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Blue blood and blue princes
I was a reading a book today, in Spanish (I'm reading Spanish again! yay!), and I came across the phrase "sangre azul" (literally "blue blood"). So then I wondered about the English phrase and how it came to mean people of the aristocracy. Technically everyone's blood is blue when it's inside them; it only turns red when exposed to the air, hence ( Read more... ) -
I wrote my first computer program in Python! \o/
Not my first computer program ever, 'cause I took an intro computer science class before I started my master's, but for that course we just used some Microsoft language I can't even remember the name of, rather than a language that anyone actually uses. So now I've written my first program in a language that is used more widely. It's just a dumb ( Read more... ) -
I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary
I was working on my Fanlore paper, and I made a definitions section because 1) it is meant for a general audience, and 2) it takes up room! So naturally I had fun with that most hallowed tome, the Oxford English Dictionary and especially the usage history (which is probably my favourite part).
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Happy lavvyan Day! She is super-awesome and I like her lots. ♥ In honour of which, she gets a wee podfic, but it is all hers for today so I'll post that proper-like for everyone else tomorrow.
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New SGA ficlet: [ 1,001 First Kisses ] @ mcsmoochAlso, I get to have Thanksgiving today! My Arlington grandparents didn't go to Texas this year, so I am going out ( Read more... ) -
not so funny
My elbow is being weird. :( See, my arm is occasionally tingly from my elbow up to my fingers, in that way when you hit your funny bone just so (why the hell is it called the "funny bone" anyway?* it is neither funny nor a bone, and I bet they have a more sensible name for it in other languages). Anyway, the first suggestion that comes up on ( Read more... ) -
It is tradition older than lies
Today, it's all about me. Just because. (Also because villainy asked people to quote their favourite bits of writing at her, which made me ponder my writings. "A Barefoot Song" is still my favourite, hands-down. (What does "hands-down" even mean?*)) So there ( Read more... )