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On linguistics, demagoguery, and social justice - Bartender Geek
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On linguistics, demagoguery, and social justice - Bartender Geek. On linguistics, demagoguery, and social justice. Aug 3rd, 2015 09:28 pm. Presumably, most of you are aware of the difference between the prescriptivist and descriptivist camps of linguistics. Descriptivist linguistics believe that their job is to study and understand how language works, and to discover the underlying rules, and catalog changes over time. It is fallacious to count that as "speaking proper English", though. Because all E...
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There's never been a good FANTASTIC FOUR movie; what I would do if it were up to me - Bartender Geek
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There's never been a good FANTASTIC FOUR movie; what I would do if it were up to me - Bartender Geek. There's never been a good FANTASTIC FOUR movie; what I would do if it were up to me. Aug 12th, 2015 01:15 pm. Lis has been linking me to some articles where various critics give their opinions of why FF have never been translated to the big screen well. The basic point they make is that it's because the Fantastic Four are all entitled dicks. What does Richards do? Richards cuts everybody around him down&...
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Reading in the dark
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Reading in the dark. Below are the 10 most recent journal entries recorded in the " Kestrell. February 21st, 2014. I'm 95% sure that I really am the only one with this problem. While my cataloguing system for ebooks is quirky but efficient, organizing my paper and ink books remains an annoyance, mostly because the braille labels I make for the books keep flaking off. The really irksome part is that these same labels have no problem sticking to the bottom of my socks. Please comment there using OpenID.
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metahacker
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May 17th, 2015 09:35 am. Err, no, not quite that; thatd be Justice League. This is more like DC New Mutants Assemble, maybe? Im intrigued. Firestorm (at least, the original. Is a challenging character to carry for the screen- two personalities living in one body, and lots of unheroic parts and cultural themes that have mutated in the past 25 years. In this case it looks like the older one is the body, which also made me happy: how many superheroes are presented as being over the age 40? Which was so far ...
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Just Right - What's going on with CV?
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Whats going on with CV? Sep 3rd, 2014 at 7:37 AM. No one on earth will ever make me feel shame about reading childrens books. 3 comments Leave a comment. Sep 3rd, 2014 07:32 pm (UTC). Sep 3rd, 2014 08:23 pm (UTC). Me neither. Wizards of Earthsea, A Wrinkle in Time, DragonSinger/Song/Drums. wonderful. Sep 4th, 2014 01:16 am (UTC). 3 comments Leave a comment. Virtue Ventures/Medieval clothes and home decor*. Virtue Ventures website: Medieval clothes, home decor, and fabric for bachelors tutorial.
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Morning Thoughts - Richard Gilbert
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Morning Thoughts - Richard Gilbert. April 2nd, 2010. Yeah Yesterday morning as we drove down the highway to work.that wonderful highway that provides one of the best views of Chicago.I-90.Libby and I looked at each other and nodded. That nod that says 'you know this highway goes straight across the country, crossing 80 in Indiana.so that you could seamlessly switch to the other, cruise through Ohio and then cross the PA border and turn south on 79.'. April 2nd, 2010 11:39 pm (UTC). It would be a long wait.
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Taking one for the Team - Pamela Dritt
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Taking one for the Team. Jan 31st, 2006 at 7:57 PM. Points to the NYTimes article,. Points to this one: http:/ www.drinkinggame.us/. But tonight, I have to stay sober, because:. For several years I've been a panel member of something called "Knowledge Networks.". What is Knowledge Networks? Because, as they explain: "As a member of the panel, you will have a chance to help shape the products and services you use every day and to earn extra cash in the process! You tell 'em for us, Pamela! For any of it, ...
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Justin du Coeur
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Entries by tag: querki. March 29th, 8:42. Here's an interesting article about "adtech". Those automated algorithms that companies like Google and Facebook use to spy on you and serve up advertisements that they think you will respond to. The major upshots are:. Adtech is at best wildly ineffective, and at worst actively damaging, for brands that are trying to advertise. The core precepts of adtech is going to be illegal in Europe starting next year. Where there are currently. March 2nd, 10:01. What I set...
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Justin du Coeur
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Entries by tag: sca. The Third Way: Beyond Fun and Authenticity. March 6th, 15:30. I just came across this marvelous essay on the SCA fun/authenticity false dichotomy, and a different way of looking at it. It was written some years ago, but is still worthwhile reading for any SCAdian. (It's from Tibicen, who some of you might remember from days of yore.). Fun of the SCA - what makes this club particularly fun - is the atmosphere. Where there are currently. June 27th, 2016. Okay, you know fireflies? It wa...
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