Today I got the following email. Wow, first David Warlick quotes a complete comment of mine, then this! OOojh! I’d better get some new pajamas for when the media arrive….

I just wanted to let you know that I’ve created a new category at http://esl.about.com dedicated to ESL / EFL blogs and have included your site at http://esl.about.com/od/esleflblogs. I hope this can send a little traffic your way. I’ve been following your blog through my trusty RSS feed and find it very informative and insightful.

 If you’d like to link back to http://esl.about.com – or any of the sub-categories such as lesson plans at http://esl.about.com/od/englishlessonplans/ or teaching English at http://esl.about.com/od/teachingenglish/, I’d appreciate it.

 Best of luck with your blog and thanks for bringing your voice to the Internet.

Best regards,

The site apparently belongs to the New York Times…It seems pretty comprehensive, and I will be browsing around during these last few days of the New Year’s holidays here in Japan (classes don’t start till the 10th), and while my car is having its MOT called “sha-ken” in the vernacular (that’s “sha” as in “shat”, not stirred)