Welcome to Wal-mart

In raisinfish ‘s new story that we’re workshopping, she has a teen vampire go hide in Wal-mart, which seemed ingenious to me.  But what if the Wal-mart greeter were a vampire?  That’s the premise of this week’s episode of Grumpy Old Vampires.  It’s short–go check it out. And while I’m posting, I’d like to wish my wife a public happy birthday–it was yesterday, but I didn’t post then, so I think this still counts.  We celebrated by going up to Salt Lake to eat dinner with my family, and then had a small party on arriving home.  What did I […]

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The Dialect of Jar Jar Binks

This week’s academic paper is focused on why Jar Jar Binks sounded so ridiculous to everyone. The short answer? It’s because his dialect is grossly inconsistent and fails to follow linguistic principles, which in turn renders it confusing and disturbing to viewers. Read the article to get all the details. I’m doing a bit better now–recovering from my NCAA disillusionment at last. Now if my computer just wasn’t causing me grief–I’ve blown over three hours already trying to get a cursed program to work. Sigh.

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Sports

I’m a BYU fan–I’ll admit it. I watch their games fairly religiously, even though I think it’s a waste of time. I especially think it’s a waste of time when they go and lose a game they should have won, and I’ve invested so much of my hope into that lousy game. Stupid cougars. Stupid Xavier. Stupid NCAA tournament. I don’t want to talk right now.

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Another Commentary Up

I just posted the commentary for Chapter Six to my website.  It touches on a few things in passing, from naming to adaptation to description. I don’t have time to say much else.  It’s a whirlwind day today, with writing, homework, cleaning and everything else under the sun.  And I still haven’t caught up on my sleep.  That’s okay–tomorrow March Madness begins, and that should put me in a better mood, until I start losing.

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I Hate Daylight Savings Time

It’s true. I was finally in a nice sleep pattern, and then everybody decides they want to change the clocks around, which seriously messes me up. I can’t get to sleep until 2 again, and I still have to wake up early, since I need to watch my son–who for some reason decided to cope with the time change by getting up even earlier than he would have otherwise. Sigh. Hopefully tonight will be better.

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