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Smooth Silk

I am lactose intolerant: Damn Lactose, Go To Hell!

In the States I drank Silk. Silk is a wonderful Soy-milk product, something that I drank like milk in December. I drank the vanilla version and it was perfect, a thirst quenching, soul satisfying experience.

It reminded me that here in Germany I can buy Alpro […]

“Lost”

It was as we were leaving the Lesbian Duo “Mosh Mosh” concert that my friend said, “I don’t know where I am.” Helpfully, one of the cute young men standing outside the bar/concert venue told him he was in Weimar.

It was really an excellent evening—We’d started at the Barking Dogs United: Size Matterz gallery […]

Mosh-Pit Punk-Out

Tonight I’m going to an art gallery opening here in Weimar.

It’s an exhibit at the ACC called “Barking Dogs United: Size Matterz”—and the only thing I know is that the first room of the exhibit has walls covered in US dollar bills. Five years ago, it would have been worth stealing, now it’s art.

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Credit Card Update

I visited the bank today, and it seems that it wasn’t just my credit card information that was stolen, but rather a database was stolen that contained the credit card information for a number of my bank’s customers.

Had they included that information in the letter, I wouldn’t have panicked.

My new card should be […]

Used Underwear Update

I have to admit, I was quite surprised to see used underwear for sale at Savers, a chain thrift shop in the United States.

While visiting Fort Collins, I popped into the store, just to look at shirts quickly, when I stumbled across the used underwear rack. I snapped a photo, rifled through, took a […]

Bank Paranoia

One of the great features of the Internet Age is online banking—only its getting more complicated and less convenient than ever, especially with my bank here in Germany.

And it’s doubly complicated, all at once.

First my bank decided that my credit card had been hacked and, without warning, decided it could not be used […]

Odd Space

For some reason, despite zooming ahead and getting a lot squared away, I am suddenly feeling sluggish; stuck in low gear, or something.

I woke this morning at 6:30—and it was a struggle to get out of bed; last night I’d had trouble falling asleep, something I suspect to do with the fact that I’d […]

Amerikan Essen

I had to check my suitcase because of the tequila, so I brought the bbq sauce (Interstate BBQ Sauce is my family’s favorite). The hot sauce and rub were gifts from Jay and Murph. The chocolate chips I got myself: it’s winter and I feel like baking old favorites from home.

Anybody want to join […]

Airports and Airlines X

Airports I have flown in or out of: US: ABE; ALB; ATL, AUS; CVG; DCA; DEN1; DEN2; DFW; DRO; DTW; EWR; GSO; IAD; IAH; IND; JFK; LFT; LAS; LAX; LGA; MCI; MEM; MKE; MSP; MSY; ORD; ORF; PDX; PHX; RDU; SDF; SFO; SHV; SLC; STL (36)

Non-US: AOC; BHX; AMS; BRS; BRU; BTS; BUD; CDG; […]

There, Yet Not

I just had a trip to Amsterdam in which I visited the lovely city, yet I didn’t see a single thing.

Seriously; and here is my schedule—which deviated slightly from what I planned because my flight to Frankfurt arrived 3 hours late, which put me into Amsterdam four hours late.

Wednesday, January 9: 17:30 Arrive […]