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Bought the book "The Lost Duke of Wyndham". I'm not far in yet, but so far it doesn't relate to "Dukes of Hazzard" AT ALL. #verydisappointed

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@JimGaffigan "seeing a donut" - "wanting to eat a donut" = "seeing" - "wanting to eat" = "se" - "want to at". Need a math prof to prove.

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John Glenn needs one last ride into space to claim the Mercury Tontine. Hopefully it's still in orbit, though 50+ years is a long time.

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Awesome open letter to President Obama: http://t.co/vIYF8B1Hp4

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@jlowryjr @EricDSnider Rick Reilly sounds like a comic book character, as does Frank Fox, my American Heritage prof. (His joke I stole.)

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Scott Carpenter, second American in space, dead at age 88. http://t.co/44iySNAM0P

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Dear GoDaddy rep: Just because I'm a customer does not mean it's not telemarketing. It just means it's not in violation of DNC registry.

Word Frequency

After using the word "rejoinder" in a comment on Facebook, I thought to myself "that can't be a very frequently used word". I found a website that allows you to see frequency of use of words from the Google Books project.

It allows you to graph the frequency of words …

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Why do I always think "reprieve" when I read "requiem"? Surely it's more than just both starting with "re". #onlyslightlyilliterate.

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Or would this be better: Mormon's Agents of C.H.U.R.C.H. Whatever. I'm willing to sell both titles for one "low" price. #gonnaberich