January 2013
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“Noam Chomsky turns eighty-four today, more than a half century after he exploded...”
– Noam Chomsky’s Legacy : The New Yorker (via nasobem-w)
December 2012
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Why some translators will always be single →
November 2012
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Kickstarter project : Water Within →
32 hours left. Looking for somewhere generous anons!!!!
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Peacefully grant the State of Virginia to withdraw... →
Sign this Virginians!!!!!
October 2012
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Is Twitter Wrong?: Is that really a picture of... →
istwitterwrong:
No.
Amazing picture of hurricane #Sandy decending in New York twitter.com/J7mster/status…
— JAMSTER(@J7mster) October 29, 2012
Hurricane Sandy approaching New York. twitter.com/efitz6/status/…
— Eamonn Fitzmaurice (@efitz6) October 29, 2012
It’s actually a picture…
September 2012
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“In Russian, there are two different words for light blue and dark blue. Does...”
– “Does Language Influence The Way I Think?” | Betty Birner via The Linguistic Society of America (x)
This made my brain so happy.
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August 2012
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Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. ESV
I’ve had two ladies quotes this to me and it just left me with the feeling that “Hey, there are godly ladies in this world. They do exist!!!”. Well, one of them is engaged to another friend now and the other one I’ve fallen for pretty hard.
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July 2012
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How NBC failed big time with the coverage. →
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Introduction to Neurolinguistics, pdf →
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initiative
Shouldn’t we say God “unlocks doors” not “opens doors” because we still have to take the initiative?
Top 10 Relationship Words That Aren't Translatable... →
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June 2012
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North American English Dialects, Based on... →
Interactive map that is way too cool!!!!
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On Procrastination
I’m pretty sure I stopped the bad habit of procrastinating when I started to just plan to do the work at the last minute.
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Epicaricacy
Noun - Rejoicing at or derivation of pleasure from the misfortunes of others.
The more common term used for this is Schadenfreude, which a loanword from the German language.
You know what's kind of beautiful?
In French, you don’t really say “I miss you.” You say “tu me manques,” which is closer to “you are missing from me.”
I love that. “You are missing from me.” You are a part of me, you are essential to my being. You are like a limb, or an organ, or blood. I cannot function without you.
May 2012
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SCT cover of Gillain Welch’s Tear My...
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“If a man is not ready to commit to you then he is not ready to court you. There...”
– Letter From A Jealous Brother
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Did you know
While you kiss, it carries messages from your lips, tongue and face to your brain to tell it what’s going on. Your brain responds by ordering your body to produce:
Oxytocin, which helps people develop feelings of attachment, devotion and affection for one another
Dopamine, which plays a role in the brain’s processing of emotions, pleasure and pain
Serotonin, which affects a...
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If only
This place is for sell Awesome home with 2040 acres
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“For the Lord GOD will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced; Therefore I...”
– Isaiah 50:7
April 2012
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This is why we can't have nice things
I don’t understand… why is it okay to be wrong?
For example, a soldier in the Wehrmacht was not a member of the SS, the group that enforced Nazi ideology and ran the concentration and death camps.
The Union Flag is not the flag of England, it is the flag of the United Kingdom. St. George’s Crossis the flag of England.
So please people of the Internet, if you use a word, please...
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