November 2008
15 posts
Fun with Google Translate's Filipino to English...
Mahal kita. - I love you. Mahal kita, sinta. - Costly revenue, darling
Nov 29th
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Nov 26th
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Nov 24th
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Yes! Hornberger!
Nov 21st
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Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
Nov 18th
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Nov 14th
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Wireless network names at a Dutch café →
BuyAnotherCupYouCheapskate HaveYouTriedCoffeeCake? BuyaLargeLatteGetBrownieForFree
Nov 12th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
Nov 11th
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“Words, it seems, belong to other people, anyone who expresses themselves with...”
– Stephen Fry. Who else? Or, “Language is a whore, a mistress, a wife, a pen-friend, a check-out girl, a complimentary moist lemon-scented cleansing square or handy freshen-up wipette.”
Nov 8th
advisor: You're peripatetic.
me: What?
advisor: You're peripatetic!
me: Uh…is that a thinly-veiled insult?
advisor: You're walking around.
me: Oh.
inner monologue: I really should have known what that meant.
Moral of the story: know your Greek roots.
Nov 7th
Yesterday's achievements
Drove on the interstate for the first time to take the GRE Took the GRE and did not fail Drove back to Oberlin at night without crashing into anything Learned how to pump gas into a car Played drunken Mario Kart on the Wii, only finishing last twice All in all, a day well-spent. Now to do actual work, figure out how to send two more score reports to grad schools, and get that personal...
Nov 2nd