Some random facts about me. I have never had a car with power locks or power windows. First car, 1982 Datsun Sentra. Second car, a […]
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I Don’t Get Poetry
Honestly, I just don’t get poetry. It’s one of my shortcomings I guess. But yeah, I don’t have the sophistication or whatever to appreciate it. […]
Animal Communication, Memory Cards
I dunno, maybe it’s just me, but I find it fascinating how animals communicate. Isn’t that amazing? How is it possible without words? How does […]
Chomsky Language Acquisition
Chomsky is actually known primarily as a linguist. Not sure how known he is for his ideas on language acquisition but I’d say it was […]
Kids Recognizing Themselves
There’s this 2 year old at church, let’s call him Ryan. He’s got a fairly pronounced bowl haircut. Anyway, this guy draws a simple picture […]
Chomsky
Uh, isn’t Chomsky a super influential linguist? And didn’t he have particular ideas about language acquisition? So doesn’t that make sense for a language school? […]
Don’t buy “slippery slope”
So, like I said before, I don’t like the “slippery-slope” argument. It’s a terrible argument as it’s often invoked. You know what I mean. Sometimes […]
Why NASA Uses 8086 Chips
That article on how the space shuttle is outdated mentioned how until recently it still used 8086 chips. I actually learned there’s a reason for […]
Shuttle Disaster, More
For me at least, yesterday every conversation I had included the shuttle disaster. I dunno, it seemed to be on a lot of people’s minds. […]
Backup Underwear
Am I the only one that has backup underwear? You know, underwear you wouldn’t normally wear but are sometimes forced to as an emergency reserve? […]