Chapter 3: I thought his description of projections was interesting, as well as the five stages one may go through with them. Chapter 4: He discusses complexes a bit, and ends up talking about how we have to own them. At this stage I'm thinking the… more »

Living in a hot city without air condition means you leave your windows open at night. This means sometimes you become quite aware when people are smoking outside. more »

This stunned me today. As of 2013 the average monthly per capita income in Bishkek is 15,300 soms ($255). If you average in the rest of the country, the average monthly income is 12,000 soms ($200). When I go to the bank machine here, I usually… more »

Russian has confusing noun and adjective endings (which are called ‘cases’) so I usually distribute to my second-year students a reference sheet simply entitled “The six-case sheet.” I usually do that in the summers, too, once I find a place to… more »