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Robert Frost something... Aha, found it--Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening...

My fave isn't on there: Run into old classmates or parents at Jewel--listen to their hard luck stories about how hard/unfair/blah, blah, blah college is and how they are currently back working at McDonalds

I can only think it would be hard because didn't he come up with the Twins? But I would think AJ's the type of guy that would take satisfaction in destroying the team that traded him away....

Um, yes, GREAT idea.....I'm sure they would go for that.... I'd say pick him up....

Hip hip hurray!!!!!

Well, now I guess he doesn't have to have her back by noon on Monday...

Yeah, I think this will be really interesting to see play out in the literature. I kind of wonder how Saffran and Chomskey will use this. I have a feeling this might be the most interesting new debate of my young academic career.

New Language Area in the Brain Discovered Wow, this is awesome!!!! Third Language Area in Brain Identified MONDAY, Dec. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- British scientists say they've identified a third area of the brain involved in language, a finding that seems to confirm previous theories. Until now, it was believed that just two brain areas handled language. One area produced language, another area was responsible for comprehension, and a dense bundle of nerve fibers linked the two areas. However, some scientists suspected there was a third language area in the brain. In this study, researchers used diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging -- a more powerful version of standard MRI -- to identify this third area, which they dubbed Geschwind's territory. The name honors American neurologist Norman Geschwind, who championed the idea of a third linguistic area decades ago. The study appears in the current online edition of the Annals of Neurology. "We were surprised that the two classical areas were densely connected to a third area, whose presence had already been suspected but whose connections with the classical network were unknown," study author Dr. Marco Catani, of the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, said in a prepared statement. Geschwind's territory is a separate, roundabout route that connects the two classical areas, known as Broca's and Wernicke's areas, via a region of the parietal lobe of the cortex, the researchers said. "There are clues that the parallel pathway network we found is important for the acquisition of language in childhood," Catani said. "Geschwind's territory is the last area in the brain to mature, the completion of its maturation coinciding with the development of reading and writing skills. An important future line of study will be to examine the maturation of this area and its connections in the context of autism and dyslexia," Catani said. More information The U.S. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders has more about language development. Edit: here is the link that didn't come out: NIDCD

*quickly changes night's entertainment plans*

Now THAT would be a total under the radar signing.... And 15 points to you for using the right form of "too"....

Can she play SS?

And that's why you're such a good accountant... ;-)

Hellooooo, a middle/upper class white child is worth sooooooo much more than a ghetto one!!![/green] Seriously that's a good point, Wino.

I agree--all this talk about "grinders" and there's one on the team the whole time. He was a solid first baseman and a very quality bat. I really enjoyed watching Ross play and I hope there is a good place for him on the team next year other than just playing left out.

Morte Subite (pref. peach) from Belgium or Quakk (I have no clue how it's spelled: Kuack?) Also from Belgium. Sweet, sweet Belgium, oh land of beer and chocolate how I miss thee... (note: is kwak beer)

favorite.movie.ever. I really hope they stop fleecing Kate Winslet at the Academy Awards...I can't think of a lot of other strong women to contend this year....

Clement. I would much rather him than Perez.

Correct--although if she doesn't consent to sex during marriage that is considered rape. But not statutory...

I thought this thread was worth bringing back with Wino's talk of music. I just found a couple I really like. One in Germany and one in Hungary. They play a lot of English music that I've never heard before and some really cool songs...

Oddly I didn't buy many cd's this year. And I'm not sure they were all from this year but I *bought* them all this year... Go by Vertical Horizon O by Damien Rice Life for Rent by Dido College Dropout by Kanye

First date??? Yowza.... I did like that part about presenting them after "satisfaction." Good job honey, here's a ribbon...

I own three pair. And a promise ring. And a hairbrush to kneel on while I pray.

I was always terrified of that tunnel thing. My parents/babysitter/nana would have to fast forward through that scene... Plus umpalumpa = creepy as hell... And the fan thing--scary.... I'm looking forward to the new one...

And she was damn right. As a lady speaking, Aboz, I would say ask her out for coffee or something that has very low commitment. I don't think that I would go out to dinner or on a real date with someone I don't know. Or if I did it would be very uncomfortable. So I would just ask her to a low risk, high reward (listening to too much hot stove crap) kind of low-key thing. And if it doesn't work out then oh well. At least you tried.