I thought I might be imagining it, but I don’t think so anymore: Language Log is getting less focused and less good than it used to be. Bill Poser today wrote an entry about how runners hear the start gun at different times because of the speed of sound in air. The ‘hook’ used to […]
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Wordly!
Not surprisingly, when I created a Wordle it came out with a lot of cycling words. Hat tip: Annie Mole
Navigating the world of new phones
My Verizon “new every two” thing keeps showing up in my mail in recent months — I think it started last year sometime, but I’ve been resisting. However, the BlueAnt V1 is coming out soon! And I have been helping to test the tech in them at work* (and may eventually get one), so it […]
Reality of language
I almost have a hard time believing this, except that there are so many Google results for the word: Is hited a word?? People ask Yahoo Answers a lot of strange questions, including many that would be best answered by a dictionary and another whole batch that would be best answered by a philosopher, plus […]
How to relearn Spanish and have fun too
My Spanish is, to say the least, rusty. At one time in my life I could do literary analysis in Spanish and probably knew more technical poetry terms in Spanish than in English. These days it’s pretty much limited to “Hi, how are you?” (“Hola, como estás?” for those who didn’t just translate that in […]
I’m lost…on the internet?
I’m sort of reluctant to post this lest they track me down, but apparently I’m not only a lost alumna of the AYSP (Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program), but a lost alumna on the internet! Please, don’t turn me in! I’d like to stay missing. I get enough monetary requests from old institutions as it is.
updated webpage
I updated my webpage last night, which I evidently hadn’t done in a couple of years. That’s hard to believe — time has flown. But the content was showing its age, and links to my gallery and blog (which have been set up and working for almost six months now) now exist, which should help […]
Amazon feature I want
I just sent Amazon a feedback comment asking if they have either of two features: 1) Notification when an item on your wishlist becomes unavailable, and/or 2) The ability to easily switch from an unavailable edition of something to an available one. I had quite a few items on my wishlist that had become unavailable. […]
Inspiring words
New favorite word: argh-inspiring. And the blog it’s noted in (Wordlustitude), is also my new favorite blog. Courtesy of the wonderful Sars.
I’m not a bird…
…I don’t twitter. But apparently several of you do. I’m curious why. It doesn’t really resonate with me — too much announcement, too little interaction, maybe? It seems like Facebook status on crack, with what is entered becoming a kind of social performance piece to up the entertainment value. It reminds me of the way […]