A Dieu, Mimi

Au revoir, ma tante.

Je t'aime.

Et comme ca, tous les grandes dames sont mort.


The last of the Simard Sisters has passed on quietly this morning.

I, too, support a gay French moon.

On a happier note, I have been meaning to post this Language Log post and Dinosaur Comics strip for a while.

Note the interesting map of sex-based vs non-sex-based gender systems for languages and that in this followup, "Grammatical sexual orientation markers are definitely the next frontier."

Light-up Cereal Boxes

Because this is such a good use of resources.

Earn your breakfast

I encountered this as a euphemism earlier today. (Yes, I am talking about sex.)

On one level, I kind of like it, because I happen to be fond of indirect speech that isn't actually indirect. On another, given my past experiences, this dances a bit close to the "you're obligated to put out".

That's a shame, I think. I would like "sing for your supper" and "earn your breakfast" to be playful again.