Sunday, October 31, 2010

music today

You say Lady Gaga, I say Nirvana.

You say Hannah Montana, I say Green Day.

You say Owl City, I say Linkin Park.

You say Jonas Brothers, I say Aerosmith.

You say Justin Bieber, I say Queen.

You say Taylor Swift, I say Guns & Roses.

95% of teens these days listen to the same formulaic, crappy pop over and over again.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Esperanto


he idea of Esperanto is: the foundation of a neutral language will help break down barriers between people and help everyone see each other as neighbors. [L. Zamenhof, 1912] As an ordinary speaker of Esperanto, you don't often think about the "foundation of a neutral language" and those kinds of fancy expressions. You just enjoy having the ability to express yourself freely in conversations with people from other countries and cultures.In the beginning, it was called Lingvo Internacia - the international language. When Zamenhof introduced the language, he used the name Dr. Esperanto (it means 'doctor who hopes'). Some people started to call it "the language of Dr. Esperanto", which was eventually shortened to just "Esperanto", which is the most common name today.