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 1940, in Sudbury, Ontario, Alex Trebek was born (the son of a Franco-Ontarian mother and Ukrainian father, though it's only the French he's good at!). I pick on him, but the truth is it's only because I care. He's perfectly suited to host Jeopardy! and I really enjoy watching that show.
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 1:18 PM, July 22, 2011
Kathie had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Have you ever BEEN to Sudbury? We drove through many years ago, and it looked like a lunar landscape, and not in a good way, thanks to the (de?)predations of INCO [International Nickel Co.]. No wonder Alex left -- anyone in their right mind would!!!
And like you, Ridger, I care too.
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