Expatriate, not Ex-Patriot. Adam in Berlin. elmada.com
It’s always surprising to me how the little of things can sometimes throw me off. Take, for example, the Weimar Office. Now I know that I bitched earlier this year, threatening to find a new Weimar Office because the incumbent was having a bad patch. Ultimately I discovered that Weimar lacks decent competition—at least competition [...]
Some of you might remember when became annoyed my regular “Weimar Office” and declared the search for a new “Weimar Office” open. Unfortunately I have yet to find an adequate replacement. The key criteria for my search is the ability to work indoors since I am unwilling to work on my computer outside in the [...]
Honestly, if I woke up tomorrow and there was a half-meter of snow on the ground, I would be sad, but I would have no cause for complaint because this weekend was wonderful. The weather could not have been better and everything I did went swimmingly well and was excessively enjoyable. Quite frankly, it was [...]
I should probably be getting back to finishing my current work project—a deadline is looming tomorrow—but instead I need a few minutes to decompress. My first load of laundry is in the dryer (I need what’s in it tonight), the second (of three) load is in the washer, and I am tired from climbing up [...]
Cathy, as promised, popped over tonight—it was absolutely fantastic seeing her—a much needed break from the constant stress of moving. I’d spent the morning working at the Weimar Office—I had an unexpected project dropped in my lap yesterday and I was told it would be easy. Much to my surprise it took me over three [...]
Now I realize that I could pontificate about that major event happening tomorrow, but I figure that all of my eligible readers have either already played their part, or will play their part—and they know who to vote for. Instead I am going to talk about the weather. It’s been foggy these last few days, [...]
Today I broke my pattern and instead of going directly to and from the Weimar Office, I wandered through town after Coffee and Cake. It was no surprise to me when I found the most recent permutation of Weimar’s never ending Goethe and Schiller worship: The Cookie Cutters. No longer is it suffice to buy [...]
The problem with my real office is that there are at least two distractions that prevent me from getting work done: the Internet and my colleagues. Unlike, say, the Weimar Office, where there is no WLAN (so I cannot surf) and there is a friendly staff of baristas who bring me excellent coffee and nice [...]
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