There aren’t many people out on the streets this early. It’s a humid, overcast morning, 7:45, as I shoulder my backpack and head northwest. I’ve put a 12kg
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Just Follow Your Heart (and other stupid advice you may hear in 2023)
Looking for a warm chocolatey spoonful of stupid advice for 2023? Well, you’re in the wrong place. You can find bad advice all over the interwebz… I’m here
6 steps to finding the perfect piso in Madrid
by Natalia Diaz I was sitting in a salón with a woman who reeked of Shalimar and naphthalene balls. She could have been the 80-year old middle sister
As Ebola Virus Spreads, Madrid Prepares for the Zombie Apocalypse
The ebola virus has spread to Spain. Here’s an update… We all remember back in August when Miguel Pajares, a Spanish missionary, was brought from Africa to die in
Pink Hippos, Jimi Hendrix, Chorizo, and How to Memorize Anything
Well here’s a slightly geeky yet totally awesome aside – Anthony Metivier has interviewed me for his podcast about memory techniques. Metivier is a well-known memory expert, originally from
Street English: Frases Para Ligar en Inglés
A friend of mine has an enormous collection of English textbooks and phrasebooks at home, and when I flip through them, I’m struck with how perfectly useless most
Social Media Manual for Online Educators
As social media creeps into every facet of our lives, many teachers and educators are interested in incorporating these new technologies into their lessons. In order to help
Cómo ligar con guiris – ligar con extranjeras es posible si sabes cómo…
Debido al aplastante éxito de mi artículo de ayer “Cómo ligar en inglés” he buscado un poco más información sobre el tema de las relaciones interculturales. Y he
Cómo ligar en inglés – Frases para ligar que sí funcionan
¿Cómo ligar en inglés? Ojalá supiera… Pero cuidado. Que hay muchos malos consejos sobre el ligoteo por ahí. A saber… Una importante empresa internacional de enseñanza de idiomas
Linguistics Pro Tip #1: How to deal with extreme prescriptivists
If you spend long enough in a liberal arts environment or anywhere language is studied, you’ll certainly run into a few extreme prescriptivists. The basic prescriptivist mindset runs
