So I have been reading a book by Bill Bryson lately titled The Mother Tongue. It is a history of the English language and how American English and British English are different. In his chapter on differing dialects in America I was surprised to find out how many different dialects there are here in the [...]
So just a quick update. I was watching The Bourne Identity last night and when it got to the final scene where Jason shows up at Marie’s scooter shop I thought I recognized the scenery. Sure enough, it was the windmills on Mykonos. I stood up and started shouting at the TV about how I [...]
PBS really does have a lot of good content. I always thought it was kind of sketch but they really do a good job with a lot of their programming. I’m watching the second half of special on Net Neutrality and Bill Moyers just keeps blasting away with both barrels at the telcom industry and [...]
So I have spent this weekend doing some more cooking and came to the conclusion that confections really aren’t as hard to make as you might think. I have been practicing making caramel sauces. I’m finding it to be pretty easy actually since I found a recipe that doesn’t require me to watch a thermometer. [...]
Since I don’t have full cable I have taken to watching PBS a lot recently. They have some really good shows by the way, who knew! I watched two documentaries tonight that were such an incredible contrast it was hard to believe. The first was on the ways the U.S. – Pakistan relationship has been [...]
