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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Sunrise Before Midnight #Friday Fictioneers
“Missiles over the Atlantic. Headed this way. You gonna do this or not?” I asked myself. The door was locked but I knew the code. The commander was on the other side. “Turn around. Hands up,” I said. He looked … Continue reading
Mountain, Come Down #Friday Fictioneers
“Turn around and leave the key in the ignition. We might need to leave in a hurry.” I told her. Her eyes widened. “You can stay in the car if you want.” “No, I’m okay,” she said, and we walked … Continue reading
Remembering Lexie Kamerman
A few days ago, someone with a bomb strapped to them walked into a restaurant in Afghanistan. A few other people with guns entered from the back. Once they’d finished their work, 21 people were dead, including someone I knew; … Continue reading
The most common letter to start a sentence with in English
It’s not hard to find out which letters commonly start a word. You can reference Wikipedia to find a nice letter frequency table, or you can analyze the Brown Corpus. The Brown Corpus is a massive compilation of English text … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Languages
Tagged brown corpus, English, initial letter, initial letter of sentence, linguistics, sentence
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The Glossarch live at #ScienceFail, Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, NC!
I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at the Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, NC on January 17th as part of the #ScienceFail event. The show is put on by The Monti, a nonprofit organization that hosts storytellers who … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged balloon, Morehead Planetarium, ScienceFail, the monti, TheMonti, trash bag
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Morskaya Tsarevna #Friday Fictioneers
Old man’s been gone a long time, I think to myself as I climb the waveworn stairs. I opened the door, poked my head in. Chair, desk, table. Lantern hanging on a a nail, stringers of rust dripping down. But … Continue reading
Playing for Both Teams #Friday Fictioneers
See that dog in a tree? Yep, that’s me. Wondering how I got all the way up here? Long story, that. Let’s start with names. Just call me Fiona. Got the movie reference? Still stuck? Okay, fine. I climbed up … Continue reading
