Remember this? Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelms. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. There’s a great info page on how this little thing spread not only from language to language but also on the science involved. I found the link over at the …
Month: May 2004
City-Wide? Apparently, Yes.
Yeah, apparently it looks like all the water in the city will be shut off, for two full days. Not our zone, it seems, but the complete city. My first reaction is something I still hold to: some government official must have either screwed something up that needs to be fixed in a hurry, or else some high official made a command decision while on a power-trip: “Well, then turn off the water for a couple of days and fix XYZ.” Meanwhile, we peanuts and other vegetables will be without water tomorrow and the next day. I don’t know how …
Another Silly Quiz
Taken as a break from the research I’m doing while working on this article… I found this on Marvin’s site: Take the quiz: “Which Random Irish Gaelic Phrase Are You? “Pog mo thoin Pog mo thoin – ‘Kiss my ass.’You’re one tough bastard, and if anyone doesn’t like it, they can kiss your ass. You enjoy fighting and causing grievous bodily harm. Hey! What are you lookin’ at, punk?
Water? Water? Everywhere, but I wouldn’t drink it from the tap anyhow.
A big stir went through the office today because apparently the water supply for our zone of the city is scheduled to be turned off for two days starting tomorrow. Let me say that again in case your eyes skipped over it: apparently, the water supply for our zone of the city is scheduled to be turned off for two days. How much this “zone” covers is difficult to say (especially considering that everything is hearsay), but it includes the whole of the University campus and a lot of the nearby suburb in which most of the foreign professors live. …
Yay!
Next week on Wednesday we have a day off celebrating the birthday of Buddha. Amusing that at this Christian University we all worked on Good Friday, but have a day off for the birthday of the Buddha. Hmmm.