Email is fantastic, of that I have no doubt. Alas, though, its users are not always fantastic.It is said that the best things in life are free, but email, which often is free; well, setting up an account generally is: is showing some humans for what they really are: dumb animals, because they … [Read more...]
Italian food
July 29, 2007 By Leave a Comment
To round off the weekend, we ended up at a local restaurant this Sunday evening. The place, called Il Quadrifoglio (four-leaf clover), is located merely a stone's throw away from our place and it does do some nice stuff. This time round we had a rather scrumptious plate of salmon with tagliatelle, … [Read more...]
Blair’s other legacy
July 27, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Many would have you believe that post-Blair Britain is a fabulous place. Many people have more money than they know what to do with and everything is hunky dory. Only, this is not necessarily true for 100% of the population, at least not according to the story which one of my students told me … [Read more...]
Some stats
July 27, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The number of views since I switched to Wordpress last year is now over 20,000. Total spam blocked now over 11,000 and growing. My most popular post concerns traffic fines in Italy, with over 1,700 views.I know I write about a range of subjects, but really I just waffle on about things that … [Read more...]
In you need to use Italian, you might find this site useful.
July 27, 2007 By Leave a Comment
My written Italian is not that wonderful, (it is getting better, but it is not yet perfect...) and I tend to have problems remembering certain Italian verb conjugations. This means that I find this site is very handy indeed: http://italianverbs.googlepages.com/index.htmIt has become one of my … [Read more...]
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