My boss Eamonn found Smigly by Allen Mezquida. Wonderful. Great blog, too. – So what’s your stimulus package? Seriously, now?

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My mother died last week, and I’m mourning and thinking back. When I decided to stay here in Germany, an ocean away, I automatically decided against sharing her day-to-day life and being there to help her with her big and small needs. Not being there has felt morally wrong, always. After all, you simply can’t [...]

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The dog trots freely in the street
and sees reality
and the things he sees
are bigger than himself
and the things he sees
are his reality
Drunks in doorways
Moons on trees
The dog trots freely thru the street
and the things he sees
are smaller than himself
Fish on newsprint
Ants in holes
Chickens in Chinatown windows
their heads a block away
The dog trots freely in the [...]

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Last week: I’m ready to leave to go on a trip, so I say

I am going to Poznań this weekend. (80%, 16 Votes)
I will go to Poznań this weekend. (20%, 4 Votes)
I go to Poznań this weekend. (0%, 0 Votes)
More here.

This week: Which of these predictions is correct English and most probable?

It could [...]

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This is how I teach. Aiming too high can cause negative stress. I’ve learned to break learning down into small, productive, rewarding steps.
I was thrilled and very priviledged to be sponsored by Cornelsen to present this at BESIG, the Business English Special Interest Group, in Poznan last weekend. It was a great event. This presentation [...]

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Talked about Augmented Reality, a term coined by Professor Tom Caudell at Boeing, in a class yesterday. Layar, Nearest Tube, the London Underground iPhone app, and Bionic Eye, the same thing for NY, may be great, but Augmented ID freaked us out. Minority Report, here we come!

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Kennedy was the first president who wouldn’t kill the “official turkey”. Then years later Bush started the tradition of granting the turkey an official “Thanksgiving pardon”; and Obama pardoned Courage, this year’s Official White House Turkey, just in time for tomorrow’s celebrations.

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