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.
Okay, maybe you don't know who is #18 on the AFI all-time best actor list, but when Alex adds that he (the actor) was only in 3 movies ... how can you possibly guess Jimmy Stewart?
Labels: entertainment, jeopardy
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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At 12:02 AM, June 12, 2008
Barry Leiba had this to say...
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At 5:31 AM, June 12, 2008
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->I got JD from the "3 movies" clue before I read the answer. There can't be anyone else who's only been in three movies, and yet is considered good enough to make the list. (Though, actually, I've always thought that Dean was way overrated, and didn't like him at all in "Giant".)
As to "WTF", though, well, Jeopardy! certainly has amazingly bad people on sometimes. I remember one where the "answer" was "Of these -- Venus, Jupiter, Neptune -- it's the largest planet in the solar system." The ditz who buzzed in first said, "What is Saturn?"
Yeah, I agree that Dean would be less admired if he'd lived longer - score one more for AE Housman!
But Donna was the champion! She'd won four times before and was a pretty strong player. Not like the guy who barely qualified for Final Jeopardy, and went down to $2 by guessing Orson Welles for the answer...
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