Random

• Want to learn Mandarin? Free online Chinese lessons courtesy of Heriot-Watt University.

• IVP, the company which publishes more titles on my reading list than any other single publisher, is having a 40% off sale @ ivpress.com this week. Use coupon code SOC-2 to get the discount.

• A Blue Parakeet is not published by IVP but it's a great book and there is now a free study guide.

• "An ancient runway for flying reptiles called pterosaurs has been found in France, say researchers writing in a Royal Society journal." ~ link

• I'm going to sleep in my own bed tonight -- first time since beginning of June. Good night!