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... to all my American friends and contacts! Enjoy the bird-slicing! ;-)

I know, this may read crazy: I just came across this station on the web, who play nothing but the sounds and songs of different birds! It's winter here and I'm missing summer terribly, so this radio stream creates a summer atmosphere right in my living room - crazy, but nice (and nobody gets hurt, either ;-)) P.S.: The link may not work in your browser - the station is actually listed on iTunes under "radio" and "Ambient".

At least I got it completed for now: I managed to add a melody and solo track to one of my tunes. Please visit me on my iLike -site, where I plan on adding material I perform live as well as one or the other original tune I intend to come up with. I will also add vocals in the process - for now, it's basically instrumental stuff first. It's a free download - you can listen to it on the web or download it locally. Feel free to do so and let me know, what you think.

Just found this ;-) I spotted those trucks all across Canada and the USA, when I travelled there last time.

Tonight was a special night: It's been just a few weeks, since I first spotted him on YouTube: Andy McKee, delivering a killer arrangement and performance of Toto's 80ies hit "Africa" with nothing else but six strings and ten fingers - I was blown away! Later that week, I barged into the little acoustic guitar and repairs shop just up the street from where I live to share my find with the owner. He just silently looks at me, ushers me towards his "marketing" desk and fishes for…

I swear, I haven't laughed this hard in quite some time: I rented a movie today, which - going by the title - sounded like just another romantic comedy. But... it's written, directed and produced by Julie Delpy, a French atrice, who currently lives in Los Angeles. So.. it's loaded with funny twists of the different mentalities in the States and France. Check out the trailer - it gets so gross at times, you can't help but laugh (well, at least I think so ;-)):

Found this on YouTube the other day - hilarious! The words read: - cow - jackass - witch - dork - whore - quiet! Unfortunately, the joke works better in German, as the last two words are made of the same characters, just different sequence. But I still find the idea funny enough, how they form words with those characters made from pasta ;-) Enjoy:

Tried a new variation today. Ingredients: - Salmon, about 7 ounces (200 grams) - Thai Rice Noodles - Handcut Fries from Spring Potatoes - Yellow Squash - Optional: Yellow Bell Pepper - Ground Black Pepper - Ground Sea Salt - Thai Curry Relish - Virgine Olive Oil - Virgine Coconut Juice (13.5 ounces, 400 ml or more) Spread the olive oil on a coated pan and put it on high temperature. Meanwhile, cut the potatoes in halves (longitudinally), cut again sideways, after that slice…

I need to talk about stalking today. wikipedia says this about stalking: "Stalking is the obsessive following, observing, or contacting of another person, or the obsessive attempt to engage in any of these activities. This includes following the person to certain places, to see where they live or what the person does on a daily basis, it also includes seeking and obtaining the person's personal information in order to contact him or her; e.g. looking for his or her details on computers, el…

Awwwww... how I love those mild summer nights! I am so grateful for the place I live in! On nights like this, where we still had 68F/20 Celsius at midnight, I like to step out on the terrace, prefererrably just wearing underwear, sometimes my bathrobe, and look into the nightsky with its gazillions of bright stars, sometimes complemented by the moon. Tonight is such a night: It's incredibly warm, I just returned from the open-air cinema, where I met a friend and we watched No country for old me…

I've been flattering myself into thinking, I was quick to grasp things. I now have to admit to myself (and all of you reading) that I'm not - I'm naive... still. Hard to believe, but unfortunately, it seems to be a fact. In the current case, we're talking about business expressions. For all of you, who aren't exposed to business speak, here's a little vocabulary help. Let me give you five introductory examples - (a) will be the expression used, b) what's actually meant by it: 1 a. "Can I call…

I'm hoping, it will fall shut completely and stay closed for good. The good news: Other doors have opened instead. I'm hoping for those to open as widely as a horseback riding ranche's gate.

Just how could this guy escape me?

So, it's a deal now: The publishing company, who contacted me, have licensed my image for an upcoming title of their list of books. We'll be signing an agreement and the deal will be formalized that way. I feel like I should celebrate this a little - oh, well... maybe having my third tequila-flavoured beer tonight may count as a little celebration? ;-)

Always nice to be appreciated and I am beginning to warm up to that experience. Today, I had to take a severe blow to my confidence and courage in terms of my current tight life situation. In fact, the latest turn of events was apt to toss me back into a vegetative-like state of panic and shock - but luckily didn't. So, it felt all the nicer to find another permission request for usage of one of my images (the one to the left) in my e-mail inbox. It turns out, the Editorial assistant at Routl…

Unfortunately, I wasn't aware of this dude (George Carlin) and last night, I almost succeeded in waking up the neighbourhood from laughing so hard over his jokes - brilliant! Today, I happen to flip the German comedy channel called Comedy Central (sounds German alright, doesn't it? :) ) and I'm cracking up over him ! This dude fucking kills! Finally having the guts of speaking out over the fundamentalist suicide bombers, who are retarded enough to believe in being rewarded with 72 virgins…