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Six Months. I Made It Six Months But I Fell Off the Korean Bandwagon … I’m 15 Hours Into 꽃보다 남자;

I’ve never smoked.  I hate the taste of alcohol.  I’ve never done drugs.  I did well in school and became successful at an early age.  I save way more than I spend, growing my family’s investments every year.  I’m far more productive than the typical person in my country.  Specifically, the average American spends a staggering…

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Finished Pot Roast with Vegetables

Pot Roast and the Zombie Apocalypse

Yesterday, I mentioned that we should make some sort of stew or pot roast so the house was filled with the warm, inviting scent of roasting meat and vegetables for most of the day.  I didn’t think anything of it, and figured it would happen later in the week, but upon waking this morning, I heard grocery bags being unloaded and discovered the process had already begun to try a new pot roast recipe that included carrots, celery, potatoes, parsnips, beef broth, chicken broth, a finish of red wine, herbs, and a few other ingredients.  As I’ve sat here going through some work I need to finish, the fragrance keeps getting stronger; it feels like a home should.

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Cool Words

Yeah, Right

Many decades ago, Oxford Philosophy of Language Professor J.L. Austin and Columbia philosopher Sidney Morgenbesser reportedly had this exchange: “In English,” Professor Austin said, “a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn’t a single language, not one, in which a double positive can…

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Alanis Morissette Ironic YouTube

The 4 Types of Irony You’ll Likely Encounter in Modern Life

Irony is one of those words you see misused all over the place.  Most people think they know what it means, but they don’t.  It’s irritating to those who care about the spirit of words, and has even prompted New York Times articles discussing the constant abuse the term endures at the hands of society.  To spot, and utilize, irony, requires, as the paper puts it, “sophisticated writing” that the author “counts on the reader to recognize”.  It takes skill.  It is going to go over most people’s head a lot of the time.

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