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Dec12022 by cleasaalNo Comments
De la ciencia ficción a la ciencia (y de regreso)

De la ciencia ficción a la ciencia (y de regreso)

Libros en español - otros
  Título: De la ciencia ficción a la ciencia (y de regreso) Autora: Clea Saal Fecha de publicación: 22 de septiembre de 2022 Genro: ensayos, ciencia y cicncia ficción Formato: Tapa blanda/libro electrónico No. de páginas: 256 ISBN:979-8848647815 Precio: $12.95 (tapa blanda) $8.85 (Kindle eBook) Disponible también en inglés 1. Un lugar extraño La mente de un escritor de ciencia ficción es un lugar extraño. Tiende a acumular cantidades ridículas de información procedente de las fuentes más diversas, y se divierte reacomodándola en los patrones más raros e inusuales, proporcionando el hilo conductual para hilvanar las piezas y convertirlas en algo que resulte una narrativa que parezca coherente. ¿Por qué? Bueno, porque si bien en la escuela nos enseñan a comparta...
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Oct122021 by cleasaalNo Comments
I am the Invisible Kind (non fiction/asexuality)

I am the Invisible Kind (non fiction/asexuality)

Front page, Non-fiction Books
  Title: I Am the Invisible Kind Author: Clea Saal Born: October 8,2021 Genre: Asexuality/Gender Issues Format: Paperback/Kindle Page count: 115 pages ISBN:‎ 979-8487410337 Price: $9.95 (paperback) $7.75 (Kindle eBook) Gay or straight? Maybe bi? Trans? These are all identities we keep hearing about on a daily basis. They are literally everywhere. We live in a world that seems to be obsessed with sex, gender, and gender identity, so we can’t even take two steps without tripping over half a dozen references to them. Maybe we are just trying to make up for lost time, as it was only a few decades ago that these words were basically taboo, ones we barely dared whisper. My, how have things changed, and for the most part I would say it has been for the better, as we try to f...
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Jun72021 by cleasaalNo Comments
Neutering Is Forever (dog care/Kindle eBook)

Neutering Is Forever (dog care/Kindle eBook)

Front page, Non-fiction Books, pets
  Title: Neutering Is Forever Author: Clea Saal Born: June 8, 2021 Genre: Dog care/personal/controversial (general) Format: Kindle eBook AISN: B0936SXJ95 Price: $4.95 1. Signs ‘The only balls your dog needs are the ones he fetches,’ so reads a sign outside a veterinary clinic. I guess they thought it was funny. This story, unfortunately, is anything but. It is the story of my best friend, whose life I basically ruined by listening to a vet who shared that casual attitude towards his physical integrity; a vet who saw dogs as a bunch of bits and pieces that could be taken out at will... who saw dogs as things that were there for humans to play with, and to be modified in any way we saw fit. (more…)
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Jan282021 by cleasaalNo Comments
Cuando las palabras estorban/Inglés para internautas (idiomas, español)

Cuando las palabras estorban/Inglés para internautas (idiomas, español)

Front page, Libros en español - otros, Uncategorized
  Título: Cuando las palabras estorban/Inglés para internautas Autor: Clea Saal Tema: estudio de los idiomas Idioma: español Formato: tapa blanda Publicado: 25 de enero de 2021 Páginas: 207 ISBN: 979-8700087896 Precio: $11.95 Nota: si el idioma que quieres aprender NO es el inglés el primero de los dos títulos que constituyen este libro está disponible como libro electrónico aquí (y si el idioma que te interesa es el inglés de todos modos te aviso que en este enlace puedes encontrar el primer capítulo del otro tomo). (more…)
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Jan282021 by cleasaal1 Comment
Cuando las palabras estorban (idiomas, eBook para Kindle, español)

Cuando las palabras estorban (idiomas, eBook para Kindle, español)

Libros en español - otros
  Título: Cuando las palabras estorban  Autor: Clea Saal Tema: estudio de los idiomas Idioma: español Formato: libro electrónico para Kindle Publicado: 26 de enero de 2021 AISN: B08V2ZRCRV  Precio: $4.95 Nota: Si el idioma que quieres estudiar es el inglés, o si prefieres una versión impresa, este libro fue publicado en un volumén doble con su contraparte Inglés para internautas, versión que puede amoldarse mejor a tus necesidades. Para leer el primer capítulo dar click aquí. (more…)
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Dec112019 by cleasaalNo Comments
Losing My Temper

Losing My Temper

Front page, Personal, pets
Yes, I know I’m not perfect, and there are things I hate about myself. One of those is the fact that at times I seem to have a hard time controlling my temper, and while on the one hand I know that is not the most uncommon of traits, the guilt I feel afterwards... well, let’s just say that it is no fun. And how does that connect to my dog? Well, because too often he is the target of that rage. Now, when I say rage I don’t mean I am beating him on a daily basis (or ever), but a couple of nights ago, for instance, after I had barely slept the night before, my boy took it upon himself to start barking like crazy in my ear about an hour after I had finally managed to fall asleep. Let’s just say that the animal in me was not amused, and barked back... loudly. (more…)
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Dec72019 by cleasaalNo Comments
The Opposite of a Ghost

The Opposite of a Ghost

A Happy Pessimist, Front page, Personal, rants
Okay, so posting this under a header of A Happy Pessimist may be stretching it more than a bit, but seeing how there is no other category in which it fits better, here it will stay. Just be forewarned that this does get kind of dark. Sorry, that’s the mood I’m in today... and with good reason. Let’s just say that life’s been kicking me hard over the past couple of months, and leave it at that, but now let’s get to the meat of this story (with my apologies to any passing vegans, of course). (more…)
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Nov282019 by cleasaalNo Comments
Where Words Come From

Where Words Come From

Front page, Learning, eLearning, and Unlearning
Words are funny things. We use them on a daily basis, and as far as we can remember they have always been there, meaning that they seem incredibly natural to us (which is, oddly enough, one of the reasons learning a foreign language feels so unnatural. I mean, what do you mean ‘dog’ is ‘perro’, that makes no sense! A dog is a dog, end of story, and breaking that association so that both words feel equally natural in our minds is all but impossible). Sure, from a rational perspective we know that is not the case. We know language makes no sense, which explains why we are stuck with so many of the blasted things, and we have all seen babies learning to talk, but words are so integral to the way we think that it is all but impossible for us to conceive a world without them... and yet language...
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Nov252019 by cleasaalNo Comments
The Leash

The Leash

Front page, Personal, pets
As you may have noticed, I love my dog to bits. In fact, if I were to be perfectly honest here, I would have to say that I can count the number of people I love as much on the fingers of one hand, and I would probably have quite a few fingers to spare. It is an uncomplicated relationship. I love him, he loves me back, end of story. (more…)
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Nov182019 by cleasaalNo Comments
Holocene or Anthropocene?

Holocene or Anthropocene?

Front page, Learning, eLearning, and Unlearning
Could we please just give geologists their scale back? I’m asking nicely. I’m also adding my two cents to the debate as to whether the Holocene has given way to the Anthropocene. Now, don’t get me wrong, I get where it is that climatologists, anthropologists, and all those other ‘ologists’ promoting the use of the Anthropocene as a name for a clearly distinct epoch are coming from. I am also incredibly frustrated due to the number of people referring to the proposed Anthropocene as a period, or even an Era. In fact that is the part that bothers me the most because it reflects a basic ignorance of how the geologic scale is supposed to work... which is why I suspect there are so many people arguing on behalf of the Anthropocene in the first place. I also won’t deny that there are some valid ...
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