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    Language Is Peeing: The Approximately Top Ten Reasons Why Language Acquisition = Micturition

    April 28, 2012
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    Language Is Peeing: The Approximately Top Ten Reasons Why Language Acquisition = Micturition

    You don’t know exactly when you’re going to pee, but if you keep drinking, you will pee. So stop freaking out about when you’ll get good or when you’ll start speaking. Everyone’s a little different! You’ll pee when you pee! Shut up and drink!

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    The Three Laws of Language Acquisition, version 4.5

    April 21, 2012
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    0. Zeroth Law: Compare yourself only to yourself. And to newborn babies. 1. The Prime Directive: Have fun. 2. The Promise: Show up. 3. The Triple Path: Don’t learn: get used to. Don’t improve: suck less. Don’t binge: nibble often. You like this AJATT shizzle? Yeah? Share it, playa! Tweet

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    Less GTD, More GLOAF: Give Less of a Fucare

    April 10, 2012
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    Less GTD, More GLOAF: Give Less of a Fucare

    “By doing less, and focussing on the one thing that counts, you’re actually doing more.” Momoko “Simplicity is the key to brilliance” Bruce Lee “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo da Vinci Giving less of a care. Nowadays, “care” is a good word. “I cyare about yew”, says that art teacher who gives the easy A’s, tells random stories...

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    Suicide As A Success Pattern

    April 7, 2012
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    Since I was a kid, I’ve had an on-and-off, morbid, intellectual fascination with suicide. I can remember being about seven years old, and asking an adult, probably one of my sisters, something along the lines of: “is it possible to kill yourself?”, and she went “yes, it’s called incest I mean suicide”. And it really weirded me out. Not...

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    Let Go, But Don’t Let Go: The Learning Paradox

    March 28, 2012
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    To get used to language, you have to kind of embrace a paradox, whereby you: Let go of perfectionism, but you Don’t let go of improvement The way you do that is by picking low-hanging fruit. You let go of things that are too hard for you to figure out right now, but you don’t let go of easy wins,...

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    How To Get Nothing Done: The Art and Science of Wresting Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

    February 12, 2012
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    Don’t accept anything but the best. Don’t break it down into small pieces. Don’t timebox. Do everything in big time increments. Real work happens in big time increments. Tire yourself out. Don’t stop until you’re bored and hate yourself. Don’t take any shortcuts or save yourself time. Don’t start badly — make a good start or don’t start at...

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