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[valarltd]

A map of American English Dialects
I'm a woman with a Central Midlands accent, married to a man with an Inland North accent living in the Lowland South. It's no wonder our kids sound like a hodge-podge.

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The Postal Service is being deliberately sabotaged in the name of "eliminating government waste."
Let your member of congress know this is Not On.  Not that they'll CARE, because much bigger money than yours is being put in to violate the Constitution this way.

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Last minute scholarships

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Martial Arts lessons as applied to life.

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On female birds acquiring male plumage. Intriguing...

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Vid of the Day

Comments

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

Psychology Today did an article on High Functioning Sociopaths: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201305/confessions-sociopath - not too bad, although they may have overplayed the grandiosity a bit

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

That's excellent.

[beckyblack]

I was so sad to hear about Ray Harryhausen. That skeleton fight scene is one of the most memorable effects sequences ever. I think I definitely got my preference for model work over CGI from watching Harryhausen effects movies.