December 2008
9 posts
You can wish “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Hanukkah,”...
I just saw a commercial on TV for a set of “You can say Merry Christmas to me!” buttons. The buttons are sold by a Catholic group (at least as identified in the commercial) and work out to be about $1.20 a piece with shipping.
Just for the record, I will put it out there that you can wish me anything you’d like, although I will not be wearing any buttons.
Just for kicks: celebrating Festivus.
Pollution and Recycling—A Linguistics Approach
My mom’s been in town from California to help out with Xander this month, and we’ve been talking about recycling various products. From what I know and have seen and from what my mom’s told me, in Korea, the recycling program is amazing. There are easily accessible programs to recycle everything that is recyclable. This is in contrast to the U.S., where the availability of recycling programs is...
Guinea Pig Games →
This is awesome! It reminds me of Wii Olympics game. Instead of Miis being human avatars, they are guinea pigs. Apparently you can buy a 2009 calendar with these pictures.
International trade law humor →
I always tell my students that tariff schedules and particular tariff lines are mind-numbingly boring. A “Harmonized (Tariff) Christmas” belies that!
