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What? You forgot to wear a costume? Just
kidding! You can wear anything you want to my party--even your pajamas! So,
this is a picture of me. Oh, but this isn't my cat. I do have a cat.
(Let's hope my landlady never visits this web site.) My cat is gray and has six toes
on every paw. I spend my free time working on this web site, reading, writing
poetry, watching documentaries, and hanging out with my friends at local bars and parties.
(My favorite drink is Maker's Mark on the rocks.) I also enjoy cooking and
traveling. |
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| Okay, here's another picture
of me; I'm not wearing a mask in this one. Let me
tell you a little bit about the idea behind PartyLand. I started working on the site
in Spring of 1998. I didn't have a ton of computer experience, but I had a decent
foundation. I had been surfing around the web for some time. Like other ESL
teachers, I wanted to create a place for students and teachers that was highly
interactive. I also wanted my site to give people something they could use
immediately. Karin's ESL PartyLand has quizzes, lessons, and lots of opportunity to
talk to people around the world. |
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Karin in Sonoma
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| Well, I'd love to show you around and
introduce you to some of the guests at the party. |
Steve in Peru |
Here's a picture of my brother Steve. He gets to
work in exotic places all over the world. He's into science, history, and
business. He likes traveling, cooking, and having a great time. As always,
he's a welcome guest at any party I may throw. |
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Oh, there's my my good friend Ken
Nash. I met Ken in Prague about seven years ago. We were both writing
voraciously and living dangerously. Ken is a cartoonist and graphic designer.
He did all of the original graphics for PartyLand. Ken lives in San Francisco
too. Much of his cartoon work centers on travel. You can see some of it at www.nashken.com.
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Ken in Turkey
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Karl in Puerto Rico
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And here's Karl Graham.
Karl, like me, lives in the sunny Mission district in San Francisco. He received his
MATESOL in 1995, and he taught in Puerto Rico for over two years. Karl helped with
this web site by giving advice, direction, and support. Karl likes to listen to
international music, cook, travel, study languages, and play guitar.
You can e-mail Karl at karl@eslpartyland.com
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| My flatmate's name is Leslie
Kelly. Leslie spends her time working, raising a four-year old, and not sacrificing
her social life. She's into music, literature, and film. In fact, Leslie has a
film degree, which means she took a lot of PartyLand's original photographs. |
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Kristy in Ecuador |
This is Kristy Seigfried. Kristy lives in Noe Valley
in San Francisco. Kristy's originally from Oxford, England. She has helped
write quizzes for the Quiz Center. |
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| This is a picture of Austen, Leslie's four-year old.
This picture was taken on a trip to Paris. Not surprisingly, Austen says things
like, "Karin, did you know that airplanes don't have windshields?" |
Austen in Paris
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| And here are some more friends and family: |
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There's my good friend Kath Stanton, who moved back to England last
year. (I'm coming to visit soon, I promise.) On top of being an all-around
great person, Kath is a lot of fun at parties. Kath has written a worldwide
guidebook on cybercafes. She and her husband, Steve Pierce, have a web site called traveltales.com. |
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This is a picture of me and
my father at his 60th birthday party. I'm originally from New York. This
picture was taken in the kitchen of my grandmother's house in Astoria, Queens. It's
the same house I remember from childhood. |
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| And here's a picture of my
mother, my grandmother, my cousin Janice and my Aunt Mary. |
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There are several
other people I would like to mention and thank. Vladimir (why can't I remember your
last name?), a former student of mine, came over, fixed my display settings and found both
my modem and soundcard after the Big Crash of '98. (If you ever find this site
Vladimir, you had better e-mail me.) Charles Bartels, my old college roommate from
Berkeley, has talked me through many computer mini-dramas. He even came up
from the South Bay to do immediate damage control during the Big Crash. And Mark
Jackson spent hours trying to find me a chat room and was very kind as a software
consultant.
And many thanks to John Erskin of John's
ESL/EFL Resources for getting this page to look like it should in all browsers.
Thank you for reading this far. Now use
the buttons below to start enjoying the party. |
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You can e-mail Karin at karin@eslpartyland.com |
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