Expatriate, not Ex-Patriot. Adam in Berlin. elmada.com
A month or two ago Google Reader introduced the “like” feature, which lets you identify news stories and blog posts that you find interesting and to share that information with the world. Unfortunately it leads to moments like this which are, I think, a bit inappropriate. I hope that nobody “likes” the fact that the [...]
Via the BBC / In light of the recent discussion: Social workers in the Netherlands have taken legal action to try to stop a 13-year-old girl from sailing around the world on her own. They want Laura Dekker to be made a ward of court, so that her parents, who support her plans, temporarily lose [...]
I have to admit it: I’m addicted to the Internet—and the current version is even better than the one that I first started exploring back in the mid 1990s. My first web browser, for the record, was Netscape. If you remember the version with the throbbing N, that’s the first one I ever used. Today [...]
I am forecasting unprecedented tsunami of uninteresting news over the next 24 hours. Accordingly I will not be reading or listening to any news between 16:00 CET on Tuesday and 16:00 CET on Wednesday—which should, because of evening plans, actually be much later. Somebody SMS me if real legitimate news happens.
It’s great to be in Bloomington. I had lunch today with a couple friends at Wee Willies (as good as I remember), and then I struck out alone for dinner at Greek’s Pizza (I think its fall from grace is complete—the pizza is not as good as it used to be). I also picked up [...]
Judging by the cover of yesterday’s Bild, one would think that Germany is ready for Michelle Obama to be first lady. It’s not difficult German, but for those of you unable to translate “So sexy ist die neue First Lady”, let me provide a quick and dirty translation: “How sexy is the new First Lady”! [...]
Apparently it’s bad not to believe in God. Maybe that’s not bad, but telling other people it’s ok to not believe in God is problematic. I first realized this back in November when I read about a piece about a billboard in Denver that read, “Don’t believe in God? You are not alone.” Eight simple [...]
It appears that a suspect fleeing police in Phoenix is going to face criminal charges because four people in two helicopters died when the helicopters collided. Only in America. Without any disrespect to the deceased, I have to say that the accident in the skies above Phoenix yesterday was a long time coming: two helicopters [...]
Accepting Gay Identity, and Gaining Strength, April 1, 2007 Kids have it easy today–and it is way cool! He feared his parents knew the truth about him. He knew that his father had typed in a Google search starting with “g,” and several other recent “g” searches had popped up, including “gay.” “They asked me, [...]
Here in London, much of the news about Beckham going to America focuses on two things: (1) How much money is involved; and (2) How Beckham going to America will transform soccer making it popular in America. My responses: (1) Good for Beckham’s bank account, bad investment by the owners of the LA Galaxy (is [...]
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