Language Liberalism Freethought Birds
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
So, Hosni Mubarak has just announced that Egypt intends to start up a nuclear program. They're the latest in a series of Mid-Eastern countries to do so.
I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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3 Comments:
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At 9:44 AM, October 30, 2007
fev had this to say...
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At 10:38 AM, October 30, 2007
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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At 12:07 AM, November 01, 2007
fev had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->"Luxembourg is next to go
And who knows -- maybe Monaco
Will try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb"
I thought that was "Monaco. We'll try to stay..."
Apropos, though. Definitely.
Who's next, indeed. (Also the "They're on our side, I believe" line...)
That's what I hate about moving. Four months ago, I could have found the damn songbook in a matter of seconds and looked it up.
Friend of mine claims to have almost taken Lehrer's occasional course in American musical theater. Never provided a really satisfactory explanation of why he didn't. But he's a sports guy.
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