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Friday: Work, Nap, Read, Download, Buffy
Saturday: TAR, Leipzig, Download, TAR
I will expand on Leipzig tomorrow, but here is a brief summary: Leipzig is the best city I have visited in Germany so far, hands down. It is most unfortunate that the Leipzig 2012 Olympics bid was derailed because I think this city has […]
it’s overcast, cool, and threatening to rain…
is this really a good friday?
Awhile back my sister sent me a notepad that she’d come across.
The notepad promoted the Wyoming Department of Workforce Service (a fancy name for “Labor” I suspect), proclaiming that they “link human and economic development for Wyoming’s future.”
Across the bottom of the pages they had four separate rotating factoids to consider as one […]
Scheiße!
Originally uploaded by elmada.
It’s taken me a long while, but during my walk last Sunday, I encountered a second area in which the United States of America is, on average, better than Europe.
Dog Shit.
Yup, there is a marked difference between the United States and Europe on this count. In […]
“I can’t defend castration, whether it’s malicious or, you know, festive.”
Savage Love, 11 April 2006
I often wonder what makes one particular city more livable than another—and what makes a city world class.
For a long time, I’ve kept a short list of five six US cities that I felt were as good as London, Prague, Budapest, and Madrid:
New York City San Francisco Chicago Boston Miami New Orleans (Reflecting […]
Awhile back I joined Naughtybids.Com just so that I could see some listings of what was for sale.
Consequently, I still get updates from Naughtybids regarding their policies. Considering the hottest topic on my blog in recent weeks, I thought that the following memo might be of interest.
Based on user comments we feel that […]
Three Wishes…
Originally uploaded by elmada.
Blue Jeans: Last night I went to Jena to celebrate a colleague’s birthday. He had a party at his flat which overlooks the Jena West-Weimar train tracks. Upon arrival at the party, another colleague noticed something across the room, so she decided to point it out.
“Adam! […]
Just a random observation: Since moving to Germany I have taken more taxis than I took in my entire life prior to moving to Germany.
It’s 6,50€ (tip included) from the Weimar Bahnhof to home.
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Originally uploaded by KakeLP.
At first glance one would think that I like a wide variety of food—and in fact, I do.
But I get into food ruts, and my rut of the month is creamed spinach.
Spinach is one of those foods I really love, but rarely buy. A few weeks […]
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TQE : That Queer Expatriate I'm an American living in Berlin, Germany -- which makes me an expatriate, not an ex-patriot. Before landing in Germany, I've lived in Denver, Colorado; Laramie, Wyoming; Bloomington, Indiana; and Weimar, Germany. If you want to write to me, feel free! The username is elmadaeu on the gmail.com service.
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