Well, I never go on a diet, especially not at carnival time. After all I had to try out all these delicious Kreppel (a kind of donut, but a lot better!!) at the bakery Müller in Darmstadt. And I almost had them all: Strawberry Cream, Egg Liqueur, Raspberry Jam, Chocolate Cream, Plum Jam, Baileys, Latte [...]
I am just reading in my local newspaper that 77-years old Marianne P. from Traisa (that is where I live) is the woman who was kidnapped by Al Quaida two weeks ago in Mali. She is my former French teacher and if my French is so good, it is thanks to her. She was a [...]
“Die DDR wird immer schöner” von Dominic Boeer, Die WELT, 10.02.2009:
In einem Witz gehen erboste Mütter in Pankow auf die Straße und fordern gute Schulnoten für ihre Kinder. Mit Transparenten, auf denen steht: “Einsen nicht nur für Schlaue”, demonstrieren sie gegen die himmelschreiende Ungerechtigkeit in unserem Land. Ob tatsächlich nur ein Witz oder eine Zukunftsvision, [...]
This is so funny! Did she really say that?
House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Feb, 4, 2009):
I really think that if we do not have an economic recovery package, 500 million Americans lose their jobs. I don’t think we can go fast enough to stop that. The President asked for action, swift and bold. That is [...]
President Obama wants to extend his hand, German Foreign Minister Steinmeier says that a “window of history” is open and Vice President Biden is in Munich to build bridges … and what does Iran do? Spoil the big Munich appeasement party by defending holocaust denial!
“Iranischer Vertreter verteidigt Leugnung des Holocaust”, tagesschau.de, 6.2.2009:
Der iranische Parlamentspräsident Ali [...]
Fräulein Wunder is a German girlgroup from Hesse. The four girls from Friedberg will take part in Stefan Raabs BundesVision Song Contest and I will, of course, keep my fingers crossed for them. Listen to their song “Sternradio” here.
Ist doch klar, dass ich den Mädels aus Hessen die Daumen drücke!
“Gute und böse Antisemiten”, Malte Lehming über den Papst, Bischof Williamson und die Hamas, Tagesspiegel, 3.2.2009:
Muslime sind etwas rückständig, sie haben viel unter westlichem Kolonialismus gelitten, ihr Groll auf den Staat Israel ist verständlich, man darf nicht jedes ihrer Worte auf die Goldwaage legen: Ein solch impliziter Rassismus durchzieht die zu Recht lebhafte Debatte über [...]
I had completely missed out on that one: My car is the “Green World Car of the Year 2008″! Picture here
And I agree to what one of the commenters wrote:
The 118d kicks ass. (…) Besides, it’s a very agile, fun to drive RWD.
And I wonder if I get free membership with the Green Party now? [...]