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Elaine and I have been in Dhaka for ten years. Perhaps it is time to recruit. This week’s Leon Says features my recruitment video. Enjoy!

I was so excited to apply to become an Apple Distinguished Educator. I got to work on a creative intro to my 2 minute video application. Turns out, teachers from Bangladesh are not allowed to apply. So sad!

In this first episode of “Leon Says” Leon talks about his youthful folly of eating entire packages of bacon at a time.  He was also known to eat a dozen donuts at a sitting.  The consequences of these actions would become very clear on a vacation to Thailand.

In this episode of Leon Says, find out how to  make your laptop and camera into a complete TV Studio. You will also learn about the Hubble Deep Space probe. The probe revealed the vast number of galaxies in our universe. Our universe, is probably not the only one. We most likely live in a multiverse. It puts perspective on things.

How do get more hits on Google?  Be rude of course. This is an interesting tale of an individual who was so rude and received so many complaints, that his website shot up on the Google search page.

Taylor Mali is the special guest of this episode of Leon Says. He is a professional poet and has won the U.S. National Poetry Slam four times. Known for being a great poet and performer, he is also an excellent teacher. It was such a privilege to get to know him a little bit, see him perform and teach, and to be inspired by him. A more engaging, interesting and gregarious individual I’ve not met. What a treat it has been to spend time with Taylor. I hope you enjoy this little interview with him.

Superfreakonomics has a very interesting chapter on the research of Keith Chen on Capuchin Monkeys.  He tries to teach them the value of a dollar!

Some fascinating studies shed light on how important our brains are in healing. As a chronic pain sufferer tells you in this second installment of Leon Says.  You can now subscribe to “Leon Says” at the iTunes store.