, a middle-aged man named Kasim Alemu Ahmed couldn't sleep well at night. Because in his dreams, the Mother of God kept visiting and telling him about a forgotten, ancient church buried near town.So, h… -
The Norwegian Nobel Committee smokes rocks
OK, friends, let's all say it together.Norman BorlaugMother TeresaNelson MandelaMartin Luther King, JrAndrei SakharovLech WalesaElie WieselMedecins Sans Frontiers.....and.....Al Gore?give me a break, folks. Nobel laurea… -
reading
I don't have time to read for pleasure, but I do it anyhow. The Yearling is still as good a novel as it ever was, and it's making me all homesick for... for Alachua County, where I happen to live! The copy I have just … -
Countdown - UPDATE
The Nobel Prize in Literature will be awarded this Thursday. Bookmakers' favorites have changed!Philip Roth 7/2Haruki Murakami 5/1Amos Oz 6/1Claudio Magris 7/1Yves Bonnefoy 7/1Joyce Carol Oates 9/1Les … -
"Save the Gnostics"
Iraq is not a Muslim country.It's Muslim majority, yes, but Iraq's pre-Islamic religions still exist as minorities and aren't extinct yet.One result of the American invasion, however, is that now these groups are-- for t… -
Weird linguistic phenomenon
In general, it doesn't seem to be very well-done; but nonetheless it exists:Teh Holiez Bibul in lolcats. -
high school pride
Old news, it seems, but my alma mater was rated the second best high school in all of Africa. -
Proof that I'm insane
...I've spent the last hour browsing through the NC State/ Duke University joint PhD program in English Linguistics. -
50
Fifty years ago today, the Space Age began.Here's to you, little Sputnik.
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Possible Answers to Prayer
Your petitions-- though they continue to bearjust ... -
Blessed
By their very designations, we know the meekare av... -
Late Results
We wanted to confess our sins but there were no ta...
