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What American accent do you have?
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Midland. The Midland (please don't confuse with "Midwest") itself is the neutral zone between the North and South. But just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from there. Since it is considered a neutral, default, "non-regional" accent you could easily be from someplace without its own accent, like Florida, or a big city in the South like Dallas, Houston, or Atlanta.

Take this quiz now - it's easy!

We're going to start with "cot" and "caught." When you say those words do they sound the same or different?

Same, no wait I mean different, maybe, a little bit different... Different Same

Production is over. The animators and art department are gone, and the studio is quiet and empty except for the the three of us in post-production. Even the directors and our supervisor are gone, and so we're on our own.

Yup, if something happens, like, say, the breaker goes out and the network goes down and my chair breaks and the toilet's backed up - there's no one around to fix it.

No one but me, that is.

Today, I was Alina - Supreme Fixer-Upper. I feel mighty

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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on morality You scored higher than 99% on repose You scored higher than 99% on spirituality You scored higher than 99% on selflessness

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Spring and Owls

March 21. The first day of spring.

I get restless in the spring. At the first scent of thaw in the air - that chill smells a little like ozone and fresh water - I want to go outside and hunt down the first patch of bare earth I can find, to seek crocuses under the snow, to see meltwater make it's way to the river. I want to explore. I want to move. I want to see new things.

Today, that restlessness exhibited itself in the pressing desire to see owls. Why owls? I have no clue. Usually, when a desire to see birds manifests, it the desire to see hawks, falcons, or even the floofy little merlins that live down by the river. Never owls.

Ususally, the only time I get a really good look at owls is in the winter, when the Snowy Owls come south and perch on the telephone poles usually occupied by Swainson's Hawks and Red-Tails in the summer. But today? I want to see Saw-whet owls. Barn owls. The huge, regal Great Horned owls. The owls of summertime.

I wonder if the zoo is open yet... It's no midnight-owl-hunting by the river in June, but it'd certainly satisfy my craving for small, floofy, large-eyed creatures with perpetually shocked expressions.

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Fun fact - the Inuktitut word for owl is ookpik, which I think is one of the best words ever. Ookpik. Hee.

Attention, FoodGeeks! (And really, I just mean you, Layne ;)

In honor of St. Patty's day this weekend, European Cuisines has been posting a variety of good, hearty Irish recipes. So, if you're looking to try a good Dublin coddle, some gur cake, or even some crubeens with Guinness, this is your place. It's good, stick to your ribs kinda food. And it goes good with Guinness. Did I mention the Guinness?