Moving to DW. :o( Hope to see you there (same handle).

After weeks of struggling with Romans vs the barbarians (I'm only about half finished with the book) I've broken it up with a biography of Rasputin. Much better writing, much better organization. I'll give a full report when I finish this second book ( Read more... )

Goodnight, sweet Princess Leia. A rough but too short life.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!

It's a little odd to be this wet and chilly here. The nighttime temperatures are actually higher than normal with all the cloud cover. I had about an inch of rain the night before last, certainly the most rain in one 24 hour period all year. Being so damp in the house I brought out a sweater for the first time in a few years. The week before ( Read more... )

Strange to say I received my first Christmas card of the season today. I usually am the first to send them out, and it seemed like I was really late this year waiting till the 12th. At any rate the card was from a friend from grad school, who reminded me in his letter of the Thanksgiving of 1972, which isn't a big story other than the two of us ( Read more... )

( Spoilers for last night's episode )

from Language Log http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=29730

From a reader:

I just noticed this headline in our local news (which I read on line ( Read more... )

I discovered on YouTube today that the British term for the American word 'clothespin' is 'clothes peg.' Since I haven't used one in many decades, I'm not sure it matters. Is hanging clothes to dry a dying art in the US?

( Interesting video )