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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, March 7, 2017

Word of the Month: Die Extrawurst

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Word of the Month: Index Extra is a prefix that has in German the same meaning it has in English: It indicates a quality exceeding or a ...

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Monday, February 27, 2017

Word of the Month: Die Gleichschaltung

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Word of the Month: Index Gleich is an adjective/adverb/prefix indicating that something is the same as or indistinguishable from somethin...

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Monday, January 23, 2017

Word of the Month: Der Dauerbrenner

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Word of the Month: Index A Brenner is a burner (derived from brennen —to burn). Dauer means "duration" and refers to the time...

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Word of the Month: Der Wiedergänger

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Word of the Month: Index A dark winter night, a fire in the fireplace illuminating with its flickering light an otherwise dark ro...

Friday, December 2, 2016

China 2016 Photobook

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My new photobook: China 2016. A Photo Diary Leaf through iBook edition &bullet; Kindle edition

Friday, November 25, 2016

Word of the Month: Dolchstoßlegende Revisited

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Word of the Month: Index After the election of Barak Obama in 2008, I introduced Dolchstoßlegende (blaming a defeat on backstabbing at t...

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Sunday, October 23, 2016

Public Architecture in China Today

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In this month's Word of the Month , I pointed out the similarities of public buildings built in China in the 1950s and 60s with ...

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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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