Cox Crow
Asking the Stupid Questions Since 1971
The Silent Majority
Peter St. Andre points to this essay on purple Americans, which attempts to colorize those of us who are more Classical Liberals than Socialist, who are more libertine than conservative. While there must be more than one person out there who, wanting to be left alone, would leave well enough alone, I'm not sure lavender is their color, nor that they should vote for Bush, though they might anyway.
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categories: Politics
Mongolian Namespaces
Sounds like someone forgot to make the LNAME column NULLable.
Mongolians need surnames!. Monogolians, who have customarily used only first names, are now required by law to have last names as well. Unfortunately, most people are choosing "Borjigin," Genghis Kahn's tribal name. The director of the State Library is attempting to fix this by publishing advice on historically accurate surname choices for potential Borjigins. [Boing Boing]
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Abuse? Or Torture?
Geoffrey Pullum, over at Language Log, tears Dan Brown a new one.
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categories: Language
Language Usage Map
Davos Newbies relays the report that the Modern Language Association has introduced an interactive language map using U.S. Census data.
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categories: Language
Memo to Congress
To Whom it May Concern:
Please read Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the document which delegates our powers to you. That is an easily parsed clause in English which beginsTo promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts
Please explain to me how making discussion illegal promotes the progress of science and the useful arts?
10:48:49 AM # Google It!
categories: Law