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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".

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Word of the Month: Der Persilschein

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Word of the Month: Index Persil was the first commercially available "self-activated" laundry detergent (i.e. a cleaner contain...

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Rainer Maria Rilke: Das Karussell (The Carousel)

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Your browser does not support the video tag. Rilke's "Carousel" (1906) is one of the most charming poems in the German l...

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Saturday, January 2, 2016

Word of the Month: Der Gernegroß

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Word of the Month: Index Gern(e) is an adverb that has no exact equivalent in English. It can sometimes mean "gladly" or ...

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Monday, December 14, 2015

W. G. Sebald in Memoriam

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W. G. Sebald (May 18, 1944 - Dec. 14, 2001) is my favorite German writer of his (and my) generation. He died on this day 14 years ago in a ...

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Word of the Month: Der Fachidiot

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Word of the Month: Index A Fach is a compartment in a larger container or piece of furniture. In a more figurative sense, the word denot...

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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Word of the Month: Schmunzeln

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Word of the Month: Index My post on Christian Morgenstern from a few days ago suggested to me the current WoM, which is both a verb and a...

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Christian Morgenstern, Humorist

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This is a post I should have written in March 2014 to mark the 100th anniversary of Christian Morgenstern's death. But I missed the...

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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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