Wednesday, August 13, 2008
This latte-drinking, bleeding heart liberal....
is asking you to consider voting for Barack Obama this November. I just watched his appearance on the Ellen show (shut up, you know you've seen it) and asked myself, how could anyone not vote for someone with such a trustworthy brow? I'm just kidding. Here is a cartoon I found: 
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Soccer highlights
August 10th
D and I watched a little soccer on Sunday. Brazil, a team made up entirely of professionals played New Zealand, a team comprised solely of college students. Seeing as how New Zealand doesn't have a professional team, it wasn't really a fair match. Nonetheless, we enjoyed watching that goofy Brazilian with the contagious smile win us over once again with his fancy footwork and goal assists. I am of course speaking of Ronaldinho.
We also watched Cameroon score a goal against Honduras. In true African style they all gathered after their goal and performed a celebratory dance. The crowd followed by chanting the name of the player who had scored the goal: Ole, ole, ole, ole...ole! How appropriate that a man with this name became a soccer player!
D and I watched a little soccer on Sunday. Brazil, a team made up entirely of professionals played New Zealand, a team comprised solely of college students. Seeing as how New Zealand doesn't have a professional team, it wasn't really a fair match. Nonetheless, we enjoyed watching that goofy Brazilian with the contagious smile win us over once again with his fancy footwork and goal assists. I am of course speaking of Ronaldinho.
We also watched Cameroon score a goal against Honduras. In true African style they all gathered after their goal and performed a celebratory dance. The crowd followed by chanting the name of the player who had scored the goal: Ole, ole, ole, ole...ole! How appropriate that a man with this name became a soccer player!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Unfriendly Frenchies eat their words!
Hey, I won't pretend to know what Michael Phelps was thinking when he decided to show the entire world his butt crack while cheering for his team. I'll just assume he was swept up in the almost palpable excitement that filled the stadium as his team-mate barely reached past his French rival in the last stretch of the 400X100 relay. Gosh, even I (and I'm no sports fan or avid patriot) felt a touch of patriotism as the U.S swimmer powered passed the pompous Frenchman who over-confidently claimed that his team would "smash" the Americans during this event. It was undoubtedly moving.
Even if you're not a sports' fan, follow the link below and/or find the video titled "U.S men win 4X100 free relay." I tried to embed the video into the blog but NBC is serious about those ridiculous copy right laws. (Just kidding. I'll work on an easier way to watch the videos from here.)
swimming videos
Even if you're not a sports' fan, follow the link below and/or find the video titled "U.S men win 4X100 free relay." I tried to embed the video into the blog but NBC is serious about those ridiculous copy right laws. (Just kidding. I'll work on an easier way to watch the videos from here.)
swimming videos
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Remember to check YOU'RE grammer?
I agree that Linguists who write lists such as the following can certainly seem stuffy. However, my personal study of linguistics has led me to become aware of how we judge people based on the way they speak and try to view linguists' writing as personal guides.
I usually try to only to judge people based on their written communication, which is usually quite different from the way they speak. One must also consider the contexts: for example, facebook vs. academic paper. But, to be on the safe side, read this short article and don't send your boss an email that says: Thanks for the day off. YOUR the best boss in the world!
Article
Oh, by the way when I was growing up I was always taught that to express the possessive with a word that already ends in s, just add an apostrophe, don't add an extra s. (See the word linguists above.) I was recently told by a linguistics professor that the rule had been changed and that in writing, it is now correct to add an extra s. To me this looks funny because you wouldn't say linguists's. So, until I am able to fully digest this world shattering news I am sticking to my old ways and will not add an extra s to these possessives.
I usually try to only to judge people based on their written communication, which is usually quite different from the way they speak. One must also consider the contexts: for example, facebook vs. academic paper. But, to be on the safe side, read this short article and don't send your boss an email that says: Thanks for the day off. YOUR the best boss in the world!
Article
Oh, by the way when I was growing up I was always taught that to express the possessive with a word that already ends in s, just add an apostrophe, don't add an extra s. (See the word linguists above.) I was recently told by a linguistics professor that the rule had been changed and that in writing, it is now correct to add an extra s. To me this looks funny because you wouldn't say linguists's. So, until I am able to fully digest this world shattering news I am sticking to my old ways and will not add an extra s to these possessives.
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