I found this extremely interesting, especially the part about gendered nouns. When I was learning Spanish, I wondered why nouns were randomly assigned a gender (they don't even conform to the ends in an o, ends in an a idea) and if that made them 'girly' or 'boyish'. I never really followed up on reading about it though, and so I was happy to ( Read more... )

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In dealing with HiH's appeals process, I'm amused with this test result.

Your result for The Sorting Hat: A Comprehensive Harry Potter Personality Assessment [Test/Quiz]...
Slytherin

52% Ravenclaw, 35% Hufflepuff, 58% Slytherin and 51% Gryffindor!


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So proud of my Longhorns closer, he was called up just a year after being drafted. Told ya he'd be fast tracked. He pitched four innings, two of them scoreless, in two games. That's a good start.

( Chance Ruffin brings 'goofy' personality to Tigers after less than one full season in minors )

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Day 2 - Handwrite your tumblr name alongside your real name, take a pic


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It's been another year since I've done this.

Basically here's the deal. Say that you have no player tees whatsoever or you want one. You suddenly get the chance to get one of your team. However there's a catch. The catch is that you must get one player tee for each team. Now, which ones would you get? Here's my picks.

( I can't tell if there are more or less than last year. )

Stolen from hockeysaurs

Day 1 - What do you think of your handwriting? I really like my handwriting. Someone told me once that my handwriting should be a font and I think that was a huge compliment. My students will, on occasion get confused by the E's I make or the A's, but after seeing it a few times, they get used to it. I do have to remember with my ( Read more... )