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English, l’lingua franca

March 8th, 2004

Yea, about the title… pardon my French :)
In an article from National Geographic, I found that English is declining in popularity. Pardon the cynicism, but since when has English not represented ‘haves’ versus ‘have nots’? Eh well, it’s a good read.

Other articles of note:
PC’s are bad for the environment
Seattle recognizes marriages of gay city employees that got married elsewhere … how arbitrary is that?
Finally someone realized that the 12th grade standards test is a complete and utter joke
Bill Gates wants people to buy stamps for email, as if spammers couldn’t find a way around that…
If you thought the US had strange domestic problems, look at Kenya

I’ve decided to schedule ‘no-time’ into my days, during which I will relax and read or something, because my schedule is ridiculously busy. I also plan to go to the gym three times this week. If you see me online between 10pm and midnight, yell at me to go to the gym. My muscles and overall health will thank you.

AS (student government) elections are in full swing, and I can only hope that my candidates win. If they don’t, the Association is basically screwed.

On a happier note,
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used without permission, stolen from ucomics.com

SPAM of the day: “look 20-30 years younger overnight!” … maybe its just me, but I’m not really into looking a year old or less. Call me crazy. I guess its just the crazy people like me that don’t want 36-hour viagra either.

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