Published on February 26, 2008
in General.
I should not have had to go buy milk this morning. You see, German milk comes in two varities: fresh and nonperishable. The latter lasts for months if it’s not opened. And before I went to Freiburg, I put an unopened carton of nonperishable milk in the refrigerator.
Knowing this, I bought muesli but no milk yesterday, only to find this morning when I went to the refrigerator that the milk was half gone. And what was left did not smell very good. So I had to walk down the block to get some milk when I was already starving (ran 25km).
Stupid roommate. I’ll be so glad to go back to Berlin.
Published on February 15, 2008
in In Brief.
Sadly, my bags are packed not to head home, i.e. Berlin, or even home-home, i.e. Iowa, but to go to Freiburg to visit the military archives. And when I leave there, I will be going “home” to a home that isn’t even my home away from home, i.e. I’ll be coming back to Bonn. But then there’s only another week here, followed by a week in Hamburg, and finally back to Berlin.
On an unrelated note, I inadvertantly have begun to stockpile peanut butter.
Published on February 12, 2008
in In Brief.
I realize human beings are good at finding patterns even when they aren’t there, but there’s something strange going on around here (Bonn), and it’s this: puppies in pairs, or more. Sunday was a “more” day, and I saw a pack (a pack!) of golden retrievers, all with different owners. Then this morning I saw one beagle pup on my run, and one on my way to work. And on my way home, I saw one Scottisch terrier, and then two minutes later another one. What is going on?
A parade on Thursday last week, followed by one on Monday this week, can only mean one thing: Carnival!
That last link will give you the Wikipedia version of what Carnival is all about (the first two will take you to my photos of the festivities), but here’s my run down: it’s like Halloween, but not. Instead of just kids dressing up, almost everybody does. Instead of parading door to door asking for candy, people in the parade throw candy to you. Instead of it being a cool October evening, it’s a cold February day.
At least that’s how it works here in this part of Germany.
Published on February 1, 2008
in In Brief.
You can’t make this stuff up:
Dingle Foot, lawyer and socialist member of the House of Commons in London…
Emphasis mine. ‘Cause how can you not emphasize the name “Dingle Foot”?
