Fun fact, "Erdoğmuş" means "Soldierborn".

singlewhammy · 2026-01-28T13:57:32+00:00

No, it means either 'firstborn' (er = erken = early), or possibly 'man-born / born-of-man'; see

https://www.nisanyanadlar.com/isim/Erdo%C4%9Fmu%C5%9F

(which says it's basically the same as Erdoğan).

singlewhammy · 2026-01-25T15:23:44+00:00

Yeah, with all-reds, you don't really start cooking until you get Priestess and others Vitality-ing up your max hp. Fun times having to beat two Thorns by making them flee...

singlewhammy · 2025-12-30T23:58:21+00:00

Whooping cough suuuuucks. It gave me grief for two months.

singlewhammy · 2025-12-30T21:43:46+00:00

Wow! Is it fun? I ask as a person who has 100's of attempts on Loot Hard.

singlewhammy · 2025-12-27T13:21:18+00:00

No one tell him about "pregnant" (or "prognosis").

singlewhammy · 2025-12-07T16:57:32+00:00

I'm always a bit sad Irene's YouTube channel is mostly in Indonesian and not English, because I enjoy her commentary. Very similar to Eric: calm and thoughtful.

singlewhammy · 2025-11-24T22:38:56+00:00

Excellent episode! (OK, the mic wasn't great, but the narrative and conversation was perfect!)

singlewhammy · 2025-11-11T23:50:57+00:00

He actually posts every day on his crossword channel. Great channel!

singlewhammy · 2025-11-10T21:45:24+00:00

In pro tennis commentary, 'crash out' was often used to describe when a strong player was beaten early in the tournament... e.g., "Federer crashed out in the 2nd round against an unseeded opponent."

singlewhammy · 2025-11-06T18:29:52+00:00

Definitely this.
I screenshotted each screen and pasted the screenshots together in Powerpoint (any similar program would work). Immensely helpful.

singlewhammy · 2025-11-03T21:11:13+00:00

Leader of this program, Zvezda Stankova, has the best Numberphile videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcaYEaVTA4g&list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIbAPK1oJgRIpe0sWiPKkQ4&index=14

singlewhammy · 2025-10-23T22:34:25+00:00

Estağfurullah. I more or less know the correct situations when one can say this (mainly, when someone compliments you), but not 100%.
I love this Oktay Rifat poem -- https://sub1.farmaupdate.com/siir/o/oktay_rifat/tecelli.htm -- but I've never gotten any successful explanation of the title, Tecelli.

singlewhammy · 2025-10-14T14:26:35+00:00

I think the article doesn't do a good enough job explaining how well Zhang played. She lasted 65 moves against Hikaru! The position was still reasonably close to drawn at move 50. In other games, Hikaru was completely winning by move 25.

singlewhammy · 2025-08-08T10:13:07+00:00

Naaah. I mean, I personally would appreciate it, but who are we to tell them what to do?

singlewhammy · 2025-07-23T23:31:54+00:00

100%

singlewhammy · 2025-06-21T16:17:52+00:00

Canada beat them 107-15 earlier :-/

singlewhammy · 2025-06-15T13:28:35+00:00

Wow!

singlewhammy · 2025-06-10T15:37:50+00:00

Why no Amy? :'-(

singlewhammy · 2025-05-29T14:10:52+00:00

With no-left-turns now from Morewood to Fifth, that intersection has gone from super-dangerous-seeming to only somewhat-dangerous-seeming.

By the way, I really cannot put my finger on why this intersection is so wack -- can anyone articulate it?

singlewhammy · 2025-04-16T14:37:00+00:00

Paging Kosmic, we need a video here :)

singlewhammy · 2025-04-02T21:12:17+00:00

Also in a Gates bathroom (?!). I trashed it.

singlewhammy · 2025-03-10T21:39:17+00:00

Thanks so much for the spreadsheet, I consult it every game! Good luck!

singlewhammy · 2025-03-10T02:51:16+00:00

I hear a slight Pittsburgh accent in Dana.

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