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Let it be known that I would like to officially voice my support for the Governor of Wisconsin. However, I will be unable to attend any form of formal support protest at their capital because, unlike the teachers of Wisconsin, I am not unionized with taxpayer money to cover any rampant and irresponsible expenditures during my absence. -
Let's sort something out concerning Palin's 'crosshairs'
This is cross-posted (as in, these are not my words, so let's not get copyright confused here) from here as some may not bother clicking the link:
These are surveyor symbols... like what you'd use on a map.
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Google Ngrams
So I found something cool you guys may think is nifty. It's called the Google Ngram Viewer.
Essentially, they've gathered more than 5.6 million books since the year 1600 and imaged them into their databases. This allows you to search by words from certain time periods to measure their usage and popularity. For instance, did you know that the ( Read more... ) -
Ring-ting-tingling
First snow of the year, today, November 5th! *squee* -
A thought
This is more or less copied from my Facebook status today, with some slight tweaks as I don't have a 400 character limit here:
"So apparently today we're to wear purple to 'help the fight against homophobic bullying.' Without trying to sound enormously crass, shouldn't we just be against bullying period? I approach this from the same mentality ( Read more... ) -
Going plaid
I think I'll wear a plaid ribbin every October. Whenever someone asks "What's that for?", I'll respond with "I'm aware of STUFF. Stuff kills millions of people every year. Please spread the word on stuff."
You know, I'd figure I wouldn't be discriminatory and focus on just one thing out of thousands of cancers and diseases. I'm a nice guy like -
Wow.
The first page of Friends' entires is entirely about this Facebook/Twitter mess.
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DDOL
"Rise up, Sir Peter Wolf's-Bane. And, whatever happens, never forget to wipe your sword."
The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe -
DDOL
"Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens to be annoying him at the moment."
The Problem of Pain -
DDOL
"God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing."
Mere Christianity
(also, my birthday today. hurrrr...)