Harvard Dialect Survey # "A professor at Harvard University has put together a survey of dialects of US English. Results are displayed graphically on a series of maps of the United States." [Kuro5hin.Org] This is real interesting to me. Perhaps because so … Continue reading
Bloggers in Las Vegas # The three of us had a really nice get together last night with David Singer (Defenestration Corner) and his family at Grape Street, a local eatery. I had briefly rendezvoused with the three of them earlier … Continue reading
Jaguar, RIP # Goodbye, good cat. [Dave] —–
Valentine’s Day # —–
More bloggers coming to Las Vegas # There is a very good chance we will get to meet another blogger next week when they vacation in Las Vegas. I’m not trying to be mysterious by not mentioning who it is. Rather, … Continue reading
Mike is back # Mike of blackholebrain is back! I can only echo garret’s sentiment. Happy Darwin Day! # "Darwin Day is February 12th, the date of birth of Charles Darwin in the year 1809, at Shrewsbury, England. On this date, and … Continue reading
As your attorney # I strongly advise you to acquire this DVD immediately. Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas: Criterion Edition will be out next week. [via Kevin] “There was madness in any direction and at any hour. You could strike … Continue reading
No link to leukemia cluster in small Nevada town # "”We’ve learned a lot. But we haven’t found the cause of this leukemia cluster,” said Dr. Carol Rubin, head of the CDC’s research team. Rubin released the study results Thursday at … Continue reading
Extended blog family # One nice thing that happened yesterday afternoon that I couldn’t mention last night due to the modem failure was that Susan’s mother dropped by work. We had a great talk about Native Americans in the Mojave Desert, … Continue reading
The Way We Tax: A 50-State Report [Governing] # I heard about this report in the current issue of Governing magazine concerning how the various states manage their taxation on NPR this morning. Yep, Nevada is right there at number 50. Way … Continue reading
