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Szechuan Saturday, or: What I’m Reading but not Eating
A couple weeks ago Ms. S. and I stopped by our favorite local Mexican restaurant for a treat, and this led to a discussion or the origin of several supposedly ‘authentic’ ethnic dishes. And this led Ms. S. first to … Continue reading
A Forgettable Friday
Not much accomplished today; still recovering from the holidays.
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Tagged back pain, books, BSG, chocolate, food, holidays, is-ought, Kant, television
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Thursday Tranquility
It did’t begin that way, with a continued argument of some sort at 2:30 in the morning … 3am, even: a couple women raising their voices outside, and at least down a couple doors, never coming to blows but obviously … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, books, coffee, food, holidays, meringue, pie, stars, television, The X-Files
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Monday Mozieing: Shopping, Television, and an Unordered List of Links
Out and about town a bit today; less than successful shopping; a pop-culture evening. I didn’t have much time to think about linguistics today.
Friday the Fourteenth
I thought I would write about pro-drop and subject ellipsis today as well as similar phenomena. I’m just not feeling it. Instead, a brief summary:
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Tagged books, food, philosophy, television, The X-Files
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A Simple Sunday
1. Reading 2. Writing 3. Arithmetic
Tuesday Thoughts
Today’s starting point? “Trust Me: Three Books With (In)credible Narrators” Someone — meaning most of the commenters — does not understand the concept of ‘unreliable narrator.’
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Tagged books, Mann, Schnitzler, Someone is wrong on the internet!, Unreliable Narrators
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Wimpy Wednesday
Pudding, puddles, playwrights, and non-pilsners.
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Tagged beer, best thing since sliced bread, books, Calibre, Hermann Bahr, homebrew, pudding, pumpkin
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Sunday: A Night in the Lonesome October
For some reason I am thinking of Zelazny. Tonight Ms. S. and I should finish the ‘Alien’ movies. Earlier in the week I opened a can of pumpkin for some purpose. I’m sure it will come back to me.
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Tagged books, food, FRBR, Jack the Ripper, pie, Sherlock Holmes, tempeh, WEMI, Zelazny
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Saturday Roundup: Waffles, TV, and Technology
It’s Saturday afternoon, heading toward evening, and outside it’s been a gray, gray sort of day, but one that refuses to rain or blow wind. We might go shopping: we have no tempeh in the fridge.