Dear All? Forget anti-vexers and other conspiracy theories for a moment. This isn’t the real danger of the internet (unless you are easily swayed). The real danger on the internet is people writing for SEO purposes without any understanding of … Continue reading
Sup? Presumably you know the story of Jack and the beanstalk? If not shame on you, and maybe you should look it up. These old amoral fairy tales are perfect for our time. They are truer to life than the … Continue reading
Sup? I woke up bright and early today (not by choice), and wondered as I lay there what next for me? No doubt a lot of people are thinking the same. Another year. Another lockdown. The same pandemic. Limited employment … Continue reading
Sup? The morning is bright and beautiful, and after yesterdays foray into the world of water butt automation, what better way to start the day than to parse some Latin? I stumbled across the above by chance, and like many … Continue reading
Sup? I’m pretty sure that I don’t have any regular readers, but if I did, and let’s pretend that you are one of them, the question that would be on your lips would be: Don’t you normally write about languages … Continue reading
Sup doods? I now comfortably speak (and understand) Croatian at a B1 level, and I feel pretty smug about that. My language goals were to speak four languages to a B1 level or above, and to maintain that level while … Continue reading
Sup all? It’s raining. The gardening is on hold although *big* plans are now afoot (for a relatively small garden). I have been (among other things) an automation engineer (until I suddenly and recently wasn’t), and perhaps unsuprisingly given this … Continue reading
Sup? It’s time to parse some Latin and on this glorious lockdown Friday, we are going to parse In Manus tuas, Domine, commendo Spitirum meum. But first, and assuming that you are sitting comfortably, let me tell you about my … Continue reading
Sup all? I have taken a slight liberty with this title as I haven’t quite been learning Croatian for two years. But it’s time for an update on my progress, and I’m heading for the two year mark so if … Continue reading
I’ve always liked this saying which has the literal meaning of ‘by night all cats are grey’. I had assumed that it was in origin either Spanish or another romance language, as I had never heard or read of an … Continue reading