February 2010
Matias Aguayo - Rollerskate
January 2010
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Mama Cass Elliot - “Make Your Own Kind of Music”
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“I clutched my grilled cheese sandwich like it was the hand of my best friend.”
– Miley Cyrus, Miles To Go. [HT]
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pterodactyls asked: How would you harness your laser eye for good? Or would you use it for evil? Party tricks? What would you do with your laser eye that sets you apart from the laser eye'd masses?
perpetua asked: What part(s) of your body should shoot ultra-destructive lasers?
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Acceptable Nationality Targets →
fuckyeahtvtropes:
Where you live can make you an Acceptable Target. This can vary widely based on where the media in question is being broadcast.
Stereotypes galore.
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“I bet a woman can’t pick up a pad of paper without thinking of bleeding...”
– The Cost of B. Michael’s Truly Epic Shit
Everything you need to prepare for next Tuesday.
pterodactyls:
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Fuck Yeah TV Tropes! →
So I caved and created this fuckyeah tumblelog.
Ascended Glitch - Television Tropes & Idioms →
When a Good Bad Bug is particularly liked by fans of a game (more than just the God Modders,) sometimes something interesting happens. This is when a glitch is upgraded to the status of a legitimate gameplay mechanic or feature in a sequel, update, or expansion. This is a refreshing attitude from game developers, who otherwise tend to take a zero-tolerance approach to the squashing of bugs— the...
“Remember the rule of thumb when dealing with any animal: if it’s brightly...”
– 15 Cute Animals That Will Cause You Horrible Harm
How a Lack of Control Leads to Superstition -... →
noosphere:
Interesting article, tho’ I found the following experiment a bit disturbing:
In 1976 Harvard psychologist Ellen J. Langer and Judith Rodin, now president of the Rockefeller Foundation, conducted a study in a New England nursing home in which the residents were given plants, but only some had the opportunity to water them. Those residents who were in charge of watering the plants...
“Disregarding any sense of fair play, the show does not offer any alternative to...”
– What Every Parent Should Know About The TV Show Glee | ChristWire
yoshang:
Seriously, everywhere I look there aren’t enough popular boys saying they want to stop doing gay things with guys in the bathroom.
Fun With Etymology, #2:
monkeytypist:
Have you ever wondered where the English word money comes from? Of course you have! Wonder no more. It’s from Old French and ultimately comes from Latin moneta, which means “stern, admonishing”, and was one of the titles of Juno (“the stern”). So it turns out that the temple of Juno Moneta was one of the places where coins were made. It’s also where we get the term “mint”.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Animal Collective (31)
Fire Engines (27)
Lady GaGa (14)
Okkervil River (11)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Ten Updated Colloquialisms For The Modern Age →
infoneernet:
Hindsight is always 1080p.
One #hashtag does not a trending topic make.
Too many hosts spoil the podcast.
That’s a hard act to unfollow.
140 characters to the wise is sufficient.
The bandwidth is always greener on the other side of the firewall.
Email, Twitter, and Facebook are three best friends and three worst enemies.
People who live in glass houses...
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“Opposition to certain developments as inappropriate anywhere in the world is...”
– NIMBY (Not In My BackYard) - Wikipedia
“My only fear is, I always sabotage myself when I’m on the verge of...”
– Lisa Simpson, Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words.
Driving impairs ability to comprehend language →
While talking on cell phone is known to affect an individual’s ability to drive, a new study has shown that driving also reduces one’s ability impairs ability to comprehend language.
“To all the people watching, I can never ever thank you enough for your kindness...”
– Conan O’Brien (via drinkyourjuice) (via bryonmcdonald)
“Language is not the problem in our understanding of reality, the problem is...”
– Wilden, Anthony. The Rules Are No Game: The Strategy of Communication. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. (via carvalhais)
pterodactyls asked: What word or phrase would you like to see banned from the English (or, I guess, any other) language?
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onomatopoeia follow-up
Re this post: An anonymous user took me to task (via the ask function) for jokingly offering “The Straight Dope” and then immediately jumping into structuralist linguistics. This is fair criticism, since I also criticized the incoherence of armchair experts and my post relied on some inaccessible jargon. Touche!
Anyway, the whole point about armchair experts is that unlike them, I...
WatchFinal Season Of ‘Lost’ Promises To Make Fans More Annoying Than Ever
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re onomatopoeia
tragos:
I know nothing—and I mean nothing—about linguistics. Which means I constantly have stupid questions about the subject, such as:
Is there any objective standard according to which we can say that one language is more onomatopoetic than another? Because it sure as hell seems to me that Spanish trumps English on that front (except for ‘oink’).
Also: What might it say about the cultures in...
Say it out loud, part 1
nsomn:
When I have to wait for late students (which is every day), I usually kill time by making lists. Here is a list of onomatopoeia in Spanish. Read them out loud, and remember to roll your Rs.
to lisp: cecear (pronounced with a soft Spanish th, a one-word joke)
to babble: balbucear
to whisper: susurrar
to grumble: refunfuñar*
to purr: ronronear
to hoot: ulular
to cackle: cacarear
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Typing Errors →
givemesomethingtoread:
The standard typewriter keyboard is Exhibit A in the hottest new case against markets. But the evidence has been cooked.
Pretty good for a 14 year old article.
from the ada township city code
hooings:
Sec. 14-1. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words, terms and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Animal means dog, cat, bird, reptile, mammal, fish or any other dumb creature.
(Ord. No. O-072886-1, 7-28-1986)
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[kʁwasɑ̃] →
Fr-croissant.ogg
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