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...with random links.

-How much is inside? This is a favorite at my workplace. (When customers ask how long a Sharpie lasts, we are sure to tell them that it labels 968 CDs.)

-The Voynich Manuscript. A handwritten book apparently from the 13th century, in an unknown language. Is it a code? A constructed language? Nonsense? Whatever its meaning, the script is quite beautiful.

-The Diary of Samuel Pepys. One entry a day. LJ feed at

pepysdiary.

-Geoffrey Pullum of

languagelog has several posts on why he hated The Da Vinci Code, focusing on Dan Brown's interesting linguistic choices. V. amusing.

The Dan Brown code.

Dan Brown still moving very briskly about.

Renowned author Dan Brown staggered through his formulaic opening sentence.

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uchidachi at

scans_daily has been posting scans from The Super Dictionary. I... have no words.

Press.

Settle.

Idea.

Rock.

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