December 2011
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Angeleno-to-English Dictionary: Popular Phrases... →
spiegelman:
“I’ll be there in 5.” — It will take me 10 minutes to get there, then another 5 to 10 to find parking, plus I’m not leaving for 5 minutes.
“I’m in traffic.” — I haven’t left yet.
“I’m around the corner.” — I’m in traffic.
“It’ll take me 20 minutes to get there.” — (irregular) It’ll take me 20 minutes to get there.
“The event starts at 8pm.” — The event starts at 9:30.
“The...
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Mitch Albom: Youth are spending so much time... →
Wait long enough, and a study will be published confirming you were right.
So it was this past week when a Pew Research Center project revealed that on any given day, more than half of Americans ages 18-29 go on the Internet for “no particular reason.”
Aha!
I knew it!
I have long since believed that going into cyberspace is a mission young people take not to actually land on a...
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“far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though...”
– theodore roosevelt (1858 - 1919)