linguistics

I am, for all intents and purposes, monolingual.  That is to say, I am only fluent in one language- English.
I know bits and pieces of many other languages.  I took two years of Spanish in high school and three semesters in college.  That was enough for me to (minimally) translate for my team when I [...]

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anonymous commenting, part 2

I encourage you to read part 1 before reading this post.
Today, he announced that he has disabled anonymous commenting in response to my comment.
If he really wants to disallow anonymous comments, fine.  But I honestly think this is kind of an immature way to handle the situation, particularly when the comment is clearly not spam [...]

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becoming a modern james bond

It’s crazy what people can do on computers nowadays.  Both good and bad.  I mean, a person could install a key logger on a computer, and then use the information derived for either positive or negative purposes.  It’s basically digital surveillance, and like all other forms of surveillance, there are both good and bad aspects.  [...]

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sadie the schnoodle, revisited

Awhile back, when we were dogsitting for Sadie (see December 2009 archives), I wrote a post joking about how I would dog-nap her and take her away to the oceanfront myrtle beach resorts.  She is an awfully cute little schnoodle, and she makes me want a dog awfully badly.
Today I was looking through some of [...]

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anonymous commenting

I don’t do it much.
I mean, come on, if you want to say it then you should have the guts to stand behind your words, right?
Anyway, tonight I was sorting through my rss reader, and reading some old blogs.  I came across a blog that was set up by a family that used to go [...]

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bones and mesothelioma

Awhile back I saw a really fascinating rerun of Bones where Dr. Brennan’s curiosity led to discovering an underground human organ trafficking program.  It all started when Bones was introduced to a teenager who was dying of mesothelioma.  Since mesothelioma virtually always appears in people who have been exposed to asbestos, and virtually always people [...]

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doggie larceny??

All I can say is, this is low…
A West Highland White Terrier who was tied up momentarily outside a supermarket was mugged for his green wool coat.
Seriously, if you are literally stealing the coat off the back of a dog, you have reached a new low!

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motorcycles

I have never ridden a motorcycle, and I don’t really have any desire to ride a motorcycle.  It looks mildly interesting, but to me it is just too risky.  I know lots of people ride motorcycles without a problem, but it’s just too risky for me.  I don’t want to wind up in an accident.  [...]

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kitchen countertops

Lately I’ve become much more of a cook, and that’s why I noticed the counter and sink at my pastor’s house.  They have a really neat stone sink and counter that is just really rugged.  It’s not granite and it’s not formica- the most common types of counters.  But it’s so solid.  They can chop [...]

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linksys

Last Christmas, I gave my father a Linksys WAP so that he could have wireless internet in his home.  Our router and modem are both D Link, but we also bought them from our ISP.  This WAP was so easy to set up, and has been so outstanding (no problems at all!), that I almost [...]

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