French athletes talking about her training, and she used the word "stress" for, well, stress.
I'm sad to report that the French for stress is in fact "le stress".
Whoa. Good myth.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - Aug 11, 2008 2:49:07 pm PDT #2590 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
javachik - Aug 11, 2008 2:49:31 pm PDT #2591 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
I guess I just get down on America and Americans so much that I am worn out. I'm willing to believe other countries aren't as baised in their coverage. I guess for me, sports are the perfect time to be completely biased and superstitious and ridiculous and all that; it's one of the reasons I find them so much fun. It doesn't have to make sense for me to love the Giants and hate the Dodgers and argue relentlessly against the DH. It's just fun. (And I am acutely anti-ridiculousness and anti-bias in the "important" areas of life, like my job, so, like a lot y'all, I needs that outlet like WHOA.)
Then again, I've been watching most of the events with the volume turned off. I DID enjoy the 400M relay's comentary though. That was a terrific call.
lori - Aug 11, 2008 2:49:49 pm PDT #2592 of 10003
Welcome back, aurelia!
I skip and skim, and really can only be counted on to babypicspam.
Razzberry Man, Rocket Man, Tickled Grace, and more.
Gudanov - Aug 11, 2008 2:49:58 pm PDT #2593 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
I hope your year goes better than expected GG.
Nilly - Aug 11, 2008 2:50:35 pm PDT #2594 of 10003
Swouncing
I'm sad to report that the French for stress is in fact "le stress".
The Hebrew for "stress" is not "stress", or even "le stress", and yet people use it to mean "stress" all the time, if that helps.
OK, I just wrote the word "stress" way too many times.
amych - Aug 11, 2008 2:51:36 pm PDT #2595 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
If arguing against the DH doesn't make sense, I don't want to make sense!
So, umm, all good, then.
Hil R. - Aug 11, 2008 2:53:39 pm PDT #2596 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Nilly, did you see the article in the NY Times about how modern Hebrew is changing? [link]
I loved this bit:
Asked about a particular example of Hebrew shorthand often used in laconic online chat, Mr. Birnbaum was able with a click of his mouse to locate the earliest use of it — in a Dead Sea scroll.
javachik - Aug 11, 2008 2:53:49 pm PDT #2597 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Why do I want to write "bias-ness"?
Gudanov - Aug 11, 2008 2:53:56 pm PDT #2598 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
OK, I just wrote the word "stress" way too many times.
Don't stress out about it.
megan walker - Aug 11, 2008 2:54:07 pm PDT #2599 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Ah ha! The use of articles in French with proper nouns is why so many female artists in the early and mid 20th century were referred to as Le or The Whomever!
Is this when I admit that in my mind javachik is "la javanaise"?