Externalities, Intanglibles, and Democracy

Samizdata.net - Who should pay for the smell of lasagne?
Interesting discussion of externalities, the commons, and payment systems. I made a comment and it’s worth seeing….

Do you (grammar exercise with jobs list)

Here’s a double hit; a collection of crazy and funny jobs in a list, and a list of questions using “do you” to be used in question formation. This should be preceded by fifteen minutes or so of listening and practice. Then a short five to ten minute exercise where students try out the do [...]

Shooting Fish in the Political Barrel

USS Clueless - The reaction
Over at the USS Clueless, the Captain is busy bringing up the most idiotic examples of leftist criticism and smashing them down. Does anyone know the word “strawman”? It doesn’t just mean “imaginary idiotic argument”, it can quite easily mean “real idiotic argument not espoused by anyone who matters.” I know [...]

slightly modified jobs list for roleplays

Here’s a slightly modified jobs list more suitable for roleplay situations. In this case it’s for telephone stuff, but many situations would be applicable.

Speaking Americanese

Today I was walking home from the Teacher Training luncheon and I ran into a couple of kids, one of whom I sort of know. She’s a student of my co-worker and friend Kimberley’s. So anyway, she knows me by name, and I know her face, because she’s the daughter of the woman who runs [...]

Me in Thailand

Here are a couple of pics of me in Thailand over Xmas holidays. I didn’t have them until recently but I think they’re nice and worth having online. The First is on the beach at Ko Samui, a resort island that sucked. The second is me at Wat Pho, the Pho Temple (where you can [...]

The Fine Art of Using Up A Roll of Film…

… is something I am far from having perfected. But here are a few examples of times when I did okay. Thai pondering the complexity of phase space and expressing doubts about the planck length (actually just pissy about having his photo taken); Jeong Suk driving by but stopping long enough to say hi and [...]

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