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A Musical Surprise
This weekend, I forget if it was Saturday or Sunday, Spouse came in from walking the dog and took off his handyman’s pants (that’s trousers to those of you living in those parts of the English-speaking world where pants are… Read More ›
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Well, That Was Awkward
Rudolph Rupert Rocket Dog was spinning in circles yesterday morning, so I decided to take him out for a walk. Normally we turn left at the end of the driveway and either walk the 2 mile loop past the huge… Read More ›
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I Guess He Really Is Desperate For Votes
I’m not on Twitter, so, apparently, the Orange Man’s campaign has reached out to me through the medium of the shadow cast by the towel we use to clean mud off the belly and paws of the low-hanging dog before… Read More ›
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Hail, Heal, Holy, Whole
It isn’t every day you learn something because of a bottle of mineral water, but the other day I did and was reminded again of how much the development of language proceeds along strange chains of logic. It was lunchtime… Read More ›
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When the Sirens Wail
Last Thursday, apparently Germany tested its disaster warning sirens, or what is left of the network set up maybe as long ago as during the Second World War. I say apparently because I heard about it instead of heard it,… Read More ›
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Another Brilliant Tribute to 2020
Out of stock already, sadly (https://www.laborsofloveneedlepoint.shop/shop/c/p/Heres-to-2020-x50194553.htm), but you could always find your inner avid needlepointer and rustle one up for yourself. Which is all to say, I think we can all agree that 2020 has long since surpassed 2016 in… Read More ›
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The Best Thing About Being a Nerd Is the T-shirts
We definitely all need one of these. https://www.getdigital.de/2020-Would-not-recommend.html in case you’re wondering.
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Sometimes German Doesn’t Have a Word for That
I don’t know when the idea first entered the public consciousness of the English speaking world that the German language, partly through its ability to mash words together to make bigger words, has a word for everything that it would… Read More ›
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To the Ploerdmobile!
Today is a good day, warm, but not too warm, and while I was using the freedom granted to me by Spouse taking the dog for a long walk this morning to attack the unstoppable masses of dandelions that in… Read More ›
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Zaphod Beeblebrox Sunflower Plus What the Dog Dragged In
I was out watering the garden today and realized we’ve got a bit of Zaphod Beeblebrox action going on in the sunflower department. So, yeah, that is a two-headed sunflower, not two different sunflower plants. That sprouted from a sunflower… Read More ›
