Show Notes for January 27, 2016


  • "Gramigna"
    • In Italian, name given to certain weeds
    • From Wikipedia: "Nome volgare di alcune piante infestanti appartenenti alla famiglia delle poacee."
  • Japanese soldier in hiding, episode of the BBC witness podcast
  • Books
    • The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu
      • By Dan Jurafsky, Professor of Linguistics and Computer Science at Stanford University
    • Under the Banner of Heaven (2003)
      • "investigative nonfiction book by best-selling author Jon Krakauer"
      • "The book examines the ideologies of both the LDS Church and the fundamentalist Mormons polygamous groups, such as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church)."
  • Children
    • Osmo: iPad game for children with physical objects
    • Bear Valley
      • "ski area located on highway 4 between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite"

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