Teaching Unplugged – Scott Thornbury, and Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching – Jack C Richards and Theodore S Rodgers
ESL is a clown show, and here are some manuals for the snake oil.
Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir
The Martian 2: but more sci-fi this time
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values – Sam Harris
I wanted to like this. But then again, who doesn’t want to solve the is/ought problem?
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Children of the New World – Alexander Weinstein
Oh look, a short story collection I really liked.
I’m Glad my Mom Died – Jennette McCurdy
People seem to think that fame and celebrity are ‘cheat codes’ to life. Those people lack imagination.
Two Short Story Collections
When I get into a rhythm, boy can I really get things done. I don’t have the best track record
La profezia dell’armadillo – Zerocalcare
I liked the last Zerocalcare book I read. I decided to go for another one. The nice person at the
Meditations – Marcus Aurelius, translated by Gregory Hays
I am proud to be a skeptic of very old books. Many of them are, despite their reputation, a bit silly.
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A Dance with Dragons – George R R Martin
(Note, in case some of this doesn’t make sense in the future, this post was written on September 25 2022)
Failures in Polymathy 