Archive for April, 2008
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Let me lead into this post by saying that Baldr, slain by Loki, has risen from the dead. The nations of North rejoice, for the long nights of winter are over. That means a post about gaming. Also, it means a freaking long post. Get ready
I ...
Posted in Frivolity | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
I've finished my last syntax paper. I wish I could come to you saying I've finished my last syntax paper ever, but it turns out my tentative schedule next year (my first as a graduate student) will be:
· Child Language Acquisition: I'm taking this because this is what ...
Posted in School | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
As it was foretold, Title of Record is no more. Welcome to the newest incarnation of my 5 years of continued existence on the Internets.
This is called Suboptimist. I spent most of today figuring out an acceptable domain and title. Initially, what I wanted was thearbitrarian.com. ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
So, I have already hit a snag in one of the three final papers I need to write. One of them is due in 10 days, and has to be 20 pages. That's two pages a day. Crap.
I will take this time to briefly discuss a talk ...
Posted in Learning, Linguistics | No Comments »
Friday, April 11th, 2008
When I sit down and think about it, I am amazed at how long The Central Node has been around. Six and a half years, by my count, which in internet terms is really frickin long.
The Node was founded in 2002 around the same time MySpace was showing up and ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
First, a disclaimer:
I do not claim this to be a blog of an academic giving academic views on things. When Noam Chomsky is not doing linguistics, he says language and politics are inexorably linked. He does not say that when he is doing real linguistics. ...
Posted in Masonry | 3 Comments »
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
I am always amazed to see how many people who are self-described liberals and "tolerant" people are members of the Facebook group "I judge you when you use poor grammar", or any other incarnation of thereof. Language is often described as the last human characteristic that is an acceptable ...
Posted in Language, Uselessness | 1 Comment »