Hong’s Cave

I noticed an interesting news article on Yahoo! News, “Americans Getting Taller, Much Heavier” via AP. There is this graph on the trend.
It’s a report on the average weight and height statistics over the past 40 years by National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The height didn’t [...]

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Geoffrey Nunberg is a linguist often featured on NPR’s “Fresh Air”. I’ve always found his comments on the language usages and origins fascinating, so when I heard about his current collection, Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Controversial Times, I’ve decided to get both.
This book is a collection of his commentaries on the [...]

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The funniest quote I’ve heard from the last night’s first presidential debate.
Bush: Of course, I know Osama bin Laden atttacked us. I know that!
:p

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