The S.O. dragged me 447km round trip yesterday to buy a cast iron dutch oven. Don’t even ask how much it cost. On the plus side, she seems to have re-learned the idea of gratitude sex-for now. We will see how long it lasts. In the meantime here are some
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Viva Madrid
I kind of think I now understand why Hemingway liked Spain. It is France without the stuck up attitudes of the French. Regardless-I really enjoyed my trip to Madrid. Surprisingly, the city was very clean, the subways worked much better than those here in Stuttgart, and the wine and food
Continue readingTaking matters into my own hands
Those frequent flier miles are not going to earn themselves you know. And since my erstwhile employer is not cooperating by providing me with the kind of travel I both need and should have as a job perk-I guess I will have to do it myself. So its on a
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That is what the JO's of the "aft tool shed"-the not so affectionate name for the frame 154 eight man bunk room on America used to say when they wanted to get rid of us Department Heads who went there to hide out from the terror in the ready room.
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And I'm back. Have been back for a couple of days-but tomorrow I am off again. Just time enough to do laundry. This time the travel is within Germany and I will be out of pocket for a couple of weeks. I do plan to post some though-and I intend
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I sold the science project today. To "Sergey" -who while a holder of a German passport, is more Russian than German me thinks. I couldn't help but think of the scene from the Italian Job. Seriously, I felt some genuine sadness driving the car up to the Zollamt to
Continue readingHerr Doctor will see you now
I've been in Germany about six months now and I thought I would take a moment or two to write about my experiences with the German Medical system. In my previous employments I was either under American insurance and being seen by American doctors or I was under military care
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Andrew Breitbart is dead. I really have nothing to say-save for the fact that no one should have to die-at 43, 63 or 83. Condolences should go out to his family-which if one will notice, a lot of his most ardent opponents are extending. Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs
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The S.O. and I went to a Pferdemarkt today. ( Horse Market). It was up in Leonberg-a very charming old town northwest of Stuttgart. They have a four-day festival-part of which is a Pferde Markt or Horse Market. Today there was a horse show-so the S.O and I went: We
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Greetings from the European Deep Freeze: More pictures here. Temp in Stuttgart was below zero-FAHRENHEIT!
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