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No putrid excuses!

Just recently I posted one of the “Mach’s Mit” advertisements that encourage youngsters to engage in safe sex. Little did it occur to me that I would have reason to revisit the subject so quickly.

I was driven bananas.

It started last Saturday when I stopped by the Tegut grocery store in Jena’s Goethe Gallery. […]

It’s almost midnight

…and I just got home.

That means two days in a row of sucky blog entries.

Tonight was fun though–I went out to dinner with colleagues to Jena’s vegetarian restaurant, Zapata’s. I had a nice mushroom risotto and two hefeweißen.

Bedtime…

Today and Blogs

After a somewhat interesting and debatable presentation, I was glad to return to Weimar this evening.

I recommend everybody stop by “Tragically Hip or Closet Spinster?“–the new, more public, blog by Koko. I also recommend stopping by Barista Anki’s blog whilst she has escaped Weimar for Chicago–allerlandenlos, or, for those of you lacking appropriate German, […]

Weather / Wetter

For about the past week, Weimar has been unseasonably cold.

Right now it’s 13° out, with “gefühlt” of 11°C, or 51.8°F. Admittedly it’s 8pm and one expects it to cool off in the evening, but today’s high was forecast to be 18/64, with scattered showers (and there have been). Unfortunately today’s pretty much the nicest […]

Stupid Sunday

Today’s been a thrilling day—five loads of laundry, and I still have more to do. Don’t ask why I have so much to do, but seriously, most of it is not from my daily wear.

In the odd link department, I want to recommend “Stupid Porn,” (It should go, without saying, NSFW!) a website dedicated […]

Jena Today

This morning I headed over to Jena to meet some people from Armenia. It was a splendid meeting and I am still excited about my upcoming trip. The culture shock is going to be incredible though.

On my way back to the train station I managed to notice a vegetarian restaurant which prompted me to […]

Thanks for upholding the law!

Principal John Schalk Carmody Middle School 2050 S. Kipling Street Lakewood, CO 80227

Dear Principal Schalk,

As an American living in a foreign country, I felt compelled to write to you after hearing that you have successfully scared that seditious “teacher” Eric Hamlin out of your school.

It is most unfortunate that such a left […]

Photo Friday: Circle

The pivot irrigation circle is best seen from above.

Photo Friday Entry (#108) | elmada.com Home

Historic Weimar

During my recent stay in the States, I chanced upon a book written in 1929 by one E. M. Newman entitled “Seeing Germany.” The book was one in a series of books by the same author, including “Seeing Italy,” “Seeing Russia,” and “Seeing Egypt and the Holy Land.” (Implicitly there are other books as well.)

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domestic elections

In case you haven’t noticed, I have pretty much sworn off ever voting for a Republican again. George W. Bush and his friends have managed to screw up America more than I ever could have imagined possible.

This stands in direct contrast to a rule I once had that I could not vote a straight […]