Anton Sherwood

“Pronouns she/her.” “Pronouns he/him.” “Pronouns they/them.” I have yet to see “Pronouns she/him,” so why the redundancy?

When and how was “based on” replaced by “based off”?

Sigh, someday I'll have a guitar with a custom neck wide enough for these fingers. Or is there such a thing as fingertip reduction surgery?

Somebody tell theDonald that the language we are forced to use is named for, and indeed imported from, a foreign country; maybe he'll impose a tariff to protect the vital domestic language industry.

wondering what I did to provoke Youtube to show me so many advertisements for menstrual products

Make Mixolydia Great Again

“Caught ya!” said I to my kitty; and then it hit me that there probably are languages in which /kɔtjə/ means ‘kitty’

today's earworm: Hawaii 5-O

watching the second season of «Severance» and thinking, is this gonna be another «Lost» with a lot of magical mysteries never paid off?

What is the word for the white parasol thing that studio photographers use for soft lighting?

Did the land now called Normandy have a name before Normans moved in, or was it considered part of Armorica or what?

Are there languages in which trouser-legs are called sleeves?

In what movie did a suitor describe the thoroughness of his lovemaking with the metaphor of a six-course meal (“antipasto, zuppa, pasta, pesce, carne e— la dolce!”)? it's weird what sticks to my erratic brain

In Firefox I could not log in for several days. So now I try Safari.

HBD, TWIMC

alternate timeline in which the biggest car company is based in México: Tollotl

It's easy to find lists of languages with the most native speakers, or second-language speakers; but where is a list of most numerous bilingualisms? Are there more speakers of (for example) Castilian-and-English than of Telugu-and-Hindi?

Got a piece of junkmail addressed to Mr. [the name of my One True Ex and now housemate], and wondered, is that her or me?

remembering the “Upper-class Twit of the Year” competition

“I've looked at Klein bottles from both sides now” (stuck for a next line)

“I guess I'll settle for a Nobel War Prize. — What?!”

today Hungary, soon Turkey?

What has the White House said so far today about election fraud in Hungary?

No problem with number 1. I’d *prefer* 2. I’m not religious, so I’m indifferent on 4. He may have me on 3, because it could mean living next to a bigoted asshole like Dale Partidge.

When my sneezing season did not happen in February or March, I thought it had missed me. The winter was unusually mild – so why did the allergy come ·late·?!

“… the greater Toronto area.” Is a word redundant here, or is there a lesser Toronto area?

I recently saw the purported last words of Sharon Tate, and now it hits me: who reported them?

I wonder how many people saw this and thought, damn, I haven't thought of that song in forever

If I were writing high fantasy, there would totally be a sorcerer called Gregan the Unseen.

I just learned that Michael Poe, maker of webcomics (Exploitation Now, Errant Story, Does Not Play Well With Others) has died at 46.

my latest nerdy thing bendwavy.org/tuning/euler...

I heard once that among air traffic controllers “a deal” is slang for a blunder. Just sayin'.

Digg has come back to life and looks like it wants to be Reddit?

Lately I sometimes wake up with burning pain in my left heel. What's that about?

I'd like to see a political campaign whose theme is not Making Things Right but Lowering The Stakes.

Yet another dream of frustration and futility.

maybe he has deployed a bioweapon in Greenland, knowing that Denmark cannot handle it?

In other news, rain is wet.

Is a co-conspirator like a cotangent?

It's funny how many questions on worldbuilding.stackexchange.com are “How can I rationalize this illogical setting?”

If Minnesota secedes, Noem's home state gains a foreign border, I'm just sayin'

Can I just label myself a domestic terrorist, or does it take more than that?

It occurs to me that I cannot recall ever owning a ball cap, though I must have put one on my head a few times.