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So here's Eddie Izzard on learning French: Monty Python's Italian lesson: Monty Python's Latin lesson:

This economy thing that's going on, that I don't quite understand. I've heard it described as a once in a lifetime crisis and c...

Last night I dreamed I had a car - an adorable little blue Mini! It was parked on the street in front of my building (not allowed IRL, perf...

I got nothing today. I've been working on updating my voter's resources post (should be up within the next couple of days) and putt...

Do tax incentives (or taxation as a deterrent) work on you? Do they cause you to change your behaviour at all? I'm wondering because th...

Last week there was a study that found that men who think women should stay at home and raise the kids earn more money than men who are egal...

They're debating whether minors should be screened for the breast cancer gene. They seem to be looking at it in terms of what the pote...

I wish I knew how much time in my life as a whole is going to be spent unemployed. I'm trying to make decisions about increasing how mu...

I have no basis for this theory, not even anecdotal evidence, but it occurred to me as something that some people might think. The people wh...

Why? Because we now need the word anti-choice to describe this guy.

A bowl full of puppies!

Mesdames, I did see you all there signing at each other (don't worry, I wasn't eavesdropping - I don't understand it well enough...

In my first year linguistics class, the prof mentioned in passing that you might say "I heard a new word today," but you'd nev...

I just realized my drugstore purchase included both pickles and ice cream. Just to weird out the cashier, I should have added a home pregnan...

1. It is, in fact, possible for a black dress that looks perfectly innocuous on the rack to make me look fatter than I do naked. No, it wa...

1. Scientists have found a correlation between political ideology and physiological response to perceived threats, which is interesting. ...

Apparently doctors have or might have the right to refuse to provide medical treatments based on their own religious beliefs. I'm still...

From the Simpsons episode The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and her Homer: (Homer drives home in a new red pickup.) Marge: Homer! Where did you g...

I've noticed that smaller musicians tend to release CDs, but not be on itunes or otherwise have their music available for download. Th...