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I got an extra job reading and recording Latin texts for a blind student through the ODA. I got a headset and the textbook and it pays $10/hr and is about 10-19 hours a week. Methinks it will be quite excellent to earn extra wedding cash while getting a lingua latina refresher. w00t!!

Last night I saw a church marquee on my way home that read, "What does 'building the chuch' mean?" Indeed! What does it mean? Hee.

I was not aware...

"The apostrophe features in Irish names such as O'Neill and O'Casey. Again, the theory that this is a simple contraction -- this time of 'of' (as in John O'Gaunt) -- is pure wooly misconception. Not a lot of people know this, but the 'O' in Irish names is an anglicisation of 'ua', meaning grandson."

TGIF, baby!

I swear this is my last post today. And the above date is correct. I keep the calendar on my desk at work and look ahead to the weekend entries on Friday. Without further ado ( Read more... )

I've never read the book of the above title, but Ryan's parents gave me a tearaway calendar from the book. I thought of darinbradley and the now infamous "hangy dot thing" incident when I read today's entry ( Read more... )

I was thinking about the past week of waaaay too much food. Suddenly I thought there should be a better word than "bloating" (i.e. "May cause bloating") to describe the effects of holiday food. Then a new word was born in my mind: BLOTATION! Then we could call a filling meal a "blotation device." I know, you're cringing. But it was funny to me.

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I'm in love with this site . You can watch, in real time - or, sped up if you prefer - a poet compose a poem on a Post Secret or Found Magazine image. This week's contributors are Glyn Maxwell and Robert Pinsky. Righteous cool!