Last night I went to the English Theatre Berlin to see ‘The Prison Sex Show.’ With a title like that, how could I go wrong??? The English Theatre Berlin (formally known as the ‘Friends of Italian Opera’) is a cool little theatre that seems to be randomly placed off some random street in Kreutzberg (a […]
Entries from January 2008
The Prison Sex Show
January 27th, 2008 · Comments Off
Tags: Berlin · Culture ? · Life
New Life in the Wohnung
January 24th, 2008 · Comments Off
A couple weeks ago, Konstanze (friend/co-worker at AWI) brought me a new plant for my Wohnung (apartment). I have been talking about getting one for a while now, but I have resisted as I have never been so good with keeping these things alive. Anyway, I am happy to report that not only is the […]
Tags: Life · Potsdam · weather
Mark your calendars
January 21st, 2008 · Comments Off
I was going to make an attempt to keep this a fairly non-political space. However, as I am pretty fascinated by politics and as this blog is called ‘the world according to bob’, I figure what the hell. Today marks the first day of the last year of the Bush administration in office! The next […]
What a difference a day makes
January 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Today the weather FINALLY broke a bit with much warmer temperatures and sunshine. A very welcome relief. Today was also my first sighting of canadian geese returning. I also went to ultimate frisbee training (which is also good in itself) and a few team mates went to a pretty cool pub afterward. Germany instituted a […]
Tags: Life · Potsdam · Uncategorized
Talking of Passion
January 5th, 2008 · Comments Off
I recently read the book Zorro by Isabel Allende. An amazing and fun book. Below is the talk she gave at the 2007 TED conference on the topic of passion. Her talk speaks for itself – well worth viewing.
Tags: TED
Getting soft ….
January 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off
So I am VERY cold. It has been cold here since New Year’s Day when it started raining snow. Since that time, the temperatures have dropped and the wind has picked up. A very damp, windy, cut through your clothes sort of cold here. While the temperature was only -4°C, with the wind chill it […]
Tags: Germany · Potsdam · weather
Happy New Year!!!
January 1st, 2008 · Comments Off
Happy New Year to everyone. This is my first attempt at joining the ‘blogisphere’, so be a bit patient. The structure of this web page is pretty much complete now, I just need to start filling in the obviously large pieces. Check back frequently as I plan to get this thing whipped into shape! I […]
