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.
Today in 1952 in Cambridge, England, Douglas Adams was born.Labels: birthdays
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 10:06 AM, March 11, 2009
Unknown had this to say...
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At 6:45 PM, March 11, 2009
John McKay had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Hey Ridger, hooray for Douglas Adams! Did you see the link to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on my blgo while you were there? www.mythshifter.com - "Lady Brightside...online satirists." Check it out. You left me a blank message by the way, was that the ultimate liberal sitting on the fence act?!
I met Adams once. He was giving a reading of Last Chance to See in a bookstore where I worked. Most of the writers I met came in two varieties, the very nice (sometimes shy) and the self-important jerks. Adams was one of the former.
About halfway through the reading, he abruptly stopped.
"Wait a minute! This is Seattle. Anyone here from Microsoft?"
A few hands went up.
"I want you to stay after the talk. I have some things I want to say to you!"
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