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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.
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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 10:20 AM, September 13, 2011
Kathie had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->"UK campaign seeks to save Roald Dahl writing hut":
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LONDON (AP) -- The family of Roald Dahl is trying to raise the funds to preserve a hut in which the late writer wrote tales of big friendly giants, fantastic foxes and magical chocolate factories
The family hopes to raise 500,000 pounds ($790,000) to stop the 50-year-old brick and polystyrene shed - preserved as it was when Dahl died in 1990 - from falling apart.
Relatives plan to move the interior of the structure from the backyard of Dahl's former house in the village of Great Missenden, northwest of London, to the nearby Roald Dahl Museum.
Dahl called the shed, where he worked daily, "my little nest." Its contents include his chair, writing board and notepads, along with an eclectic array of objects including the writer's own hip bone.
Visitors can currently see its exterior in the garden of the house, where Dahl's widow Felicity still lives, but the interior is off-limits.
Dahl's granddaughter, model and writer Sophie Dahl, said the family wanted to share the writer's "palpable magic and limitless imagination" with visitors.
"It's an icon," she told the BBC. "In this humble place, magic was created."
But some people have balked at spending so much money on a shed and suggested royalties from Dahl's best-selling books could cover the cost...
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