MiniBlogs
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If you want to do something
you first have to imagine you can do it 
. That's my approach to learning Chinese 
. When I could say 你 
好 I started saying, "I speak Chinese ...
- We can't go to Mars after we mess up the Earth. That's where we came from. We screwed it up before we moved here!
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- TUCHTHESKY: interesting, maybe our earth is the secon one. but where should we go.
- I'm swamped (with work!).
- When I read, "However, having a project benefit private business first, by placing the public interest second is not logical" in a paper I'm editing, I feel sure China is smarter than the U. S.[em:18: ...
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Yesterday I a million dollars in the lottery! Today, I won again! Wow! I didn't even enter the lottery and I still won!! But I get the feeling it's a scam. I imagine they want money from me!!!
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- sedgehead: Really! Two scammers contacted me in two days in a row, yes! Of course, I didn't win the lottery. I was approached by scammers telling me I had won in hopes I would send them money to claim my "prize ...
- sedgehead: This often happens. The scammers tell people "you won" but then ask the fake winner to send them money for "taxes" or "shipping" or to confirm them bank info.
- sedgehead: The scammers make money because some gullible people will send them money or give them the info. They use the info to clean out the gullible person's bank account!
- Kids say the creepiest things. My grandson told his mom: "When you die I'm just going to put you in the freezer. At Christmas I'll shove you under the Christmas tree . . . because you're Santa Claus. ...
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"Monkey Butt!" she said to me as she left to go to the store. American's have some of the oddest "pet names" for the spouses, children, and other family members.
- He who lives by the bomb dies by the bomb.
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- sedgehead: Words of a non-combatant.
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I like the new format! That's a good thing! I usually don't like change!
- Spring! Spring? Too chilly this morning! HA!
- I have some "rice sticks" (rice in a package which looks like rice flour which has been ground, water added, and made into sticks). I need to know how to make "hot pot." Please po
- I have some "rice sticks" (rice in a package which looks like rice flour which has been ground, water added, and made into sticks). I need to know how to make "hot pot." Please po
- I'm having fun while time flies.
- Flies time when they're having fun.
- "He's a day late and a dollar short." This expression means, "He is always complaining about not having enough money and if you loan him money he will be slow to pay and complain abou
- Today, our forecast calls for a 100% chance of freezing rain! In 2009, freezing rain knocked out the electricity for four days here and 2-8 weeks in the countryside out of town here in Arkansas.
- Beautiful day today, but cold!
- Idiom of the day: flaky 意思是 a harmlessly unusual or eccentric person. Example: My history teacher took a unique approach to teaching and would sometimes shout in class. He was a little flaky.
- Idiom of the day: Lightning Rod. Meaning: a metal post attached to a house and connected by wire to the ground. Idiom: someone that attracts attention. Ex.: He is a lightning rod attracting attention.
- I'm still looking for native English speakers who can work as editors or non-native English speakers with excellent editing skills and attention to detail.
