Current Linguistics Newsletter
Current Linguistics is a “weekly roundup of the latest language-related news, research in linguistics, interesting reads from the week, and newest books […]
RIP: Tom Stoppard
RIP, Tom Stoppard (NYT Gift Link; Archive). My commonplace books are rife with bits of Stoppard’s plays I’ve collected over the years, […]
New Book: Easy Crosswords for Peace by Malaika Handa!
Well, well, well…look who has a book out! And just in time for the holidays. You can order it from Hachette directly […]
Dazaifu Sangu (?) Prayer/Shrine/Good Luck (?) pencils
Naturally, a web mosey that started with a search to try to identify the exact color of a Staedtler fineliner ended (temporarily) […]
Downloading Hyperallergic Crosswords
the scripts I use to download .puz files from the Hyperallergic crosswords archive. I cobbled these together using my randomly acquired, woefully patchy programming skills, an A”I” chatbot, and the amazing xword-dl command-line puzzle downloading tool
“Extrication” (A. R. Ammons)
I tangled with
the world to
let it go…
from “Only the Good Die Young”
Mystery madman
A victim of cruel charade
Some innocent pawn
In an endgame, one more stalemate
from “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again”
Today, however, is the day I am mated in 23 moves by a nine-year-old girl…
My Music Listening
I listen to a lot of music. I mean, a lot. On the order of 16,000 tracks on apps and sites tracked […]
Hübner-Chandler, 1995
It looked reasonable…