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12.24.2009

The Thome Report: Holiday Edition.

My mother and sister were shopping yesterday and ran into Dad Brad. Dad Brad is the father of none other than one (pause for effect) Justin Thome. He informed my mother and sister that Justin is currently "hopping volcanoes in Guatemala" (Dad Brad, Bay Park Square, 12.23.2009).

So, we've pinned him down to a specific country, and it's a small one at that. (Only 42,042 square miles,--roughly the same size as Ohio.) Plus, there can only be so many volcanoes. We're closing in on him! Anyone near Central America over break?

12.17.2009

Q & A: The Death of Languages

From the New York Times blog, "Schott's Vocab: A Miscellany of Modern Words and Phrases":