Croissant – Podictionary Word of the Day
The podictionary word of the week is “croissant.”
June 2008
Lite Beer and Donuts, or, Does Spelling Reform Have a Chance?
Anatoly finds the appropriate sustenance for spelling reformers.
Richard Dawkins: Podcast Week Three
Richard Dawkins talks about the origin of his selfish gene theory.
Eating Extinct Animals: Feast wins Food Book of the Year
Martin Jones wins Food Book of the Year Award in London
Leopoldstadt, Vienna
Ben’s place of the week is Leopoldstadt, Vienna.
Free OED will Travel to Pasadena
At Book Expo America 2008 in LA, OUP held a raffle to win a free OED. Many enthusiastic attendees assured us they had sturdy a shelf that could hold the voluminous set. Let’s hope Angel Castellanos of Distant Lands, Traveler’s Bookstore & Outfitters in Pasadena, CA actually has a good sturdy bookshelf because he is […]
Understanding Religious Terrorism
Jones teaches us that a little understanding can go a long way.
Russia: The New Petrostate Power
A look at Russia’s role in our high energy prices.
Strategies For Overcoming Your Pathological Gambling
Overcoming Your Pathological Gambling: Workbook is a hands-on workbooks which can help you take back control. It is written by researches who have spent over two decades studying the psychology of gambling. The excerpt below provides some strategies to help you on the road back towards control. Here is a list of strategies that many […]
Friday procrastination: link love – dads, death, and Dawkins
What Rebecca has been reading.
The Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act:
Stopping New York’s Tax Attack on Telecommuters
By permitting individuals to work at home, telecommuting removes cars from the roads, thereby reducing traffic congestion, gas consumption, and automotive pollution. Telecommuting also opens job opportunities for those for whom a conventional, daily trip to the office is difficult or undesirable.
Crossed Wires Between the US and Pakistan
Shuja Nawaz explains the situation with Pakistan.
A Celebration of Making Old “Make” New
Ammon Shea looks at the word “make.”
Cyberspace – Podictionary Word of the Day
Our podictionary podcast of the week.
Sir Walter Scott and Scotland
From The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain and Ireland.
Tony Awards Quiz: Part Two
Answers
The answer’s to this morning’s quiz.