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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.
New York becomes the sixth state (along with the District of Columbia) to legalize same-sex marriage, and by far the largest (if you don't count California, which just might overcome the backlash of Mormonism, fundamentalism, and hatred engendered by Proposition 8).
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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 2:40 PM, June 26, 2011
Kathie had this to say...
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At 5:52 PM, June 26, 2011
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Perhaps one of the most heartening aspects of Friday's events is that New York is the nation's second most populous state. If California gets on board (again), there'll be no stopping it!
On an unrelated note, did you happen to hear "Living on Earth" on Public Radio this weekend? Their BirdNote® segment was titled "Cowbirds and Yellow Warblers," which I thought you might enjoy reading/hearing. In relevant part:
"The beautiful Yellow Warbler is a frequent target of the cowbird’s unwelcome eggs. But it has developed a way to reject the role of foster parent. When a cowbird lays its egg in a Yellow Warbler’s nest, a tiny compact cup woven of plant fibers, the warbler weaves another layer of grasses over the top of the cowbird egg, preventing its incubation. Sometimes a cowbird returns and lays another egg in the same nest and now the Yellow Warbler covers over the second egg. Amazingly, one Yellow Warbler nest in Ontario grew six layers deep. Cowbirds developed their habit of palming off their eggs on other birds because they followed migrating herds of buffalo - cowbirds couldn’t stay in one place long enough to raise their own young. Today, it’s still a problem that even the hardest working Yellow Warbler is sometimes challenged to overcome."
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=11-P13-00025&segmentID=7
Did you hear this story on NPR "All Things Considered" today?
"What Story Would You Tell On Jeopardy?":
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/26/137429737/what-story-would-you-tell-on-jeopardy
"'[M]emorable examples' from prior contestants" includ[e]:
"Fabio once saved my life."
"I broke my toe while chasing a bear."
"I used to recruit spies for the C.I.A."
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