Back from Montréal
Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Posted in Language, My Life, Peace and Justice, Seen on the Web | 4 Comments »I've just returned from a trip to Montréal for a joint conference of the United States' and the Pan-American Esperanto associations. I had a wonderful time, and my only regret was that I had to leave early for travel and ...
The Payoff of Esperanto
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007 Posted in Language | 10 Comments »Something that many Esperantists have to contend with is the perception that a planned language is somehow useless, something on a par of Pig Latin. (One of these is a co-worker and friend of mine, who often reminds me of ...
Yep, I did it again.
Friday, August 31st, 2007 Posted in Language | No Comments »One more blog: The Esperanto Club of Hampton Roads.
Language rules my life.
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 Posted in Language, Mind, My Life | 2 Comments »I told my teacher today that my life has become language. In addition to studying ASP.net, "classical" ASP, OOP, and C#, my boss asked me a few days ago to become an expert in XML and XSL. (He knew ...
Writing my first Firefox extensions
Sunday, June 24th, 2007 Posted in Language, Site log / Geek | 1 Comment »Okay, if you're tired of hearing me tell you that you should get Firefox, don't worry... that's not what this post is about. However, if you do use Firefox, you probably know that its rendering is only a part of ...
Snapshots
Monday, April 2nd, 2007 Posted in Language, Movies / TV / Stage, My Life, Spirituality | 6 Comments »Just some quick notes on what's going on now: Peaceful Warrior was great. My teacher's Zen and martial classes saw it together on Sunday. Everyone loved it. The audience as a whole seemed very appreciative. Hopefully, it will stay in theaters ...
Language Exchange
Monday, February 5th, 2007 Posted in Language, My Life | 2 Comments »Among other sources, I've been learning Spanish from a cool podcast site, called Notes in Spanish. The site's run by a husband and wife team (British husband, Spanish wife) who met as intercambios. The intercambio (exchange) method has apparently become ...
I resolve…
Monday, January 1st, 2007 Posted in Bible / Sacred Texts, Language, Mind, My Life | 13 Comments »Not to assume I know who I am. Yes, there's other things, too, relating to exercise, meditation, etc. All the usual stuff. And, I made the "guilt resolutions" very, very light... There's a reasonable chance I can keep them. But I ...
Happy Hanukkah and Esperanto Day
Friday, December 15th, 2006 Posted in Language, Spirituality | 8 Comments »Today's the first day of Hanukkah, the beginning of eight days of remembering the miracle of the oil involved in rededicating the Temple. So, the next week can be a great time for anyone, Jewish or not, to remember ...
Language, Language!
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 Posted in Language, My Life | 2 Comments »Ever since I was a kid in grade school, playing with simple codes, I've been fascinated by other languages, and the myriad ways that meaning can be wrapped in shells of sound and symbol. In high school I studied ...