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  1. Nice F-Word review on LanguageHat: http://tinyurl.com/yawxeo3
  2. WORD. @epc I used to have a rule: no software upgrades or system changes before a trip. I regret not hewing to my own rule.
  3. Took first baby steps towards a wholesale rewrite of all _shit_ entries. Gonna be a long few months.
  4. @oupblog That's nothing; when I was reading HG I missed my stop by 10 blocks and I was _walking_.
  5. Note to the UK: Yes, Dashiell Hammett is an important American author. kthx
  6. Blown away by _Hunger Games,_ best thing I've read in ages. Hence found _Catching Fire_ OK but disappointing.
  7. Judging the annual CLMP spelling bee tonight. https://www.clmp.org/bee/
  8. Doesn't surprise _me_ RT @jonjoroberts Somehow a talk on Tocharian attracted an entire lecture hall of people. That's Oxford for you.
  9. Peevology--
  10. Heading to Chicago today; listen to the Milt Rosenberg show on WGN if you're interested
  11. About to see Richard Thompson. Happy happy joy joy.
  12. answering phone call from the NPR library about how to pronounce "Elgin" Marbles
  13. giggling quietly at a terrible definition in another dictionary
  14. contemplating the large number of vehicles (etc.) that can throw a roostertail, and the large number of substances that can be thus thrown
  15. Got e-mail from dmr directly about a question on UNIX history. So cool.
  16. Combining two areas of interest by researching the history of words relating to Unix.
  17. ROOSEVELTIAN much less interesting than RIGHTEOUSLY.
  18. /me appreciates the early-morning interview requests, but he has a dictionary to edit too....
  19. On the way home.
  20. Can't believe the news about Gourmet.