Archive for February, 2007

Teaching English in 6939

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

BoingBoing recently linked to the “book of record” for the time capsule buried at the 1939 World’s Fair, meant to be opened 5000 years later, in 6939.
Of course, the most interesting part for me was the section attempting to teach English to the future-Earthlings. It details the sounds and syntax of “1939 English”, includes […]

Thanks for taking our parking spot!

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Last night, Danny and I went to my favorite Indian restaurant, Diva Indian Bistro in Davis Square.
Now, it being a Friday night, and Davis Square being a pretty happenin’ spot, parking was… tough… to say the least. After fifteen minutes of circling, we found a spot at last. As we were about to […]

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