I'm in Montreal now. If anyone needs to reach me, I'm at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth and my phone number is 610-973-7186. Or if you send me a Facebook message, I'll get a text on my phone.
From Chicago's writing program -- a short, sharp analysis of what makes academicese so maddening. Thank you to Louise for posting. The "toy" -- a random sentence generator which actually produces things that sound authentic -- is at http://j.mp/38VtE
- Nathan Rein
xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe (Legos and organ donors) - http://xkcd.com/659/
"When you take apart a Lego house and mix the pieces into the bin, where does the house go? -- It's in the bin. -- No, those are just pieces. They could become spaceships or trains. The house was an arrangement. The arrangement doesn't stay with the pieces and it doesn't go anywhere else. It's just gone."
- Nathan Rein
Aum Shinrikyo members sentenced to death row for 1995 Tokyo subway gas attack. (Japan has capital punishment?) http://sharein.com/shares...