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And, while not in the library I've been trying to learn a bit of Latin.
Ridiculous but I come across a fair bit of untranslated Latin in my reading, and it's something I should be able to read.
And once you can read Latin you have a pretty big leg up on the romance languages - Spanish, Italian, so - while I have time, it can't hurt.
First week, Duolingo, their website, free, learning to say dumbass sentences, their "tried and true" learning model - winning "hearts' and unlocking levels, basically making language into a video game, it's fine. But when it starts telling me I have to buy hearts to continue it's time to move on.
Now to YouTube, where there's an abundance of videos and the only thing it demands is that I pay attention, and my attention span, it's been in short supply lately, but we'll get it together, and with 15-20 minutes a day I should be fluent within the year...
Podcasting Classes at the Library
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A few weeks ago (yeah, blog, behind), classes at the library. On Podcasting and Marketing. Why not? They're free. And so I attend.
Good, informative, on how to write successful, punchy copy, layout brochures, organize a podcast, write for radio/podcasting.
Good, useful, not exactly what I was looking for - but then, what was I looking for?
The teacher, 40 years in "The business" certainly new his stuff, affable and explained it thoroughly and well. The class, first class, 4 people, 2 people for the last class, so plenty of time for questions, answers, will be watching for more classes at the library. Time well spent.
Computer VS Phone
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Now, with my new phone package kicked in, tethering my computer to the phone.
It's slow, but better than nothing, and my computer, it's not so quick anyways. Not so speedy.
And I've noticed, when I'm on the computer I'm up to a lot more intelligent pursuits than when I'm on the phone.
There's no endless scrolling or Facebooking, the computer's too slow, I have to go on it with reasonably intelligent questions looking for answers, research, it doesn't facilitate the click-scroll-click-bait behaviors, on the phone, 20 minutes on Facebook and I'm getting ads for Adult ADD behavior, on the computer I'm not going on Facebook.
So, slight improvements, one by one...
The Sonoran Desert toad, or Cane Toad
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Of course it's more Facebook AI generated nonsense, but I tell you, if I was heading off to lick some toads and get high this would definitely be my #1 candidate:
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