December 2010
62 posts
A story, as told to me by a five year old boy:
A thousand years ago, a man built a barn in a spooky forest. Then, 3 ghosts popped out of the ground, some ghosts went to the barn and some went to his car. And when he got to his barn he was a monster. AAAGGHHHH!
I was so sure this was Chinglish but it's not. →
english.caing.com
This is the title of an article about some industrial complex moving out of beijing to make way for condos:
Metallic Giant Draggles to Ocean_English_Caixin
draggle |ˈdragəl|verb [ trans. ]
make (something) dirty or wet, typically by trailing it through mud or water : [as adj. ] (draggled) she wore a draggled skirt.• [ intrans. ] hang untidily : red hairs draggled from under her cap.• [ intrans. ] archaic trail behind others; lag behind : they draggled at the heels of his troop.ORIGIN early 16th cent.: diminutive and frequentative of drag.
Lethologica.
-noun
The inability to recall the correct word.
Oh good. Now I can fail to remember this after I’ve failed to remember the word I wanted to use.
“You didn’t come into this world. You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean. You are not a stranger here.”
—Alan Watts (via alanwatts)
Lost in China - NYTimes.com →
travel.nytimes.com
Exploring Chongqing.
Live Video of the Lunar Eclipse
If you don’t want to brave the December chill, or if your weather doesn’t cooperate for lunar viewing, NASA has you covered!
A live video feed of the lunar eclipse will be embedded on this page on the evening of Dec. 20 by approximately 6 p.m. EST. The camera is mounted at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
