Learning Italian

I’m most likely traveling to Europe in the later spring and I’ve decided that I will learn Italian so that I can at least be conversationally fluent 95% of the time that I’ll be in Italy.

Inspired by Timothy Ferriss’s work on language learning I have a few months to get myself in verbal shape.
I have [...]

Vagabonding – Month 1 – Atlanta

I have hit the road.
After a month of deliberation and semi-planning I took off from Maine.  I landed in Atlanta December 8th after a few tribulations – losing my wallet, missing my flight, losing my book (on vagabonding) – and immediately headed out dancing.  A great relief.
My plan to travel has been spurred by many [...]

Slacker – A Definition

Reader’s Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary c. 1966
One who shirks his duties or avoids military service in wartime; shirker.
Wikipedia

The term slacker is commonly used to refer to a person who avoids work (especially British English), or (primarily in North American English) an educated person who is antimaterialistic and viewed as an underachiever.
So while I am not [...]

Laziness – My Gift

Recently I have been devouring Timothy Ferriss’s book (in audiobook format) the 4 Hour Workweek.  It’s fantastic.  I could rave about it for a while, but I’ll leave it at that and get to the point.
I have always been lazy.  I prefer to do the minimum required but I do it exceptionally well.  For many [...]