December 2008
27 posts
Healthy Foods for Under a $1 →
(via apsies)
List of English Reduplicatives →
radarchive:
wordjournal:
Reduplication is a morphological process by which the root or stem of a word, or part of it, is repeated. Examples of reduplication: hoity-toity, Joe Schmoe, hip-hop, chit-chat, and no-no. This list sorts them into the following types: Type I are rhyming pairs, Type II are ablaut pairs (the vowel changes and consonants remain unchanged), and Type III are total...
“But of all the New Year’s Eves I’ve spent, the one I remember most was 1926. The...”
– George Burns, My Favorite New Year’s Eve — So Far - NYTimes.com
I highly recommend you read this one.
(via robot-heart)
WHOA! →
50 Things we now know that we didn't know this... →
“John Kennedy led us on a journey to discover the moon. Obama needs to lead us on...”
– Thomas Friedman - Time to Reboot America
This is one of those columns where you want to quote each line, each graph. I leave you with the close, but I promise it’s not a spoiler.
(via adamiss)(via winstonwolfe)(via lizlemon)
(via apsies)
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
apsies:
DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. “Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. “Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’ “Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? “VIRGINIA O’HANLON. “115 WEST...
WatchHome Sweet Home
(and sneaky shots of PB on stage)
How to decorate your Christmas tree without... →
(via robot-heart)
WatchHi Mom! (here’s a better version…I have the laryngitis so radio silence)
Top 10 stupidest laws you may encounter abroad -... →
robot-heart:
9. Hong Kong - A woman is legally allowed to kill her cheating husband, only if she uses her bare hands. The husband’s lover however may be killed in any manner desired.
O_O
Dancing Plague of 1518 - Wikipedia →
robot-heart:
fiascolite:
This sounds like a joke. It isn’t. See here.