January 2011
45 posts
Malawi is about to make farting illegal. →
I wonder if iPhone fart apps will see increased sales.
jakemadison:
Not a story from the Onion.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Dungen (33)
Smith Westerns (28)
Klaatu (28)
Yuck (24)
Deer Tick (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Begging the question (or petitio principii, “assuming the initial point”) is a type of logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proven is assumed implicitly or explicitly in the premise.
Many English speakers assume “beg the question” means “raise the question” and use it accordingly: for example, “this year’s deficit is half a trillion...
Oh Hey There: Mapping North American English... →
I am always surprised at home much of a difference crossing the border makes accent-wise, but it totally does.
jakemadison:
Here: http://aschmann.net/AmEng/#SmallMapUnitedStates
There are also links to youtube clips of the accents.
jenniferanne:
a-v-p:
I’d just like to say that the whole of the Western United States isn’t as homogeneous as this map makes it seem. There are subtle...
How One Farmer Turned Against Chemicals →
utnereader:
A run-in with Roundup herbicide was a transformative episode in farmer Eric Herm’s shift toward sustainable agriculture:
“In May of 2009, my neighbor had his Roundup Ready cotton sprayed by Helena Chemical Company less than 40 yards from my home garden. The Roundup herbicide drifted and wiped out over 800 garlic bulbs, and all of my tomato, pepper, potato, bean, and corn plants....
International Kit Kat flavors →
Tickled Fancy: In defense of the lowly cupcake. →
While I do not like cupcakes (or regular-sized cake) I agree that it is silly to say a long-standing snack is ‘dead’.
Cupcake Fact: About four years ago I was given a cupcake at work, I left it on my desk for a month or so and in that time the only change it underwent was a slight reduction in size. Not even the office’s resident mice would eat it.
tickledfancy:
I kind of...