Life really isn’t too short to learn German. Here’s how you can do it without stepping foot in Deutschland!

9 Tried-and-True Tips to Finding the Right Foreign Language Tutor for You
If you’ve bravely chosen to undertake a foreign language by yourself, no matter where you live, “immersion” environment or not, you should have a (preferably bilingual) language tutor to guide you. Trust me.

If you don’t like “Emo Spidey,” you don’t *actually* like Spider-Man. Fight me.
Here it is, finally: my testament of love to (and defense of) Spider-Man 3. You know what this is about. Just dig right in.

8 Practical Tips for Adults Who Think They Can’t Learn a Foreign Language
from a Professional Teacher/Student. .. Most adults, especially in the Anglo-sphere, do not believe they can learn a second language. In my humble opinion, this is absolutely a bunch of baloney! You, an adult, can totally learn another language – and here’s how.

How good is your relationship? Find out now by asking yourself this one simple question.
Is your relationship on a high or on a low? Want an easy way to figure it out? Check my fool-proof method for figuring out just how ladeedah-lovely things are going with you and your s/o by asking yourself one little simple question… then tell me just how spot on my method is 😉

From the Vault: Why “E.T.” is a Terrible Movie I Will Only Watch Again If Shots Are Involved
I first watched E.T. as a kid and I didn’t really remember it well when I found out that the school I was then teaching at was going to show it in class. Even as a child, I didn’t care much for the film but just like most people in the word, I know what happens. What I didn’t know when I rewatched it was that it was absolute, flaming garbage. And here’s why.

7 Actually Good (and Cheap) Skincare Rituals for Rosacea-Prone Skin
Have you spent too much money trying to find the right skincare products? Got rosacea?? Fell for ProActiv and whatever 3-step, 4-step acne/sensitive skin/ perfect skin product line and still had the same damn problems?? Same. But I think now I’ve got the right *formula* and am no longer falling for advertising tricks or dropping hundreds a year…

New Rules: A Bunch of Original One-Liners That Get Me Through
If you’ve heard Dua Lipa’s “New Rules” (if not, click and listen and wow at the video) then you’ll get the gist of this post: I’ve got a lot of stock-piled advice I’ve written for myself over the years and turned back to whenever I was in doubt, feeling down, or sad, lonely, ‘n heartbroken. They’re pieces…

Good Music You Missed Because You Were Too Busy Hating (Pt.1)
I have a reputation for liking things that most people have collective strong negative feelings towards – notably, Spiderman 3 (the one with Tobey Maguire) and the Star Wars prequels (Episode III is my fave, come at me!). This extends to music as well, and I bop to whatever puts me in the right mood, regardless of who’s…

7 New Definitions for Your Misleading Expressions of Time
Nothing ruins plans with friends than relying on your friend’s subjective and wishy-washy definitions of crucial time expressions – “I’m on the way!” they say, but they really mean that they’re just getting out of the shower; “Almost there!” they text, only to show up twenty or thirty minutes later; “About to leave!” they reassure the…