Buon Natale a te e alla tua famiglia!

Merry Christmas to you too!

My kids are right on that borderline. They go nuts, but they are already more interested in Switch games and give cards to the Switch eshop. I may be in the same boat as you before I know it, and I'm sure

And to you!

Very nice! Days without snow are pretty normal for this side of the country. But still none over there?

Thank you! Hope yours was good too!

Absolutely! Whenever I have to do give a speech, or even teach a larger than usual class, and I'm feeling nervous, I think of Steve Martin's fake uber-confidence and I do the same. !BBH

It's pretty crazy. But most of it is ignored today. About the only thing that is paid any attention to is when you turn 60 and your animal-element year comes again, that is considered the start of your

I agree!

haha exactly!

Yep, exactly the same. The Japanese basically imported the Chinese system. I think the Koreans did as well. Back when arranged marriages were more of a thing in Japan than they are today, the animal and

Agreed — a very beautiful coin!

No, dude, you said it well. There are so many problems here. And yeah, when LEO goes out and does their onboarding, the few people they do get to stick are the scammers. I've said it again and again over

Now, if I can just figure out how to push that 30% to 35%. That's the challenge, eh? I think I could honestly say the same about myself. Just to flip it and try to look at this positively, at least this

Like you, I love physical books. There is nothing like sitting in an easy chair and reading from one. They are also great for studying, with the easy ability to highlight or write in the margins and flip

Totally. Pacing is half of good speaking, so a good tongue twister will definitely be designed to encourage that.

And that's the secret to learning to do it well — practice slowly until your mouth learns to enunciate the sounds separately, then speed up. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain is a classic. But

haha I know, right? You don't realize how tricky those words can be until they are presented back to back like this.

haha I hear you. The trick for learning how to fully enunciate it is mainly slow down so that you can hit each syllable on its own without risking it blending with the next. Also OVER emphasize each one.

Well done 😃