Archive for November, 2008
Post Thanksgiving Food Meme
Courtesy of Pennamite. Put “foods I’ve tried” in bold. Put “foods I would like to try” in italics. Then tally your score. Mine is 64%. Bon appetit!
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. [...]
Mohawk Thanksgiving Address
Courtesy of Tuscarora and Six Nations Website:
The following version of the Thanksgiving Address
was sent by the Mohawk Nation and the Haudenosaunee Grand Council
via Chief Jake Swamp to the Fourth Russell Tribunal,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, November, 1980.
THE PEOPLE
We who have gathered together are responsible that our cycle continues. We [...]
Knitting Clio is not a man
But this site says it’s 100% certain that my blog is written by a guy. Try it yourself and see how (in)accurate this is!
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Book Club: Deaf Sentence
This week, book club finally met to discuss David Lodge’s excellent novel, Deaf Sentence (we had to postpone a month due to various schedule conflicts). The protagonist, Desmond Bates, is a middle-aged linguistics professor who has retired from his job because of high-frequency deafness. Lodge’s description of Desmond’s condition is based on his [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Reality Check from Rosa Clemente
Those who follow my Facebook feed know that I’m relieved the election is over. I haven’t blogged anything because I’ve been too busy reading the other blogs I subscribe to [see the blogroll for just a few].
Today’s lecture on campus by Green VP candidate, Rosa Clemente, gave me some additional food for thought as we [...]
