As a freshman at MIT, one of the classes I took was Introduction to Archaeology (MIT students are required to take a minimum number of humanities classes to keep them well-rounded - plus I’ve always thought archaeology was fascinating - in high school I flirted with the idea of becoming an archaeologist).
Anyway, for part of […]
A Background and Examples from MIT’s Biology Building
Copyright © 1994 Jennifer Grucza
Flow Blue China is a type of pottery that enjoyed widespread popularity from the mid-1800’s to the early 1900’s. Now it is again popular, but as a collectors’ item rather than dinnerware. During the dig at MIT’s biology building, some […]
Most purses just don’t cut it for the modern, gadget-collecting girl. They have a big catch-all pocket, a thin zippered pocket, and maybe a cellphone pocket. Or maybe there will be two catch-all areas. But really, it’s not sufficient. For example, here’s a listing of the contents of my purse on […]
My Linguistic Profile (via achinghead.com):
80% General American English
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
Funny, I always thought that Midwestern was general American English! 
I wonder which questions marked me as Dixie or Yankee. Of course, I guess it wouldn’t be surprising to pick up some Yankee-speak after living eleven years in Boston.
Rich and powerful G and C strings.