i'm knackered — and i guess even mr r who's been the other half of the "furniture sudoku team" is. from about 17:15 until 21:15 we've been assembling a new sideboard i got delivered from germany this morning: its manufacturer is … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2006
stop press…southern baptist convention bans jesus from official positions…stop press…
according to the charlotte observer the US southern baptist convention, not really noted for its liberal views, has passed a resolution …that urges that no one who imbibes be elected to serve as a trustee or member of any southern … Continue reading
the summer the german flags came back
while it's fairly common and nothing to write home about for people in other countries to fly the national flag, germany has had a rather difficult relationship with its flag — and understandably so, given our rather horrendous record under adolf … Continue reading
wow…a speedy recovery
just back from lenovo's repair center: speedybear is now touching ground all around, no more wobbling around. nice. and quite fast turnaround! happy.
sigh, speedybear gone for a week…
my new X60s thinkpad ("speedybear," as it's almost fast as greased lightning with its dual core) had a problem right from the beginning: when placed on a level surface its right hand front corner was striving for higher spheres — … Continue reading
card-carrying member of the cloud appreciation society!
got my membership certificate and pin for the cloud appreciation society today in the post! so, i'm now the 3916th member of the cloud appreciation society to celebrate: one of my recent cloud pictures: excited.
a very nice dinner at cafè muskat
after an interesting birthday celebration (my mother-in-law) we went to café restaurant muskat in erlangen for dinner. it's located on the hauptstrasse just after the schlossplatz. we frequently go there as they only use organically grown stuff (but it's not … Continue reading
a very good pentecost worship service
being back in erlangen after our vacation it was a baptist worship service this morning — as today is pentecost and as our church is a tad on the charismatic side of things whereas i'm not really, i was a bit … Continue reading
