OnMyMind

I will be traveling home to the US this summer, and have started making tentative plans for a video project. The goal of this project is to help my children form bonds with their American family members, who they rarely see in person, while also learning and practicing English. This idea follows on […]

That gem, the title of this entry, came from an AltaVista Babelfish translation of a page on Mukade. Recently, more people have been finding my site using Google and Yahoo searches. This entry is dedicated to them…
First, let me give you some advice for when you are looking for information on Mukade. […]

When I was in elementary school we studied the metric system in math class. Oh, the joys of the decimal system, so simple and practical, compared to ounces, pounds, feet and inches. The whole Imperial system of measure seems like a case study in survival in the workplace. By choosing obscure and […]

For the last month, I have been spending about an hour every Friday morning volunteering at my son’s daycare. I have mostly been reading English books for the kids, singing songs, and playing games. It has been loads of fun, and I look forward to it each week.
This has had me thinking about […]

Robin: “You can’t get away from Batman that easy!”
Batman: “Easily.”
Robin: “Easily.”
Batman: “Good grammar is essential, Robin.”
Robin: “Thank you.”
Batman: “You’re welcome.”
Thanks to Jeremiah, I found myself at this site, which is a fantastic compilation of quotes from the original Batman series. I used to love this show as a child and watched it religiously, […]

There is something about the wind that harnesses the child in me. I am 35 years old, and far from a child by any measure, except that of the wind. In the presence of the slightest breeze, or the rages of a tropical storm, I temporarily revert to the lost spirit of a […]

In the last two weeks, I have been forced to re-evaluate my interpretation of the color green. Each morning on my way to the office, I drive past numerous rice fields on my way. The rice is just now reaching dancing height, when it begins to dance in the wind and take […]