Global Spin

I am also a big winner, and I finished my story. I shall not hide it because I like attention. It can use a ton of editing, though, and input from people who know more about space science than I do. Anyway, I hope that works!!

Posted by Deana in Books, Culture, Fun, Holiday! Celebrate!, Language, Literature, NaNoWriMo, Science, Writing on November 29th, 2006 | 2 Comments »

I am also a big winner, and I finished my story. I shall not hide it because I like attention. It can use a ton of editing, though, and input from people who know more about space science than I do. Anyway, I hope that works!!

Posted by Deana in Academia, Animals, Culture, Language, Science on November 28th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

I was just listening to A Way With Words, and I heard something that caught me completely off guard.  I’ve been complaining about gender-neutral singular pronouns for years, hoping that something like ‘ve’ would replace the awkward ‘he or she’ or the patently evil ‘s/he’.  Greg Egan aside, nothing ever took off.  It turns out [...]

Posted by Chris in Feminism, Fun, Language on June 28th, 2006 | 7 Comments »

Faced with human rights scandals, trillion-dollar deficits, rampant corruption, and a rising death toll, our Senate finally decided to do something: They declared English the national language of the United States. Or maybe the common language. Something like that. Sigh. What exactly does this get anyone? Nothing.  Then again, what harm could it do?  Plenty, [...]

Posted by Chris in Government, Language, Law, Politics, You have got to be kidding on May 19th, 2006 | 2 Comments »

I need a word. Perhaps I’ll call on the verbivores to help, but you, gentle reader, might know of one already. Here’s the definition: “To become what one ostensibly opposes, often in the course of that opposition.” It may sound like hypocrisy, a la “if there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s intolerance,” but this [...]

Posted by Chris in Iraq, Language, Philosophy, World on April 28th, 2006 | 4 Comments »