by Dwane | Mar 7, 2015 | Education, Italian, Latin, Motivation, Tip of the Week, Travel
Think Outside the Border Tip #10 – Who wants to learn Italian? According to Frederick Bodmer, in his book, The Loom of Language, French, Spanish, and Italian derive directly from Latin. “The deeper we delve into the past, the more French, Spanish, and...
by Dwane | Dec 19, 2014 | The Future, Travel
“Sadly my favorite activity — spending time with my kids — is now denied me. Alex and Stephen are 24 and 21, busy with their own lives, and too old to hang out with mom and dad; Stephen is away at school in Pittsburgh. When they were young and the...
by Dwane | Nov 4, 2014 | The Future, Travel
A few weeks ago, venturebeat.com ran the following article: My prediction is that in fewer than 15 years, we will be debating whether human beings should be allowed to drive on highways. After all, we are prone to road rage; rush headlong into traffic jams; break...
by Dwane | Oct 14, 2014 | The Future, Travel
It’s about time! Those of you who know me well, know that I consider cars an awful, expensive, depreciating, yet necessary evil. This email from Peter Diamandis made me feel better: Elon Musk’s announcement of a semi-autonomous Tesla Model D this past week...
by Dwane | Jul 31, 2014 | Education, Latin, Travel
If you have ever wondered what ancient Rome looked like… you no longer need to wonder. Thanks to the Khan Academy, you can take a virtual tour of the city:...
by Dwane | Jul 27, 2014 | Education, Italian, Latin, Travel
I intend to run an experiment on myself soon. I am going to teach myself Italian. This experiment will happen right here on the blog. My goal: to speak and read Italian by Christmas. We’ll see. I wanted to run this experiment on myself this summer. Other...
