The self-study method for second language acquisition… this is how you test your devotion to a concept. It goes far beyond the casual “I think I’ll watch that channel” on he TV”, or a plunge into the desktop dictionary to put salve on the wound of not knowing the right word.
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I think I remember. It’s the basis of everything I know. However, one of those Suzuki documentaries is on the TV, a room away, and it wants me to know that I am fallible. Just like everyone else. What I remember tends to mutate, over time.
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I’m a skeptic. So many things that others believe with eyes wide open. Me, not so much. Today, for whatever reason, I came across references to a couple of the “alternative” therapies, and I have to react.
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My local mechanic doesn’t see the world with the same view as me. Today, while showing off our “new rig”, he noted a) the extra battery b) that was not connected and that c) required a 10mm wrench to complete the connection. Heck, I hadn’t even popped the hood latch, despite a whole summer of opportunity.
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And there you have it. Summer is over. Doesn’t matter that the temperature is clement, or that the beach is just as sand-covered today as was a week ago. The plug has been pulled.
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Keep the drama levels high. The NAFTA talks were to end today, based on a presidential edict. Except that they didn’t. He doesn’t have that much “juice”. He did send a letter to the legislative house, saying that he had an agreement in principle with Mexico, and that Canada could join the party later, if it wished. Somehow, this doesn’t have the same impact as what he promised.
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A new variation on the foggy day: airports in BC are having to cancel flights, as the wildfires pump more and more smoke into the air. I’ve seen times when my sky in QC was “cloudy” due to forest fires, but the airport never had to wave anyone off. Do they still do that? Or have I seen too many old movies?
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Technology: just like a basket of puzzles. We thought we had the world conquered, when plugging a media drive into the USB port on our TVs (multiple) allowed us the freedom to choose titles from a menu. Oh, and then watch the chosen program in living colour. For those who envision life away from the umbilical cord of either cable or satellite, it doesn’t get much better
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While in to pay for a small amount of fuel (mower go juice), I was asked whether I’d noticed the sunset last evening. How to admit that I had missed (the sight) because my windows only witness the sunrise? I went with a simple negation: I must have been busy at that exact moment. Maybe another evening.
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After almost a century of interdiction, the federal government has finally announced the date for the start of what will be known (I imagine) as the Grass Act. I’m not affected by it, but I look forward to a reduction in the number of folks headed off to detention because of personal choices. One question remains: what makes October 17th the target date. Were high government officials throwing darts at an office calendar, while trying to mask their giggles?
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