vampireshark wrote:I am in Nürnberg. Time to raid the Christmas markets and eat all the Bratwurst. And Lebkuchen. And drink all the Glühwein. (insert excited bouncing)
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vampireshark wrote:I am in Nürnberg. Time to raid the Christmas markets and eat all the Bratwurst. And Lebkuchen. And drink all the Glühwein. (insert excited bouncing)
Congratulations!Frislander wrote:So, after all that hard work to do with applications, the results are in, and it's official: I've got an offer from Selwyn College Cambridge to read linguistics!
hwhatting wrote:Congratulations!
Thank you both!Salmoneus wrote:Congratulations!Frislander wrote:So, after all that hard work to do with applications, the results are in, and it's official: I've got an offer from Selwyn College Cambridge to read linguistics!
[and, although I'm sure it's not necessary, good luck in your exams...]
Thank you also!Travis B. wrote:Great!
Keep telling yourself that.Torco wrote:i'm truly sorry for americans who will have to suffer some of the bad consequences of the guy, but for the rest of the world it's looking good.
Well, that means that either (1) China will fold and it will be basically one authoritarian regime giving up power to another autoritarian regime, which is meh, or (2) a global thermonuclear war will unfold, resulting in total eradication of the human race, which is a good thing.
I almost questioned this, until I realised it was Pole posting.Pole, the wrote:total eradication of the human race, which is a good thing.
I mean, don't get me wrong, i'm totally horrified by trump's rhetoric <sniff sniff> but who knows what he's actually gonna do. the reason it makes me somewhat hopeful is that it implies that at least his isolationist, anti-globalization stuff is like true, which would be something on the whole quite good for people who are not americans.linguoboy wrote:Keep telling yourself that.Torco wrote:i'm truly sorry for americans who will have to suffer some of the bad consequences of the guy, but for the rest of the world it's looking good.
US Sabre Rattling in the Persian Gulf: “Pre-Emptive Attack Iran” HJ Res 10 Bill Active in US CongressArs Lande wrote:I have a feeling I can't quite explain that the isolation thing is just, well, "alternative fact." I could see very well a return to the good old days of Bush; it wouldn't be that hard to find a pretext for another nasty little war in the Middle East.
Congratulations! Genre?Ars Lande wrote:The novel I've been working on for a year is coming along nicely, I believe, although I had to start over from scratch, again, and if things continue to go well, I'll have a solid first draft at the end of March.