Well, yes, or sort of... I hope...

Epipheo does prove to provide epiphany...

See what Epipheo's YouTube Channel and Nicholas Carr have to say about overusing the media of their very message...

Happy Birthday, Leaplings!

Ever wondered why Leap Day babies have to wait 1460 days for the next birthday cake?

Frustrating as it might seem, leaplings (Leap Day babies) are rather lucky - they are exceptional by birth!

(And exceptionally patient.)

Here is a marvellous video by Epipheo which explains why we have this extra day every four years:

And also... 

For the eager brides-to-be... Now is the time to seize your chance! If he's been procrastinating for far too long, that's the day you could make your dreams come true! 

And he will have no way out! 

Or will get away with twelve pairs of gloves ... 

Read about this amusing tradition here.

The NOT-Thursday Song Lesson: Being Great Is Not Always the Same as Being Faultless

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The THURSDAY morning SONG Lesson: Prepositions in ABBA's "Eagle"

Here is the video with the lyrics of the song.
All the prepositions have been deleted.
Listen carefully and try to remember what preposition was used in each case, then open the test below and fill them in.



And here is the QUIZLET test in a PDF file:

Remember: the French Connection...

Well, it is not about the film this time...
Neither is it about the brand...
Rather, the connection between these beautifully sounding English words is... (just as beautifully) French!

This amazingly amusing video by mental_floss says it all!

Inverted Emphatic Structures

А lesson that will give you a chance to practice the inverted emphatic structures.
Here is a glimpse of what it is all about first ...



Now, open the video lesson and answer the questions...

The Thursday MOURNING Song

This time, unfortunately, it is a MOURNING rather than a morning song.

David Bowie - a man of many faces, an aritst with limitless means of expression, a soul constantly searchig - left earlier this week.

Here is a song of his, a song about the neverending quest for the truthful self.

No language questions this time - the question is already there, in the simplicity of language.

 Keep on, Mr Bowie!

The Man Who Sold The World" We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend Which came as some surprise I spoke into his eyes I thought you died alone, a long long time ago Oh no, not me I never lost control You're face to face With The Man Who Sold The World I laughed and shook his hand, and made my way back home I searched for form and land, for years and years I roamed I gazed a gazely stare at all the millions here We must have died alone, a long long time ago Who knows? not me We never lost control You're face to face With the Man who Sold the World

From GENIUS.com: “…When asked about the meaning of the song, Bowie commented: I guess I wrote it because there was a part of myself that I was looking for. Maybe now that I feel more comfortable with the way that I live my life and my mental state (laughs) and my spiritual state whatever, maybe I feel there’s some kind of unity now. That song for me always exemplified kind of how you feel when you’re young, when you know that there’s a piece of yourself that you haven’t really put together yet. You have this great searching, this great need to find out who you really are."