The past day or so has given me a gigantic roller-coaster of linguistic emotion. One moment, I was absolutely, utterly crushed and devastated. And then, glory shone from the communicative heavens above.

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Apparently, upon seeing how easy it was for John and Sherlock to bluff their way into Baskerville, CNN decided to follow suit:

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Like a fairy, according to little Kirsty!

Just finished listening to Cabin Pressure with my lunch. "Timbuktu" was awesome.

It strikes me that, since I don't have any classes this quarter, I could do this next week as well . . .

It is a gray, dreary morning here in the Windy City. Something is needed to brighten this day.


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Apparently, I fail at ordering dresses off of websites.

I need a new party dress, because I use my party dresses mostly for doing bouncy folk dancing in, and the older of my current two is becoming un-dance-able because the boning is starting to poke out of the bodice lining. So I went looking for nice dancing dresses online, and, mirabile dictuI ( Read more... )

And, trust me, that's a good thing. I have no video editing skills (although I was a damn good video librarian, if I do say so myself), and this is a great thing, because it means that I will never inflict upon the world the unholy terror of Sherlock combined with the Shangri-Las' 1964 hit The Leader Of The PackJohn: I met him at the candy store ( Read more... )

In other news, we were learning this dance called "Ca' The Ewes Tae The Knowes." The name of this dance caused a bit of confusion, as we are none of us native speakers of Scots Gaelic (it means "Call the Sheep to the Hills"), and it led to some discussion about sheep. Were the dancers supposed to represent sheep? Baaaaaa. Well, my name means " ( Read more... )

Guess which branch of the U.S. Armed Forces is considering the possibility of enacting same-sex marriages on its bases?

Yup! That would be The Navy.

So I came across this blog that mocks and deconstructs Cosmopolitan with humor and grace. I'm instantly hooked.

(Fun fact: Usually, when getting on a plane, I buy a copy of Time magazine at the airport. It's like a little ritual. I subscribe to Newsweek, so Time is my airplane thing. If I'm away for less than a week, I will often buy ( Read more... )

Courtesy of the 64th annual Latke-Hamantash Debate.

Prior to tonight, I had never ever heard the St. Crispin's Day Speech ("We few, we happy few") from Henry V used as a rhetorical device in defense of a Jewish holiday treat.

Now I have. And there were ballerinas, too.