Category Archives: comedy

12 days of christmas

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

the 12 days of christmas is a popular holiday song. the tradition of celebrating the 12 days of christmas by giving gifts or otherwise, is not  common today though, and the list of the presents that the song mentions are … Continue reading →

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free english classes on facebook

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

free english classes are back! richyrocks english live on facebook my on-line classes are funny & fun.  they feature a chat with global participation and focus on vocabulary building and listening. check them out every friday on ustream or facebook.

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introducing dialogue with like or go

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

on one of my ustreams at the end of last year, we discussed a conversation between louis c.k. and conan o’brien about the tendency of modern humans to take technology for granted.  from the conan o’brien interview c.k. uses like … Continue reading →

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iowa caucus 2012

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

the iowa caucus is tonight.  it’s the first step on the way to determining who will be president barack obama’s opponenet in this year’s presidential election.  each individual u.s. state will have an election to vote for the republican candidate … Continue reading →

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republican candidate 2012

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

the iowa caucus is tuesday.  it is the first official step to determining who will be the republican candidate facing barack obama in the 2012 presidential election. politicians have been visiting my homestate excessively to compete for the support of … Continue reading →

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grant us peace

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

grant as a verb means fulfilling a request or wish.  you can see an example from an old heinz marketing campaign here there is another example in my latest youtube vid on my free english class on facebook last week, we analyzed … Continue reading →

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gina gershon

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

recently in a class we had a discussion about american actors doing british accents in movies. gina gershon in the unheralded movie kettle of fish, gina gershon is a british scientist who comes to new york to study the sexual … Continue reading →

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lol

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

lol, rofl and lmao are abbreviations usually used in written digital communication. they are used to say that something is funny. my latest video provides examples. A lol laughing out loud lmfao:this  hip-hop duo is one of the hottest musical acts … Continue reading →

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dumped

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

charlie sheen has recently provided english learners with good examples of how to use the word dump which means get rid of and is frequently used to explain who initiates the end of a relationship. a few weeks ago sheen … Continue reading →

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gritty

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

a couple weeks ago in a class a student asked me what the opposite of gutless is (it’s not gutful).  gutsy is the direct opposite.  gritty is widely used as well and means tough, brave and with a will to follow … Continue reading →

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