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Archive for November, 2008

Mirabile dictu

Posted: Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 @ 8:07 pm in Political | 2 Comments »

“A Historic Victory,” read the blog-post title that popped up in my RSS reader last night. David Horowitz was weighing in on Obama’s victory. I couldn’t wait to see what he had to say, readers. I was expecting an unhinged screed, but, mirabile dictu, David Horowitz sounded halfway reasonable for once:
I think [...]

Open Thread: PA Blue State Edition

Posted: Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 @ 10:50 pm in Open Threads | 3 Comments »

Readers, all three of you can use this space to post your comments, happy or sad, about tonight’s election results.
I’m very proud of my adopted home state tonight.

Bilingual hijinx

Posted: Saturday, November 1st, 2008 @ 9:13 pm in Language | 1 Comment »

The Welsh-language text in the sign above reads, “I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated.”
Huh?
Well, you can probably guess what happened:
When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed.
Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said [...]

Quote of the Day

Posted: Saturday, November 1st, 2008 @ 1:31 am in Misc | No Comments »

Here’s Crazy Pammy weighing in on some silly wingnut blogfight:
Viva the queen, the queen is the dead ( the dinosuars of the blogosphere) peddle your irrelevant bullying in your creepy sandbox.
Can anyone tell me what that means? Even if you click over to her site and read that quote in context, I promise you [...]