Bits and bobs

LanguageLog is making sure everyone is ready for Talk Like a Pirate Day tomorrow. Scroll to the bottom of the entry - they have links to previous TLAPDay entries, which include where the notion that pirates say "Arr!" comes from.

And most of the potential participants probably saw it yesterday, but I have a post about the elements of a powerful ending (primarily in manga, but books/movies/whatever are also relevant) up. Just mentioning it here again since teh intarwebs are more talky on Mondays than on Sundays.



And poetry, even!

The sun is shining
The sky is blue
The birds are singing
Mello hates you

(no subject)

INTERNET EXPLORER YOU ARE BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKEN!!!!!!!!

Memeing right along...

...one of those "Pick which item or items is not true about telophase" polls.

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Poll answers!

The answers to that poll I posted concerning Fun Facts About telophase! If you're just getting to this and haven't seen the poll yet, you really, really want to go vote in it before you read this. Trust me, it'll be much more fun that way.

( Why Telophase is MORE AWESOME THAN YOU )

linkblogging

And for a post that's not all about me, David Welsh's Flipped column this week is a give-and-take with John Jakala about Bleach and the parallels they can draw with superhero comics.

Note: they have not read further than about volume 6, which explains an assertion or two. XD Spoilers up through volume 3.