January 2010
33 posts
“All morons hate it when you call them a moron.”
– J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye R.I.P.
Jill Bolte Taylor's Powerful Stroke of Insight →
This is such a beautiful talk. I love when science explains the things you already know to be true but never had a way of proving. It’s like reading about how Buddhist monks’ brain chemistry is actually changed through meditation. Powerful stuff. So often I feel out of control of my own emotions; I think I should make it a goal to meditate daily. And if anybody calls me a hippie,...
Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah, roma-roma-ma! Why have I watched this video so many times today?
In America, anybody can compile a dictionary and put anything they want inside it.
In France, an elite panel of experts decide which lexical entries may be published in dictionaries.
In Iceland, the citizens all vote on whether a new word or phrase should be considered an official part of their lexicon.
I think it is extremely beautiful that they value and cherish and care for their language so...
Each member of Monty Python has an asteroid named...
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This was blogged just today—I believe it was a sign that Pining for the Fjords would be a STELLAR (get it, like stars and space and asteroids?) success, and it was! Mimms and Bronwyn are excellent DJs and wonderful radio personalities!
Today is a palindrome! 01-02-2010! More magic in the new decade!
Tomorrow is my half birthday!
Yay wonderful days!