The Damp Squid Quiz: The Answers
The answers to yesterday’s Damp Squid quiz.
November 2008
Islamists in Power
Piscatori reflects on Islamists in power.
On Hobos, Hautboys, and Other Beaus
Anatoly explains why it is hard to find the origins of the word “hobo”.
The Damp Squid Quiz
A quiz on the original forms of common words and phrases.
Get Ready…
It’s coming…
Warren Buffett and the Estate Tax
Zelinsky looks at the estate tax.
Good Morning and Good Night in America
Elvin Lim’s weekly blog.
Oxford Word of the Year 2008: Hypermiling
Do you keep the tires on your car properly inflated to maximize your gas mileage? Have you removed the roof rack to streamline the car and reduce drag? Do you turn your engine off rather than idle at long stoplights? If you said yes to any of these questions you just might be a ‘hypermiler’.
What Is a Disability, Especially When It Affects Learning?
A look at the definition of “disability”.
Friday procrastination: link love – hand washing, Halloween, and holidays
What Rebecca has been reading.
Communion at the Voting Booth
Carol Holmes reflects on voting.
A “Slow Blog”
Or Rather, “Bright Blog” Manifesto
Do you slow blog?
Winning Words and Losing Lingo
Ammon Shea looks at post-election words.
The First President Who is Black
Paul Finkelman writes about on the historic election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States of America.
Bastard – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “bastard”.
Black British History: Mary Seacole
An excerpt from The Oxford Companion to Black British History