This is partly in honor of Geoff and Amanda's wedding the other week; and partly because I've been wanting to share these awesome soundbites for a while.
...and it was AWESOME! Seriously, we were cracking up almost the entire time. I mean, I really do like it and respect it kind of, but it's just so perfect... so ludicrously, unabashedly, cheesy (and yet delightful
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Yesterday we had a big discussion (at work, among the cubicals) about linguistic relativism. I apparently am unable to defend why I think people should strive for good diction and writing skills. The implication there being that some ways of talking/writing are better than others. This really gets linguists' dander up, incurring lots of anecdotal
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Today I saw a man with a beard; and he actually looked handsome with this beard. weird times! I usually find beards the opposite of attractive. it might have helped that he was only wearing little running shorts (and was pretty fit) - it seems like the worst part about beards is dressing to go with them. it's harder to make an outfit work with a
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My parents spent today in and out of the hospital with my Grandma. The upshot of it all is that she (Gramma) had a not-really-huge stroke a few days ago, and is now being treated with a pretty positive prognosis. But... my Gramma had a stroke
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