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Ding25!
Just slots for me this level. ;)
Not a big update today. 'Twas but a mediocre day at work. At least lots of people wished me happy birthday... after they realised I'd provided cakes in the kitchen. Oh, and Chris in work obtained a nice translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls; am dead chuffed. :)
All three of my Shadow Hearts games have arrived through ( Read more... ) -
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
So I went to see Watchmen at the cinema this morning with sirius_moonshdw and Adrian and Andy Nolan.
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Want Me Now, MENSA?
StumbleUpon has furnished me with (via Happenstance, that most fickle of mistresses) a vocabulary test. Essentially, you are given two (relatively obscure) words and are asked wehether they are mostly alike or mostly opposite.
Some examples:
tumult vs. babel
entente vs. discord
perspicuous vs. enigmatic
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Because I Love Bandwagons With Mouth
Well, sirius_moonshdw did one, so I don't see why I can't.
Lyrics quiz! The first 10 tracks from my mp3 playlist, ignoring lyric-less ones, foreign language ones (sadly) and repeat artists.
Please leave a comment with the artist and the name of the track. Since I have fewer readers, I won't limit you to only two guesses each; however, please give each other a ( Read more... ) -
Meme (Grace à Xell)
1. Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post as The Controversial Survey?
Clearly not. this is a figment of your fevered and soma-addled imagination.
2. Would you do meth if it was legal?
Definitely not. I find the use of drugs utterly abhorrent. (Sorry Xell!)
3. Abortion: for or against it?
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A Modest Proposal
I had forgotten about Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal. What a marvellous and well-reasoned essay. In my stumblings, I had come across it again (here), and was again reminded of the inestimable eloquence of the man.
Utter genius.
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Identifying
I must admit, I only just Stumbled across this article in Jeff Harrell's blog, but I feel that the points it raises are quite valuable. Especially:
"[...] Everybody agrees that our language is big, with a variety of words and idioms unmatched by any other tongue. The result is that our language can be beautifully concise if you apply just the right ( Read more... )
