Linguistic Humor for Liberals
Language Log: Suddenly everyone is a linguist. The latest to join the parade is Ann Coulter. In her 10/5/2005 column, “This is what ‘Advice and Consent’ Means“, she offers the most creative socio-syntactic theory that I’ve encountered since Derek Bickerton suggested that our hominid ancestors developed language in order to scavenge dead elephants. That paragraph [...]
...read moreI Build Things.
Moment of pride: Today, I built a bed: I am not what you would call either “domestic” or “handy,” so this is a proud moment. This also means that I’m no longer sleeping on a mattress on the floor. It’s a good thing. The bed looks a little messy, and the pillows used to be [...]
...read moreCaptain Destructo, Old School
You can tell the children to put their toys away, but they don’t listen until something like this happens. After I showed Ethan what happened to his precious Lego gas station, he is adamant about putting his stuff away. What I didn’t tell him was that Mama didn’t stop Doug from killing the gas station, [...]
...read moreThe Friday Random Ten – The “One Week, No Crying” Edition
The student teaching gig has gone quite well. Despite being an under-rested crabass bitch, I’m doing just fine. But give me the fucking weekend already. If it’s Friday somewhere, it’s time for the Friday Random Ten. Set your politics aside, load up your full catalog of mp3s, and list the first ten the randomizer spits [...]
...read moreGive Me Abstinence, or Give Me Death
The New York Times reports that a new, highly-effective cervical cancer vaccine could be available as early as next year: If it were widely used, the vaccine could save many lives. Worldwide, there are about 500,000 new cases of cervical cancer a year, and 290,000 deaths. Most of the cases and most of the deaths [...]
...read moreUgh…
Well this is fantastic. And thanks, Georgie, for “fighting terrorism.” The war in Iraq has clearly improved things for all of us. I would invite him to accompany me on the very crowded subway to and from school tomorrow. Because the world is a safer place thanks to this war, right?
...read moreRight-Wing Elitism
As Atrios and Kos both pointed out today, many on the right — most notably Republican poster-skeleton Ann Coulter — are acting a wee bit elitist when it comes to Harriet Miers’ nomination. Coulter rips on her for not going to an Ivy League law school, insinuating that it speaks to her personal intelligence (it [...]
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