Last weekend I bought myself one of those really really extra super soft fleece blankets at TJMaxx. I know a few people who had them already and I really liked them, so I found one, beige, twin size, so soft that it's almost like touching nothing. And I stuck it in my laundry. I now have to rewash (or masking-tape) all of my black clothing. ( Read more... )

This morning as I woke up I heard my upstairs neighbor outside shovelling. He is the son of the landlord, who lives on the third floor, and he is responsible for shovelling when it snows. I could hear the shovel, and I lay in bed wondering how much snow had fallen as I listened to him talk to his small son who was apparently following him around ( Read more... )

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Yesterday, I started writing a presentation for class. Around 9:30am. I have to present my final paper in-progress, which Friday night was really just an idea with a bunch of quotes, references, and examples. So I started writing the presentation yesterday. I figured I would practice writing a formal conference-style paper, the kind that you ( Read more... )

What do people know or think about the HPV vaccine?

Decent classes taught: 2 ( Read more... )

From those of you who have studied languages, or who study anything else ( Read more... )

I went to pick up a book which arrived last week by interlibrary loan. It's a translation from the 40s, of Romeo and Juliet, into Veronese dialect (you know, Veronese like "in fair Verona, where we lay our scene..."). I gave my card to the girl behind the desk, and she went and got the book for me, explained when it was due, and handed it to me ( Read more... )

OK. My students overwhelmingly like playing games. And I... just don't have enough to make them play. Help out again? There were some good suggestions last time, and I'll summarize what I've got already. Games for any vocab, any grammar ( Read more... )