The Maple Leaf Rag

It's been a while since I have updated my blog. It didn't seem to me that I had been that busy but maybe I was, or maybe I was busy doing nothing!

As I am writing this, my latest video is being uploaded to the Youtube site.  In a few moments it will be ready for prime time. This time it is about saying hi and saying goodbye. Hope you like it!

I was planning a video on puns but didn't get to it this time. I have tomorrow off and I might do it then. I'll have to brush up on my puns before I start recording. Usually I do the videos 'ad lib', which is Latin for 'freely'. It means that there is no script and I say anything that comes into my mind about the topic. Not the best way to get a point across but it does make them easier to write!

One thing I forgot to mention in the Audio links blog that  I put up last week is this: if you download a book to listen to, you should get the same book from the library and follow along with the reader. That way you can listen and learn at the same time!

Enjoy the video! Let me know if you hate it or like it. 

YABTYTYA!

 I received a wonderful message the other day from a young reader. She had made a comment on my music and I wrote back and said 'Thanks'!

Here is her note:

I can see u are like a "Big Father" in here. Just want to help others. that´s really nice.
I am pleased that I have pleased u :0) simply said :0)
have a nice day

I smiled and wrote to her that her words were appreciated and that I would use them in a blog. Well, here is that blog. Thanks my friend!

After yesterday's trials I didn't feel like making a video today. I started two of them, one on computers and another one on different greetings in English but neither one made it past 'the cutting room floor'. 

Instead, I'm offering some links to FREE AUDIO BOOKS! Remember when I told you about Moby Dick? Yeah? Ok, so you don't. Anyway you can download it from here:

http://www.oculture.com/2006/10/audio_book_podc.html

Ok, so it's 600 megabytes but it's a great novel. There are lots of other free books on that site. Just download them, load them onto your mp3 player and listen while you walk, jog, eat or sleep. You will be wiser and  you  will learn English faster this way.

Here is another link:

http://librivox.org/ 

 Here's a tip. If you click on a link to one of these books and you come to a page that has a Quicktime logo on it, and the book starts loading to play inside your browser (Explorer or Firefox but we all use Firefox RIGHT!), hit the back button and right click the link. Choose 'save link as' and then save the mp2 to your computer. Then it will download and you can listen to it at your leisure and also load it to your mp3 player. 

Remember that if you have problems with a link or problems downloading things, send me a message. I'll help you out.

Finally, because of copyright restrictions, most books that are free online were written before 1923. Some new books are available however so keep searching. 

If someone finds a link to a different site that seems cool, please send me  message. I will post the link here. 

Good luck! YBTYTYA!