My only post about the new Malcolm Gladwell book, I promise

As Lucy’s comic suggests, I’m a huge Malcolm Gladwell fan.  I could blog my thoughts on almost every chapter in his latest book, Outliers, but I’m not sure I’d be able to curb my desire to just copy the book into my blog verbatim in an attempt to expose more people to his fascinating socio-economic hypotheses, so I’ll try to keep it brief.  Here are a few points of interest from his recent writings. Convergence... Read More

Ser vs. Estar

The Spanish language has two verbs that mean "to be."  To generalize, estar is used to indicate location or a temporary state. John está en el cuarto de baño, probablemente el juego de Riesgo en su iPhone. John is in the bathroom, probably playing Risk on his iPhone. Ser is used (again, generally) when describing a more permanent state of being, such as physical attributes or personality traits. John es una locura... Read More