Random Quote
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
---- Doug Larson
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?"
---- Kelvin Throop III
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.
---- Robert Copeland
This may be the most interesting blog theme I've ever seen. http://eflgeek.com/index.php Definitely in my top 5 at least.
---- Steve Dembo
Technology will not replace teachers...teachers who use technology will
probably replace teachers who do not.
---- Ray Clifford
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
---- Evan Esar
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
---- Malcom Forbes
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
---- Leonardo DaVinci (1452-1519)
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
---- Edward Abbey
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
---- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"
---- Sam Levenson
No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness.
---- Sheik Abd-al-Kadir
Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
---- Terry Pratchett
Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
---- Arnold Lobel
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
---- Thomas A. Edison
As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life - so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls.
---- M. Cartmill
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
---- Charlemagne
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.
---- Mitch Hedberg
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
---- Robert Frost
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
---- Isaac Newton
Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.
---- Jack Lynch
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
---- Gail Godwin
Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation.
---- Author Unknown
Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.
---- Edward R. Murrow
Drink coffee! Do stupid things faster!
---- unknown
Presentation on ER
I just received an email indicating that I will be presenting later this year at the KOTESOL 2008 International Conference. I’ll be presenting in an Extensive Reading Colloquium and my topic will be: Supplementing a general English course with graded readers.
I first mentioned this last month when I was invited to participate - it’s good to hear it’s been confirmed. Now looking forward to October.





JMac wrote 8 words on Sunday Apr 13, 2008 at 01:23 PM
Congrats ... will have to check you out!
Sean. wrote 21 words on Sunday Apr 13, 2008 at 01:35 PM
Hey man, I’m married and besides I don’t swing that way. You are however more than welcome to attend the presentation.
JMac wrote 11 words on Sunday Apr 13, 2008 at 08:03 PM
Not letting me have any fun, are you?!
See you there.