Random shit. Now and then... language related topics.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Spoilers



This could have saved me a lot of money I spent on watching crappy movies.

Friday, November 21, 2008

What a great place to give an interview



Congrats, Sarah Palin, you are back to the news.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Impressive, indeed.

Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy

by Andy Borowitz
In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.

Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tick, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.

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Saturday, November 15, 2008

O RLY?

Unhappy people watch TV, happy people read/socialize, says study

Channeling unhappiness, in good and bad economic times

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A new study by sociologists at the University of Maryland concludes that unhappy people watch more TV, while people who describe themselves as very happy spend more time reading and socializing. The study appears in the December issue of the journal Social Indicators Research.

Analyzing 30-years worth of national data from time-use studies and a continuing series of social attitude surveys, the Maryland researchers report that spending time watching television may contribute to viewers' happiness in the moment, with less positive effects in the long run.
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Now the obvious question: what about the Internet? I'll google that later...

Monday, November 10, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008

This dude can speak really fast!



And he is a nice rapper too.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Because today is an important day

This one is said to be Obama's best speech so far. Watch it.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

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