I am adding a “new” class… but, not really.

For those of you in the Lingua Latina classes, you know that we are working our way through the exercise workbook Mr. Ørberg wrote.  Here is the book (in case you don’t know what I am talking about): Exercitia Latina I. Because the Exerctia exercises are so...

Tip of the Week #150: Eat your Veggies!

Yesterday, my wife invited some friends and relatives over for lunch.   She made a cheesecake.  But, here’s the thing.  She made it from cashews.  I suppose she should have called it cashewcake.   No one complained.  Quite the opposite.  Everyone...

Tip #149: Skip College

Time for me to weed out some subscribers.  I am going to do this by recommending a book.   New York author James Altucher says that if he walked into Times Square and yelled, “I am God, and I am here to save you!” he would get some strange looks, but most...

Tip #148: Track your ideas the old-fashioned way

Phones, Ipads, email, computers, and social media…  I find it all so distracting.  Perhaps you do too.   If you are having trouble staying on task, if you are having trouble getting things done, if you find yourself constantly distracted by all the flashing...

Missed class and cancelled classes.

Guys, the last 24 hours have been loads of fun for me.  Without going into a bunch of details, let me just say this.  Classes are cancelled for the next few days.  Problems on my site, and problems with some other sites.  All at once.  Problems all seem to show up in...

Mmmhmm.

I am a big fan of education.  Self-education. I am, however, no fan of school.  At all.  I am with H.L. Mencken on this one. “School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and...