Random thoughts from me...
I m learning Japanese, on day 44. Here are the resources I m using. At this point I know: The Pimsleur material up to lesson 44 The Hiragana A primary definition + how to write about 360 Kanji Pimsleur Japanese An excellent, excellent audio program. I ve used this to learn Italian and Portuguese, and it s going well [ ]
As a longtime fan of Sherlock Holmes, I was intrigued by the image of the man himself. Sherlock has seen countless representations over the years. The original stories were published in the Strand magazine, and illustrated by Sidney Paget. I had read the original stories, but longed to see the illustrations that accompanied them. Little did [ ]
I was away all August, and upon returning found I had an email backlog, and a messy house. I was also doing a lot of consulting, so I found it hard to find the time to take care of these things. I just finished a very busy weekend where I taught a course in another [ ]
I ve gotten into the habit of taking cold showers. You feel instantly alert, and whenever I take regular cold showers, I lose fat. They re really not bad once you re in them. So it must be easy for me to do, right? I ve been doing this for a while now. No! Getting into a cold shower is [ ]
If you re like most guys, you probably have a lot of stuff in your pockets. And unfortunately, it s not wads of cash. It s plastic, and coins. Modern wallets are huge. You ve got coins, bills, credit cards, debit cards, membership cards, etc. Following my brother s lead, I got rid of the coins, and never looked back. [ ]