My current job status depresses.  This cheers:

Good for what ails you.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Boston,+MA&daddr=Watford,+Hertfordshire,+UK&layer=&sll=37.09024,-95.625&sspn=54.79724,92.285156&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=4&ll=37.09024,-95.537109&spn=54.79724,92.285156

Thinking about going to the UK from Boston?  Google maps has some directions for you.  Keep in mind step 9 might be a tad bit on the tricky side.

http://www.raaga.com/channels/hindi/movie/V000398.html

alicetheowl had this on her LJ and I felt the need to spread it along. All women should be able to accept themselves for who they are.

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/%7Emyl/languagelog/archives/003989.htmlRead more... )

The interesting thing about word rage is that it almost never really is. Those folks who talk about yelling at their radio when they hear someone use less instead of fewer, or who, like Dick Cavett, threaten to "pop" the senator who spoke of his "incredulous" experiences -- they're not really angry at all. It's all a exercise in counterfeit camp. ( Read more... )

"According to a 2004 Statistics Canada survey on charitable giving and volunteering, low-income households donate a higher percentage of each dollar they earn to charity than do high-income earners. Households with an average income of less than $20,000 gave an average of 1.7% of their pretax earnings to charity, compared with just 0.5% for ( Read more... )

http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070122/full/445347a.html

OK, this isn't everyone's cup of tea, but for those of you who are interested in research, I'd love to hear some thoughts on this.  My gut reaction is, 'Hell yeah, there should be public access to scientific research.'  But then I started to wonder if that would affect peer-reviewed work.   ( Read more... )

http://www.flashbynight.com/test/

from: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004109.html

Those who enjoy winning at the geography category in trivia games might like to file away for future use what I'm pretty sure is the world's longest official country name, beating "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea", and even " ( Read more... )