So Mr. Troll and I have seen it yesterday. Lurved it! ;)

Kept wishing it could be a little longer... wanted to see more here and there, darnit! Well, it is a movie = "visual companion" to the books. :) I'll complain a bit about plot under the cut, but the visuals are absolutely stunning... well, except for one minor peeve of mine.

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Too bad the exams are over. I should've given this test for a final. :D

P.S. *whining* hybridutensil, niere_oferessea, cionaudha, sayhello, you'd tell me all about the weekend plans if you had any, would ya? What? Where? When? Whatever, I'm in!


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To post or not to post on politics, this is the question...

Here is a reasonably good 2-dimensional political preference test: Political Compass

I am there next to Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Dalai Lama. Good company! :)

I wrote grimly in comments about geographical divide of the presidential vote.
However, maybe it is not so bad after all?


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cionaudha, you will probably get a kick out of this:

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So, niere_oferessea, ask and yeah shall receive...

A very simplistic lecture on the common issues in health insurance market. Warning: may be boring, some trivialization of issues, beginner probability theory, author being the insufferable know-it-all. Proceed at your own risk.

niere_oferessea will be given a quiz. :D

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Does anyone know of a good (on-line preferably) document that explains clearly and once and for all when to use "a/an", "the", or nothing at all?

I am trying to edit my paper finally, and I am about to give up trying to fix all the articles. I am about to give up on trying to understand the rules of article usage.
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From Economics Blog Marginal Revolution:

This can be bought on E-bay, too.

The additional comments by seller and the exchange between the potential byers and the seller is funny, too. :D

...or, every Ravenclaw should have this book.

Totay in bookstore I saw this jewel:

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So I saw "Eternal Sunshine..." yesterday and got reminded that my diary is blank and empty.

( What could have been in that diary, or 200 things meme, all about me, from Peachy )