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.
"Sock it ... to me?"
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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 8:48 PM, July 11, 2011
Kathie had this to say...
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At 8:01 AM, July 12, 2011
Barry Leiba had this to say...
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At 1:07 PM, July 12, 2011
Kathie had this to say...
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At 7:52 PM, July 14, 2011
The Ridger, FCD had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Perhaps that's how he heard Pierre Elliott Trudeau intone it on the Canadian version of "Laugh-In." Oh wait, never mind...
Sock it to me, baby! Can you dig it?
Why has nobody stated what I thought was so obvious that it didn't initially seem even worth mentioning?
When Alex gave the clue he employed a quasi-Nixonian voice, and seemed to channel, "Sock it to ME?" -- but fell short.
Was that supposed to be Nixon? I guess, maybe ...
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