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Letter to Editor Comment

May 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Only in Fairbanks . Well, probably not… I find the people (most) that comment on the letters to the editor pretty absurd. I guess that is why I read them.  However, this one was good enough to post. A first for everything.  Enough for now.
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Tags: Alaska · Culture ? · Fairbanks

Missed show…

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

I have to admit I am not very disappointed that I missed this show.  I wonder if I am missing something in the translation???

Found in a the local döner shop tonight.

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Tags: Berlin · Culture ? · Potsdam

3 B’s and an O (Beer, Billy, Bob, and Oktoberfest)

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

When in Germany….
Last weekend, I took a long weekend to do a couple things I have wanted to do since I have been in Germany – Oktoberfest in Münich and see Billy Bragg in concert. My friend Alex, who is from Münich area and living in Berlin, has invited me the past couple years. [...]

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Tags: Culture ? · Friends · Germany · Travel

What could this possibly be?

October 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

I saw this today at work and it struck me as fairly odd. A package of toilet paper that tells you in 20 different languages that it is just that, toilet paper. My guess is that if you are able to read any one (or more) of the 20 translations of “toilet paper”, [...]

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Tags: Culture ? · Life

Tangerine Dream on Steroids

August 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Last night I saw Sigur Ros at the Tempodrom in Berlin. A band from Iceland, I was not very familiar with their music. However, after watching this video, I decided it was probably worth going (just in case). The Tempodrom was an interesting place to see a show. I thought [...]

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Tags: Berlin · Culture ? · Life

Busy weekend

August 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today I am in full recovery mode from a very busy, and very good, weekend. The weekend started out on Thursday night after work with Konni and I going to the Abenteuer Park. It was a lot of fun and very challenging (both muscles and nerves). We made it around three different [...]

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Tags: Berlin · Culture ? · Friends · Life

Back in Germany

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I am back in Germany and finally starting to catch up on my sleep. I am now in the home stretch of my stay here – busy trying to finish up things with work and beginning to really plan the next steps forward. I am also trying to figure out how to do [...]

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Tags: Berlin · Culture ? · Friends · Germany · Life · politics

Pangea Day Approaches

May 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Pangea Day, the international day of film, begins tomorrow (20:00 in Germany, 10:00 in Alaska). Inspired by Jehane Noujaim, winner of the 2006 TED prize, the idea of Pangea Day is to begin the world togetheer through film. 24 short films in 4 hours. I have read, watched, and heard much [...]

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Tags: Culture ? · Life · TED