It’s 7 October now, so…

First of all, sorry for the long and unscheduled radio silence. Some weeks my workload is too big to handle anything but the essentials – family life and, a distant second, real work (as in doing things I get paid for doing). It’s a pity though, as I know how deadly are weeklong breaks for [...]

October challenge

I am a busy man. I have a responsible and demanding job. Since not a long time ago I am also a pater familias with added responsiblities. That means I don’t have as much time for dabbling with random things as I used to. But good times are coming! For three weeks in October my [...]

The Offer

Browsing this blog, or my webpages, you have probably noticed that my language interests have quite a broad scope. You have also noticed, I hope, that I try to share a bit of what I know, especially when the information I have is not that easy to find elsewhere, because it concerns a particularly ‘rare’ [...]

After Ramadan challenge

Ramadan is over (Eid ul-Fitr Mubarak!) so an update is due. Results of the challenge are mixed and it will be continued (it makes no sense to learn a language for 4 weeks and then stop – all the knowledge will evaporate in no time). Some bullet points: As was to be expected I’ve devoted [...]