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April 9, 2011

"If language is what makes us human, it is languages that make us superhuman"--preface, Empire of the Word


    Dreamed of meeting Anthony Hopkins in London; hearing a long-winded speech from him about being Brad Pitt's mentor and being delayed on the way to the airport; joining a Meetup-type group that was going to grow crops.


    Went to the NDP campaign office and got a sign to put up on the lawn.


    Dinner was roast pork.


    Finished the book about Scottish-Canadians and started reading Nicholas Ostler's Empire of the Word:  A Language History of the World.  Looks fascinating.


    Went to a Kaaoke Meetup at Bar Plus.  I sang the duet "I Got You, Babe" with a woman.

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