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{ Daily Archives } Wednesday, July 2006

Academics and language

I recently found myself in an encounter with an academic who refused to accept a phrase because it fell outside the realm of his own personal academic experience, and I’ll be honest and say that the encounter troubles me.  The term was “comfortable,” such as I and other writers and writing instructors use it to [...]

Finished

The second pair of alpaca gauntlets is off the needles. They’re made with the leftovers of the first pair, and I still have more yarn. I think there’s actually enough yarn to make a third pair—amazing—using the midtone as the primary color. I also think two pairs of the same pattern earn me a break, [...]