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View Beach Drive in a larger map 34 miles, two and a half hours.  Half a cliff bar, half a gallon of water, 12 bad photos from the ol’ pet collar cam.

This post on Language Log about a sign for warm soda reminded me of this photo. But what’s up with “warm soda?” A trip to my local Shoppers Drug Mart store revealed that “warm soda” is, as you might have guessed, soda sitting on a shelf at room temperature. What comparison class could have motivated […]

Yo. I’m totally not in the mood to struggle through Chomsky right now, so here’s some pics from the weekend. If you have the pleasure of talking to me often, you’ll know that I got a new bike and I’m super pumped on it. Super-so. Anyhow, I’ve also been pretty sick the last week. Well, […]

I was watching a TV commercial the other day for some audiobooks.  The issue that audiobooks address is that people don’t have time to read books, so putting them in audio form allows people to “read” while they’re driving their car, doing gardening, playing basketball, etc.  It’s a pretty awesome idea, and I’ve enjoyed a […]

Hey.  So. Yeah. I decided rather last minute to come to Lithuania.  I called a friend in Lithuania and said, more or less, “Are you busy this weekend?  Can I come hang out?”  And somehow, the friend agreed.  I left Tartu on Saturday morning, took a four hour long bus ride, and arrived in Riga. […]

I haven’t taken any photos in a few days, so I haven’t posted. And now I have class in twenty minutes, so really, I still should be not posting. Oh well. So yesterday morning I find out that I’ve been put in the intermediate class rather than the beginner class. Clearly, this is a terrible […]