Linguistics, Dancing, and a Few Good Books

15 February 2003

Lexington town centre is quite charming. But the people here are freaks. We were meeting at Aesop's Bagels (isn't that cute?) for a late lunch; I showed up at about 3:15 and the doors were locked. I checked next to the door and it said they were open until 4... and I looked questioningly at the guy inside, who shrugged and held up three fingers, i.e. they closed at three. I remained puzzled, and he unlocked the door. When I asked why they were closed, he claimed they closed early because of "the weather"---which was sunny and clear. (Laura said later that there was a sheet of paper taped up off to the side that said winter hours were only til 3. It's still weird.)

Then a bunch of us went over to the Bread Company a few doors down. It was about 3:25, and on the sandwich board it said they served them "only until 4pm". But when I tried to order, they said they weren't serving sandwiches anymore... because "the guy who makes the sandwiches already left." What is with these people? Why do they even post hours of business? So odd.

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Posted 5:22 PM [+]

14 February 2003

Heading up to Lexington for a weekend with friends. Looked vaguely at some of my linguistics stuff, but no real progress. I'll come back Tuesday morning in order to get stuff done then, I hope. *sigh*

"Actually, I've gone beyond 'McCarthy!' and straight into 'Mussolini!'"
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Posted 3:20 PM [+]

12 February 2003

I have so much to write about over the last week, but I've spent all evening playing Starcraft and now I'm going to go to bed. The short version: flew out to Minnesota last week to interview at Carleton; got up at 6 Saturday because I promised I'd drive people to the comp at BU---but I just asked Dave to drive my car instead, which he did, leaving me a day to sleep and work (mostly sleep, as it turned out); flew out to Ohio on Sunday for an interview at Wooster, and then flew back last night. The snow seems to follow me around---every place I interviewed, it snowed while I was there, and in two of the places it was unusually heavy for that area. Suits me fine, I like the stuff. And it's amazing what airplanes can take off and land in these days.

To sign off, I'll give a link to another blog, run by language hat. Lots of little linguistic tidbits, right up my alley. (And he seems to have found my blog, and referenced it when I tiraded on the pronunciation of "nuclear" last week. :)

"As for your second question, we must point out that, scientifically speaking, animals always do it for fun. The only critters who do it because they have to are Catholics." --Cecil Adams

Posted 1:32 AM [+]