Sat Nov 11 02:48:25 EST 2017

Can you imagine explaining to a non-native English speaker the difference between pleasing yourself and pleasuring yourself?

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Tue Oct 10 01:56:59 EDT 2017

I'm listening to a story on the radio about Trump wanting to cut support and education efforts to reduce teen pregnancy. Ignoring whether this is a good idea or good policy, I heard this statement:For Hispanic girls, one in three will get pregnant before they turn 20.
There is no question of the gender of people who get ( Read more... )

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Thu Sep 14 00:13:42 EDT 2017

I sometimes repeatedly ponder the role of language in thought - that we think in language (well, I seem to, anyway), and we wouldn't have some of our thoughts if our language didn't encompass them. Expanding our language to accommodate new thoughts. Our thoughts being limited, bounded by our language ( Read more... )

Tue May 2 13:15:18 EDT 2017"... like a steam locomotive burning daffodils."
Don't daffodils contain a lot of water? They're not going to burn well. They're not going to power a steam engine. If you could get them to burn, a locomotive would need to carry a huge supply.

Wednesday 00:26"... everything passed mustard."
Speaks for itself. (Although I ( Read more... )

Sat Apr 8 21:23:45 EDT 2017

I mentioned joining MeetUp. I haven't been to any meet-ups. I regularly receive email about new groups forming:From: Meetup Subject: New Meetup Group: Mahogany Sylist ( Read more... )

Thu Mar 16 14:35:02 EDT 2017Soon, three intersections along the far east end of W&OD Trail could become a lot safer.
I question the need for "far". A trail has 2 ends, east and west in this case. There aren't two east ends, with one farther away.

The east end of the trail is in Arlington, and the west, Purcellville. Given the much higher population ( Read more... )

Sun Jan 22 14:56:42 EST 2017

The 2017/Jan/19 episode of Studio 360, American Icons: The Wizard of Oz, was on the radio. (Sort of. WAMU lost the audio (broadcast and web streaming) for about 40 minutes of the hour.)

"There's no place like home" hits one of my language-usage peeves. There's no place else like home. If you take Dorothy's statement ( Read more... )

Thu Jan 19 02:29:58 EST 2017
Wall-Climbing Transformable Robot - it's a car; it's a robot.
Another symptom of failing to teach people science?Due to UV rays outside which can interfere with the operation of the IR controller, it is recommended to use the product indoors.
I think they're saying it has trouble with sunlight, but is that because ( Read more... )

Thu Nov 10 14:38:19 EST 2016


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