Blinguistics: It's like what would happen if Noam Chomsky had an iced out grill.

Like most people, I get annoyed by spam.

Not the processed meat product--- though, I don't suppose I have many good things to say about that kind of spam either. The spam I'm referring to is the kind that overtook my last blog and completely discouraged me from continuing in that endeavor. Based on the staggering volume of comments I received on my former blog, TechESL, I learned that my writings about second-language learning and technology were, apparently, quite popular among discount pharmaceutical companies,  sex-traffickers, and high-ranking foreign officials eager to help me turn my $10,000 advance into £10,000,000. I also learned that, once your blog has been commandeered by spam, there is little you can do to salvage it.

After being invited to beta-test some of Google's blogging products a few months ago, I started thinking it might be time to write again. So here I am... again.... and I'm happy to be back.

I spend a lot of time thinking about language, particularly the way that it works in things like hip hop culture, video games,  and interactive digital media. So, I thought I'd use this blog to talk about language in terms more general than in TechESL. I'd like to give myself permission to write about topics that interest me--- like, for example, the fact that the word "bling" made it into the Oxford English Dictionary Online; my hope is that they will interest you too.


So stay tuned. And welcome to Blinguistics.