Monday, January 30, 2012
weird links
I picked up a book in the library about teaching English and the author's name is Mosteller. I wonder if he's related to the late famous statistician.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
smells like ...?
the university bookstore has Cyclone cologne. Scary or just weird.
Considering the cyclone (named, in a feat of originality, Cy) is some weird
bird/cyclone amalgam, what the scent of Cyclone is supposed to be, is a mystery.
Considering the cyclone (named, in a feat of originality, Cy) is some weird
bird/cyclone amalgam, what the scent of Cyclone is supposed to be, is a mystery.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
the grammar rodeo?
A shout-out to all the 'burg people!
My grammar book specifically mentions the Pittsburgh/Western Penn. regionalism/dialect
"For instance, in Central and Western Pennsylvania you will hear 'The car needs washed,"...
** courtesy of Funk and Kolln, Understanding English Grammar
My grammar book specifically mentions the Pittsburgh/Western Penn. regionalism/dialect
"For instance, in Central and Western Pennsylvania you will hear 'The car needs washed,"...
** courtesy of Funk and Kolln, Understanding English Grammar
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
office
The Office for Responsible Research probably shouldn't amuse me as much as it does, but I can't help but laugh to myself when I walk by.
I picture some Far Side comic, where on the other side of the hall, there's another doorway, perhaps misshapen with a broken door knob, smallish, that says Office for Irresponsible Research... crazed lab rats scurry through the corridors and other experiments gone awry, people who haven't gotten IRB approval, etc. Maybe I've worked and been around academia too long, I'm not sure why ISU's insistence on putting that adjective in their office title entertains me...
I picture some Far Side comic, where on the other side of the hall, there's another doorway, perhaps misshapen with a broken door knob, smallish, that says Office for Irresponsible Research... crazed lab rats scurry through the corridors and other experiments gone awry, people who haven't gotten IRB approval, etc. Maybe I've worked and been around academia too long, I'm not sure why ISU's insistence on putting that adjective in their office title entertains me...
Friday, January 13, 2012
eggs
I met the farmer who picked/collected my eggs yesterday- when I stopped in the farmers' market to buy eggs. Not only do they have the best price but it is nice to personally meet your local farmer. Can't get too much fresher than that, short of having your own farm.
Another nice thing about small-town life is you can go into a really good bakery and get 2 baked goods and coffee for about $4.00. Are you kidding me?!? It's like 1980's prices! Okay, granted most of the housing here is also stuck in the 1980's too...
Oh well...also in the last 2 week period it has managed to range from 60 deg. out to 13 deg.
I will have to report more on Dancing Liberty Tax Man and Garfield driving the car at Kmart...
Another nice thing about small-town life is you can go into a really good bakery and get 2 baked goods and coffee for about $4.00. Are you kidding me?!? It's like 1980's prices! Okay, granted most of the housing here is also stuck in the 1980's too...
Oh well...also in the last 2 week period it has managed to range from 60 deg. out to 13 deg.
I will have to report more on Dancing Liberty Tax Man and Garfield driving the car at Kmart...
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