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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
So, two posts in one day. I just picked up a copy of Entertainment Weekly with a bunch of top-50 lists of the best movies, books, TV shows, musicals, and games. I am going to list some of the game highlights that I either agree with or deeply ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
This post gets more serious as it progresses.
I never thought I would be proclaiming to the world that I have purchased a Playstation 3 computer entertainment system. Happy birthday to me.
Actually, I did assume that one day I would have a PS3. The PS3 SKU I bought was ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
It seems I fell off the face of the earth. I'm sorry. I've returned. Let's catch up.
First I want to talk briefly about a cultural quirk of Utah: alcohol, tobacco, (not firearms), coffee, and tea.
Actually, I'm talking more specifically about alcohol, more specifically commonly-held views about ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
I honestly have, like, seven updates half written. I just can't manage to complete any of them. Dammit.
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
So, the Friday Fatwa didn't last very long as a Friday-specific feature. Frankly, I've had too much to deal with the last week or so to bother writing in my blog. Get over it.
I'm having trouble deciding which of the two local newspapers in Salt Lake frustrate me ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
I've been listed as a coauthor on a paper my graduate advisor is presenting. I'm not sure whether to be thrilled or terrified. Basically, we're trying to figure out the exact phonemic inventory of Shoshoni. I will give updates once I actually know for certain what's going ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
I just finished upgrading my computer.
2 x GeForce 8800GT in SLI configuration
4gb DDR2 RAM
Yes.
Anyway, time for the Spiritual Successor to the Friday Fatwa. Once upon a time, this blog had a weekly feature where I would list whatever was irritating me over the last week and rant ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
I smell a long post. Do you smell it? Yes, it smells good.
I'm touching on two things today, both of them stories in today's issue of of the Deseret News. The first is a story about a movement to rename a few Utah landmarks so they no ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
I sat down to work on this post and had to decide whether to write about linguistics or LotRO. I written enough about LotRO the last little bit. I write about linguistics most the year. I am about to write about something usually reserved for blogs of ...
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
I graduated college on Friday. It would be much more exciting if it were for good, but instead I'll be at the same school in the same department all over again. The only difference is that I'll be taken seriously, and therefore expected to produce better work. Also, I think ...
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