Five for Friday no. 50

In honour of the New Year, some famous resolution lists.

There are over 800 languages spoken in NYC, many of them endangered.

The Queensland Government is reviewing compulsory voting legislation. 

La Boite is presenting Holding The Man in February and it looks to be a wonderful show.

There are a lot of British-comedy in-jokes but still, this...

Five for Friday no. 41

11 wonderful words with no English equivalent. For a language with so many words, I often feel that we miss out on these more interesting sentiments or shared experiences all wrapped up in one word. Courtesy of Jane.  

Cardboard bicycle close to mass-production.
 

Walk through a rain room.
 

The beautiful artwork of Helen Musselwhite.
 

The Look of Love by Helen Musselwhite. Image courtesy of her website. 

100 greatest non-fiction books, according to The Guardian. I have read exactly one of these books. But at least I have heard of most of them!

Five for Friday no. 40

How can I have done 40 of these things? The internet is truly vast and the ultimate vessel for the ridiculous.

The Museum of Broken Relationships. Most depressing yet bizarrely intriguing idea ever?

I just discovered a new blog put together by smart women. The Hairpin.
 

A sweet little animation on unusual plurals. For those of you who are language nuts.

I just discovered that there is a gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun: thon.

How did I not know this existed? Isn't anyone else interested in this?

Monster University.