I've been watching the eruption of Omgwtfbbq!!1!! over in Iceland with both fascination and genuine trepidation regarding the long-term effects and was wondering if there is any "discussion" out on the internetz or stories or something regarding those long-term ramifications on our global economy and the general safety of Icelanders and those under ( Read more... )

so, does anyone on my flist watch this on Cartoon Network?  It was announced  last year that Season two would be darker than the first season, which stinks as Thing One and Thing Two (9 and almost 7)are obsessed with all things Star Wars and I had to cut them off until I found out how much darker and why.

Does anyone know?  thanks!

 Are you smarter than a 3rd grader?  No, seriously, we were looking at my 3rd grader's homework and he was marked wrong on something that husband and I do not understand...

The night air is chilly.

What is the predicate in that sentence?  Wiki says:  In traditional grammar, a predicate is one of the two main parts of a sentence (the other being the ( Read more... )

 
So I am reading The Welsh Girl, a lovely book so far, and the author fails miserably at providing a pronunciation key in the book so those of us who wish can actually know how to say these beautiful words.  Anyway, the word in question right now is cynefin.  And this utterly unhelpful bit is all I have been able to google-up:

The Cynefin(pronounced ( Read more... )

 
I have today to figure this out before we leave for New York tomorrow!  My mom wants to watch streaming video on her television via her computer.  I have the cords set up properly, I have figured out that the picture will come in clearer if we make her change the HD tv screen from GINORMOUS with stumpy people to Normal with appropriately sized ( Read more... )