Archive for October, 2007
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
(9:17:56 PM) Jackie Van Buren: ok, how about this. I was thinking about our comparisons and how you were wrong and tennis and baseball are actually far different from tables and chairs
(9:18:12 PM) Robert Sykes: Elaborate.
(9:18:17 PM) Jackie Van Buren: tables and chairs are more like in a complementary distribution, ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
A couple things on my mind today. Has anybody (in Utah) heard the referendum 1 (school vouchers) ads on the radio? I find them really irritating. It makes me wonder if there are options aside from "Yes" and "No" on the ballot. The logic ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
And this [short] post has nothing to do with her.
I was just thinking as I do phonology homework at 02:00 how I can sometimes feel like analyzing the meta-structure of language is really pointless.
Also, it's intoxicating.
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
I am that end of having a cold where you feel okay for the most part. The only remnant of it is the 80 cubic feet of mucus in your head that makes you feel like you're blowing your brain out when you blow your nose. Also, I ...
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Sunday, October 14th, 2007
My brain hurts!
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
A gem from today's issue of the Salt Lake Deseret Morning Tribune News:
It is hard to find a better example of academic nonsense than the assertion by two linguists (Forum, Sept. 27) that the disappearance of archaic languages is "the most serious crisis facing humanity today."
Not AIDS, pollution, global warming, ...
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
So, my fall break started Friday. I don't really intend to do anything with it, save for maybe catch up with The Office. I missed all of last season, so I am watching it via Netflix's new instant watch thing. It's great. In other news:
I decided ...
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