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Occasional musings, Geistesblitze, photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany".

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

FIFA—C'est moi!

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Thursday, August 6, 2026

Homer's vs. Nolan's Odyssey

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Giovanni Battista Castello, Odysseus and companions fight the suitors Villa Pallavicino delle Peschiere, Genoa (c. 1560) It's a bru...

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Thursday, December 28, 2023

My Construction Projects

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I describe, with photos, drawings and text, the various construction projects I undertook on our house after my retirement in do-it-yourself...

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Sardinia 2023. A Photo Diary

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My first trip after the pandemic! The text is in German, but the narrative is easy to understand, and the (sometimes spectacular) pictures s...

Saturday, July 1, 2023

Meta-Villanelle

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Mein Freund Thom, offenbar inspiriert von meiner Fußball-Villanelle , hat mir die folgende Meta-Villanelle geschickt, eine Villanelle über V...

Monday, June 26, 2023

Fußball-Villanelle

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Ror Wolf in memoriam Die Villanelle ist eine ungemein anspruchsvolle Gedichtform: 6 Strophen mit dem Reimschema ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA (d...

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Sunday, February 26, 2023

German Soccer Terms

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I am watching the German Bundesliga on ESPN+. The commentators are typically fluent in German and do not hesitate to insert Ge...

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Ulrich: "One thing could be said about Ulrich with certainty: He loved mathematics because of the people who could not stand it." (Robert Musil, The Man Without Properties, m.t.)

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