wednesday is known informally as hump day. it marks the middle of the week. after wednesday the majority of the week is over, i.e. u…
Category: food & drink
in a class here in mexico this week, the condiment worcestershire sauce was a topic of discussion. shrek goes to worcestershire to convince arthur to return…
in an article on cnet, steven musil says this about google doodles for almost as long as google has been around, it’s livened up its…
it is logical for spanish speakers to translate primer ministro (the top executive position in a parliamentary government) to first minister in english, but in fact the…
a few weeks ago i spent several minutes on google earth trying to locate a trailer i used to live in as a boy. trailer talk. white…
happy thanksgiving 🙂 as the name indicates, today is a day for giving thanks; being thankful (appreciative, grateful). and eating a big meal which almost…
on christmas day 2014, gamers hoping to enjoy their gaming-related gifts on-line were denied (they couldn’t do it). the playstation network and xbox live were offline…
for people who love bacon and value the findings of the world health organizaion, the news was bad this week. according to the who (again;…
a word that i have talked about in many classes this summer is brag. thank u, donald trump. brag refers to people who talk about themselves excessively and/or arrogantly. the…
wet hot american summer: first day of camp, a prequel to the 2001 movie wet hot american summer, portrays a stereotypical american youth experience: summer camp.…