NP-S versus Det-Nom, more detail on domain restrictions, and some musings on exceptives

Special thanks to my mysterious illness for mysteriously letting up. I didn’t fancy another day spent in the bathroom. Also, more thanks to Mr. Rain for letting up as well. Hey Mr. Mystery Illness, are you and Mr. Rain in cahoots?

I saw this bit on the Daily Show about a father in Seattle who demanded that his daughter’s school show an alternative view on the global warming issue after Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth was shown. The father insisted that, in fact, there are extreme colds and hots around the world, so this certainly can’t be global warming; what was it that caused parts of California to freeze this winter? I’ll try to trackdown a clip and post it when I can.

Related: I just read this article about how the National Science Teachers Association turned down 50,000 free copies of an Inconvenient Truth DVDs last fall because they didn’t want to concern some of their funders’ interests.

And speaking of Laurie David, she was on Bill Maher earlier this week talking about her recent campaign to get college students involved in the global warming issue. When discussing her optimism for our chances in actually fighting this, Bill Maher expressed his own eternal pessimism about everything, and asked, “If Americans were told that they could stop global warming by not using the remote control for their tvs, would they do it? Or would they just say, ‘Ah, fuck it’?” Bill Maher can be a bit too cynical even for my tastes sometimes, but it got me thinking – maybe I should use my remote control less. (Ah, but how will I reap the benefits of digital cable? I don’t think my cable box even has the appropriate buttons on the box for me to stop using my remote.)

emma :: Apr.20.2007 :: misc :: No Comments »