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I’ve been feeling lackluster about doing extensive writing.

Watch, now that I’ve typed that sentence, this is going to be an enormous blog entry, covering all kinds of interesting stuff—some of it shocking.

Take, for instance, the news about a 22 year old British guy sticking a fire-cracker up his ass to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day (via Father Bear)—I mean that really is a bang-up way to celebrate—although, seriously, if you want to stroke your prostate, I imagine there are better ways to do it that won’t scorch your colon.

In other random thoughts, I’ve been doing a fair amount of reading about South Africa in the past week (I picked up the Footprint guide to South Africa), and I was stunned to realize that South Africa only implemented apartheid in 1948. I’d assumed it was a set of policies implemented during Dutch and British rule of the land—although I presume that the racist attitudes were something that originated with foreign domination of the natives, not in 1948. I also learned, quite recently, that there are penguins swimming around the shores of South Africa.

Right now I am wavering between two weekend break options: an adventure to meet other American Expatriate Bloggers in Bonn next weekend or a trip up to Berlin right after Thanksgiving in two weeks to… well, go dancing, shopping for used underwear, and/or other activities. The cost in €uros is about the same – and both are emotionally satisfying in different ways. There is one outside question I need answered before I make a commitment one way or another. A third option will be going to Leipzig overnight, and in the worst case scenario, I stay put until my next big trip during the holidays.

As for Photo Friday this week—the theme is gross, and I don’t have any photos that I’m willing to share in this category.

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