I’m looking forward to hearing from you
http://annehodgson.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/looking-forward.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHere’s another chant, this one created on the spot in Paderborn at Benteler (for Akademie für Sekretariat und Büromanagement). Hi ladies 🙂 ! Snap your fingers to anchor the +ing in your memory. I’m looking forward to seeing you I’m looking forward to meeting you I’m looking forward to […]
Verhörhammer
Hee hee hee hee, it sounds like Kate Bush sings “Ich steh’ im Café und hab Hunger” (listen to it: Bayern3) and ACDC sing “Mach ma n Kreis” (listen Bayern3). And in reality? Supposedly Kate sings “It’s me, I’m Cathy. Come home. I’m…” and the boys sing “My mind raced”. Kann ja jeder sagen.
Going out to the theater
http://annehodgson.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/goingouttheater.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadI’ve always felt that if you’re learning English, you should take your learning outside the classroom. If you live in Munich or other major cities in Europe, there are quite a number of events in English in the fall and winter. I used to take people out to the […]
2008 ballot
Yeah, I’ve got mail! The Washington, DC ballot (you see just a cutout) is rather short. No sheriff. But we do vote for the city council, a senator and a representative, members of the school board and a neighborhood advisory commissioner (responsible for traffic, parking, recreation, street improvements, liquor licenses, zoning, economic development, police protection, […]
Sarah Silverman and the Great Schlep
To schlep is Jiddish and, yes, it comes from “schleppen” and means a long and difficult journey. The Jewish Council for Education and Research got comedienne Sarah Silverman to create this brilliant video to get young liberal Jews to convince their old conservative grandparents in Florida who think he is Muslim to vote for Obama. […]
White House online
Aren’t they lovely? The average campaign donation for Obama was 83 dollars. This time you know who the money came from. The picture is ripped from the print edition of the article “Young and Restless” in the Financial Times of 24 October, which sweetened my ride home last night. Here is one section that will […]
Six Songs
In The World in Six Songs. How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature, Daniel J. Levitin lists six songs that inspired him in 1975 to become a musician. These are his “comfort” songs: Autobahn by Kraftwerk Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony as performed by Herbert von Karajan & the Berlin Philharmonic Revolver by the Beatles (whole album) […]
