Blog

Adult vs. Child.

Which one is better at learning foreign languages?

The child, of course. Read More >

REPORTER: Arnold, what kind of milk do you drink?
ARNOLD: I don’t drink milk. Milk is for babies. When you grow up you drink beer.

-Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1977 documentary Pumping Iron

Say “hello” to the newest member of the Vig family.  Read More >

We have an expression in English: Weekend Warrior.

It describes someone who does zero sports or exercise Monday through Friday, but when the weekend comes, he hits the gym or the baseball field or the golf course.

And then Monday morning, he’s bruised and soar. Read More >

Good morning!

Or if you’re in Fiji, Happy Wednesday!

Some deep thoughts for you today… Read More >

“Are you coughing? Do you have a fever? Do you have diarrhea?”

The sign outside the store said if I did, I should not enter.

Inside a teenager wearing a medical mask greeted me. Read More >

In the summertime when the weather is hot
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather’s fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find

-from the song “In The Summertime”
lyrics by Mungo Jerry

Oh, it’s gonna be another hot one this weekend.

Or as we say here in the U.S., another scorcher. Read More >

“How many words do you know?”

That was the question I asked you yesterday.

Here are the results: Read More >

Bob Marley wrote, “No woman, no cry.”
I’m going to write a song called, “No mask, no pizza.”

Yesterday I was driving through a small town called Front Royal when suddenly I wanted a pizza.

I usually eat healthy. Read More >

I get a lot of emails these days.

It started when I put my book Master English at Home online for free.

Yesterday my inbox told me I had 1,261 unread messages. Read More >

Once, a student told me she wanted to practise phone conversation.

I told her I only had one banana, but we could try.

ME: Ring. Ring. Hello, this is Bob.
STUDENT: Hello, Bob. This is Jana from Dekonta. Send me two copies of the report you… Read More >