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You coach someone to break out of their comfort zone and they reward you with books on top of your paycheck
Ideal movie for this sultry 18th of July :: Glory, one of the best anti-racists movies out there
Belgian goodies for my best friends in Slovakia
Confessions In Letters To My Son
Born in the end times :: Letters to my son
Protected: A new constitution. Operation Bagration. In force since the 6th of June. Many steps in the right direction. Haven’t felt this determined since my early twenties
Protected: 40 rules for private teaching
And the biggest coward is… Bernie Sanders
Protected: Wanna hear a funny story? Am too old and too wise to accept bullshit like this
Two summers :: Slow burn drama is quite suspenseful and raises some ethical questions. Series worth watching. Series to learn Dutch
Dehumanizing US rat race breeds killers
It’s official. The US is a third world country
Books & Music, Transformative Confessions
Berlin 1945, Das Ende, Antony Beevor. Books to understand the world
Kurz holandčiny Bratislava. Sukromne hodiny holandčiny. Citajte si referencie
You can’t make this shit up: Russia says it wants to make Mariupol into a ‘resort’ city… After destroying its significant industrial value…
Protected: The Kinzhal Doctrine :: Rules to thrive in a world full of…
Protected: 3 things I learned about Ukraine talking to Uljana, a Ukrainian refugee I met in a park
Protected: A world view. Rant written on the plane to Belgium
This brilliant Adidas ad should never be banned
My new favorite pizza restaurant in Bratislava + weekly board game ritual
Protected: Coolest thing that happened to me last week :: Ukrainian girl tells me her life’s story in a park in Bratislava
Some of the best students of Dutch in Slovakia
Super interesting, especially for therapists. Watch “Amber Heard Has Personality Disorder Claims Expert Witness In Johnny Depp Trial” on YouTube
What US Media Covers Up About French Election. For example… who came in third?
Stuff I bring with me to Slovakia from Belgium. My favorite brand of chocolate. Most of these bars will go to my students
Told my German teacher about my strange way to learn Spanish. Arrived in Slovakia today and found this in the mail
Day 60 of the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia never had enough foot soldiers to win in Ukraine and now they have even fewer men. Chances of winning in the short term? None. Unless Ukraine’s morale collapses, but that’s not going to happen
It’s a turkey shoot. Nine Russian generals killed in Ukraine in a mere two months. What’s causing this? And are the Ukrainians doing the Russians a favor?
Belgium, Our Toxic Culture Confessions
Fatal hazing trial in Belgium :: 18 Reuzegom students who tortured Sanda Dia to death seek to avoid all responsibility. They’re insinuating the victim abused himself by ingesting lots of salty fish sauce.
Culture, Restaurants, Exploration
Belgian singer Arno dead at 72. Here’s my favorite song by Arno – Vive Ma Liberté
The Chris Hedges Report: Ukraine and the ‘worthy’ and ‘unworthy’ victims of war
Some of the things am taking with me from Belgium to Slovakia :: Thorgal
One of my quirks :: Reading books about the American Civil War in any language I can reasonably manage
A little gem of a movie :: Language lessons by director Natalie Morales
US weapons, European supplicants block peace in Ukraine according to Richard Sakwa
The Deeper Reason For Current World Events by Lee Camp
How do donated weapons get into Ukraine?
Russian operation becoming farcical. Latest setback involves losing Black Sea fleet flagship cruiser Moskva… Another humiliating blow for the Russian military. Threat of nuclear weapons rises
Dave Smith Explains the War in Yemen. Calls Obama a war criminal
Protected: Lending books to people who didn’t do anything todeserve them
Culture, Restaurants, Exploration, Our Toxic Culture Confessions
My, not two, but eleven cents on the Will Smith macho meltdown slapping incident. Namely his physically assaulting Chris Rock and getting a standing ovation minutes later from a crowd the whole world looks up to…
Help for Ukrainians in Slovakia
Eastern Europe, Slovak Confessions
Ukrainians, learn Slovak in Bratislava. Slovak course with a passionate teacher
Watch “Video: Will Smith Mocked Alopecia Victim On Television” on YouTube
Best take. Russell Brand Reacts To Will Smith Slap
Healing my spirit doesn’t go together well with studying war. Thinking human life was ‘war’ made my life into more of a struggle than it needed to be
A wonderful conversation with Peter Crone that resonated with me
health, food, nutrition, exercising, daily habits
If all I want to eat is pasta or bread then I don’t need food, but something else
Our Toxic Culture Confessions, relationships
Toxic relationships with other people indicate a toxic relationship with yourself
health, food, nutrition, exercising, daily habits
The Confessor 