The ESLPod Blog (page 153)
- Life in the United States
Forget the iPhone. Check out my rPhone!
Oh, sure, you’ve heard of the iPhone, Apple’s smartphone (phones that have other functions, such as music and video players and web browsers). Millions have been sold, and it has singlehandedly (by…
- Announcements
Podcasts This Week (September 6, 2010)
ON MONDAY ESL Podcast 614 – Experiencing an Earthquake
- Jokes and Humor
You Got Punked!
Have you ever had friends or family play a trick on you? If you have, then you may have been “ punked .”
- Life in the United States
You Collect What?
A few of my RSS and Twitter feeds (messages that come to my computer) give me glimpses (quick looks) from time to time (occasionally) into life in the U.S. and around the world. Some are funny. Some…
- Life in the United States
Do You Have Future Shock?
When I think about change, I almost always think of my grandfather – or as I knew him, Grandpa. Grandpa lived almost 100 years. As he got older his eyes got worse, so he had trouble seeing, but the…
- Language & Terms
Putting Someone in Jeopardy
QUESTION: A listener, Carles, had the following question: “I’d like to know the meaning of the word “jeopardy”. I’ve heard this word in some television shows about police and crime investigation. I…
- Life in the United States
You Betcha!
I usually return at least once a year to my home state (place where I was born) of Minnesota. Although I love living in beautiful Los Angeles, California, there are things that only Minnesota can…
