NO ASIANS AFTER MIDNIGHT

Why do I never learn?!?

Something to do if you’re bored…

These are the best e-cards I’ve ever read!!! Especially this one.

To piggyback on Andrew’s post…

Here’s a list of high school summer reading.  A friend of mine at work admitted to us today that she only read 4 books in high school.  I was aghast, and looked up this reading list for her.  She had never read Lord of the Flies!  I’m disappointed that I’ve only read about half the [...]

“100 words every high school graduate should know.”

Compiled by the editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, these words “are not meant to be exhaustive but are a benchmark against which graduates and their parents can measure themselves. If you are able to use these words correctly, you are likely to have a superior command of the language.” That’s a far cry from [...]

Thanks for calling me out.

> first, i find it hilarious how those who are supposed to be blogging here on their hangovers are too hungover to do so. Yesterday was one of the more pointless hangovers you’ll have in a drinking career. Pints at the pub on Sunday night (4), followed by coming home to grill burgers. And with [...]

africa

first, i find it hilarious how those who are supposed to be blogging here on their hangovers are too hungover to do so. second, as for me – in following my last post – i have to explain here that although i feel a bit bad about cutting and pasting and such, i think it’s [...]

just for the irony

“pajama army” “intellectual kleptomaniacs” “digital thieves” “exuberant monkeys” “cut and paste” ethic if you haven’t yet heard of andrew keen (best known for music startup audiocafe in the 90s), you should probably pay attention. especially those who are also contributing to this blog. all those catchy little names above? keen is calling YOU out. reuters [...]

Seen on the cover of a British women’s magazine, in the grocery line.

“How your POSTCODE affects your ORGASM!” If the person in front of me had had more groceries, I would’ve picked it up and tried to read the article. I can’t even imagine what it had to say. Anyone want to take a stab at it?

Linguistics and Genes

Apparently, our genes determine language? This May 31st article in the Economist talks about the natural selection for “communication” genes. People who speak tonal languages (Chinese) have different genes than those who speak non-tonal languages (English). Muy interessante. Words in code May 31st 2007 From The Economist print edition The speakers of tonal and non-tonal [...]