I had already found an image for Hearty Friday this week, but here’s a bonus I came across this evening:

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We have updated, more accurate ultrasound results: we’re going to have a girl! We’ve dodged the boy-naming problem… this time.

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E-Prime is a modification to the English language in which the verb “to be” is not allowed. I first learned of it via Catallaxy (disclaimer: I occasionally post on Catallaxy), where Cato links to this article.
I love the idea of E-Prime. A few attempts to speak or write in it convinced me that it makes [...]

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Hearty Friday comes early this week, as I’ll be traveling tomorrow.

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In other news from the house-hunting front, we’ve been working with lenders to finance the purchase of a house. Lenders want a lot of information. They want bank statements, driver’s license copies, landlord information, tax returns, income statements, current address, credit card statements, letters of employment and so on. Of course, they also want that [...]

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