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Putin FTW?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/crimea-crisis-putin-approves-draft-bill-to-annex-crimea-1.2576631Not to be alarmist, but... is the third world war in the offing? I mean you can't just invade sovereign territories and annex them like that in this day and age, right? But here Russia is doing just that, in violation of widespread, world-wide condemnation ( Read more... ) -
Bauer Power!
Long-time friends will know that I was an insufferable 24 fan in the 2000s. ( Read more... ) -
Nonplussed
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/nonplussed
This definition makes me angry. So apparently, the word means what it originally means... and it also means the complete opposite of what it means. Argh. -
Dropped in 1980...
So, let's say you get thrown back in time. There is no hope of return to the time of your origin, but you take your future knowledge with you. How do you survive in the past if you get sent to the year... 1980?
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One word I want to eliminate from use: whilst. The only time I see it (mis)used is when people are trying to assert their vocabulary in a pretentious way on the internets. The word 'while' means the same thing and is more economical on characters! The only acceptable use I can see of 'whilst' is if you are trying to be archaic / wistful ( Read more... ) -
Community
I've been on LJ, what, almost 11 years now? I still can't figure out how to find a community I would be interested in joining. I still can't figure out how to find a community I would be interested in joining without labourious research. -
Memories from School
Still on maps - I was just remembering when I was a kid in Grade 5, our teacher asked a question on a map test, "Which province is at the centre of Canada?" Before I tell you the correct answer, please, glance at a map and figure out which one you would say is most central ( Read more... ) -
Geology!
With going to Mexico, and going to the Yucatan peninsula in particular, I've been interested in that whole extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, the impact zone is pretty much proven to have been on the north / northwest side of that region.( Read more... ) -
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http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/05/24-will-live-another-day-in-2014-fox-confirms.html
For three years I've been checking once every few weeks to see if there was any news on the 24 feature film. It's been in development hell; I've seen how it seems close, and you get quotes from Kiefer Sutherland saying, "We should be ready to film in ( Read more... )