Soxy

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 10:38 AM) I will start going to church ASAP, as it is now evident that there is a greater being who really DOES care about us. Dr Dre?

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 11:27 AM) Roughly 40 mins. maybe less. merci

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 18, 2005 -> 10:17 AM) So anyways I'm in that period of a cold flu at the moment, where I've used so many tissues my upper part of my lip is starting to go well how do I say it, red and numb. Not the best feeling in the world let me tell you. And since it's been about my 3rd flu of the winter in 50 degree weather, it's probably a sign saying that if I move to the States in the future, it probably won't be to a cold weather place in the winter. Ick. That really sucks. Do you have a fever too? I would say get lots of sleep, drink lots of fluids and eat lots of fruit. A heating pad on the chest might feel nice and a cool bath if you've got a fever. Hope you feel better!

I wonder how it tastes.

Certainly there is something better my family could do with the money. Anyway, imho, I'd rather be cremated--to me, being buried seems like a waste of precious land.

How long does it take to get from the Loop to O'Hare via the El?

Matheiu Kassovitz from Amelie.

Happy birthday bunny!

My first name rhymes with felony--so I got called that, lola, bells, ellie, and my sister calls me smellie-ellie. And I'm a huge klutz, so my dad calls me Calamity Jane. And my college roomate called me Eeni.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Aug 17, 2005 -> 12:01 PM) Uh oh. I just finised 3 and teared up at the end of the first two (especially at the end of the first one). I have to get to my mom's house Friday to get the other books now. Yeah, my SISTER cried at the end of the 6th one--and she never cries at anything. Ever. You'll have to let us know how you like them.

LOVE the books and don't mind the movies. I think the books are really witty and clever. I love the little plays on words and the latin names that are just funny in context. I'm definitely hooked. I really enjoyed the 6th one, not the 5th as much. But I love them. I can't wait until the 7th one. I have some ideas, but don't know. And yeah, I definitely cried in books 4-6. In book 6 a lot. So good.

Kenneth Branagh Philip Seymour Hoffman

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 02:56 PM) Will you be able to share a little bit of what the proposal is and what the experiments generally consist of? Thank you so much everyone! I'm so happy to be done writing it--that I honestly haven't stopped smiling like an idiot. So, thank you all! Here's the Reader's Digest Version (you all get spared the 25 pager): The schwa is an unstressed vowel (like the first vowel in: believe, suppose, tureen and the second in catholic, general, and broccoli). We've found in a previous research you can pronounce words without the schwa and people will still recognize them. Unfortunately, the frequency of the deletion rate of the schwa and actual word frequencies vary so much that it is hard to manipulate only deletion rate. So, I made up a lexicon of 32 words (two and three syllable) that have a schwa in the same position as the previous examples and the same stress pattern. The question is: if the frequency with which participants hear the words is controlled and only the deletion frequency is manipulated will participants learn one form better? Other research has shown that inserting a schwa into a word (where there is NO schwa really, called epenthesis) causes faster and more accurate recognition. Other research suggests that the presence or absence of a schwa is not as predictive as the actual frequency with which they hear either production. So, we're trying to figure out if one of those two theories (it's the extra schwa or it's frequency) is a better predictor of how people will acquire the variant productions of the word. Should be interesting. I'm excited. And now, I'm going on vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 02:47 PM) Now McCartney wrote with Wings and Lennon did that Imagine thing... When did they write together?? When I was little a Wings song came on the radio and I asked my mom, "Was Paul McCartney in a band before Wings?" I was probably about 5, but I still get teased about it.

I finally finished my master's proposal (my Herculean task of the summer) and will be giving it to members of my committee in the next hour (after I make copies, and dance joyously in my office). I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!!!!!! So cross your fingers and hope that they enjoy "Schwa Deletion and Epenthesis: Acquiring phonological variants using an artificial lexicon" as much as I do! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOO! Hopefully I'll propose the first week of September then start running participants soon after that! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! I win.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 01:56 PM) I refuse to believe that whole scene was ever mostly about the music. Can we add Phish to that scene, please?

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 11:26 AM) I found it a bit pathetic that she said her marriage is failing due to the fact that the Twins suck I'm pretty sure she was joking. That's not exactly something you would broadcast on a national media outlet, would you?

Tanget warning: That reminds me of when Lucille is confronted by the Michael Moore impersonator and signs Buster up for the army on Arrested Development.

QUOTE(TheDybber @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 10:59 AM) I'll do it for you... [/end rant] On a side note...Brian's voice has grown on me over the years, but he'll never have the same chemistry with Frank Oz. And I cried the day Jim Henson died. My parents gave me a book about death a Jim Henson biography to help me deal. I must have been about eight. So sad.

Lennon/McCartney--but Boby Dylan give me reason to pause saying that.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 02:01 AM) Yeah, it's got trashy written all over it. Yeah. It made me a dumber. By a lot.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 01:58 AM) It's been on down here for about a year or 2 now. It's ummm certainly different. By different you mean crap, right?

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 01:56 AM) that show is debuting here on one of the channels up the dial... maybe bravo Interesting. Can't say I'll watch it. Interesting to see the reaction it gets over here.

I don't like/watch Desparate Housewives--but it reminds me of British/Australian shows like Neighbours, Coronation Street, East Enders and, most notabley, Footballers Wives. Um, that's it. I don't think it's very inventive or anything. Just wanted to share.

QUOTE(Benson&Rexage @ Aug 12, 2005 -> 01:20 AM) Why are you being so mean? I love you just like Billy does. Chi Sox girl- get out of my dreams and into my car (get in the back seat baby) I wish Steff was here.