phragmentation

the winning word in the National Spelling Bee was Ursprache — one of my most favorite words, and like LanguageHat, I too cringed when I heard the NPR guy say “ersprake”!

This time, Philadelphia
“If chefs are going to cook meat, it is splitting hairs to worry about foie gras…”
“…banning foie gras is a government intrusion into people’s right to eat what they wish. After foie gras, they predict, the next items on the banned menu will be lobster (boiled alive), rabbit (a popular pet) and eggs [...]

in welsh

boot up the ubuntu livecd… in Russian. pretty nifty, i think it’s a keeper. screw that winxp activation crap! Bella’s going to love this!

so am i blogging enough ronnie?? yes, i have work to do, thus i’m blogging instead of working. Bella is asleep, having spoiled our plan of shower-ice cream-bed. but i’d wanted to mention that tonight we went to Fondue Fred (David’s in Boston so we can indulge) but the fondue was not quite the same. [...]