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Kristian hat einen geilen Link gefunden. Kinderreporter befragen Politiker nach ihrer Computer- und Internetnutzung. Der Hammer: Ne vielleicht Zehnjährige, ganz ausgeschlafene, fragt Ströbele, ob er sich 'ne eigene Startseite angelegt hätte. Er sagt "nö",

Hm... I've moved my image stock from flickr to ipernity, using their Greasemonkey script, which worked quite well. The only thing I noticed is that the order of images is somehow messed up a little bit - not dramatically, but just a little, like an image

I really managed to come across the number one of unwanted situations for photographers today: Battery dead when "the show" is rolling! For the past two days it has been pouring rain (reminded me a bit of Vancouver ... ;-)), but late this afternoon the

Here's just a short apology for presently not being very active in my network. Under my doctors' supervision (oh well, there'll be another post on that part, later...) I have been experimenting with new medication, which - seems to have sent me straight

As already reported in this post, I have tried to move my own blog from Fairhost24.de to 1&1. In my infinite naivety I thought this to be a straightforward undertaking given the fact that 1&1 is a mass web provider and bost themselves in offering a blog

Alas - I've finally convinced them that the moving of my blog on my migration doesn't work and most likely won't work as expected. 1&1 offered to let me out of their contract, which would legally bind me to a six-months-minimum period. However, since I

It's the weekend, summer's back at temperatures in the 90ies, I got to sleep in, in brief: I have felt worse. Another two hours into this splendid day and Mom calls to let me know, a distant cousin hanged himself yesterday. And you say, you were

No, hell no! Cuz if I did, this sure as heck wouldn't have happened: Went to another of a gazillion doctors' appointments I'm having as of late. She's a gastro-enterologist and apparently top-notch in her field. And actually quite attractive, too. With

Did I mention that I hate dating? You have to act like a fool, go out of your way only to impress with the very dim hope of landing some romance, not to mention "action". I hate it, from the bottom of my heart. It makes me feel cheap, helpless, dumb and

I have recently noticed anonymous visits on this blog. Uh-uh... no way, José. So I have "upgraded" a bunch of you guys on my network to "friends" in order to have some level of control over who gets to read these sometimes/mostly very personal thoughts

I am presently undergoing a series of medical tests again to make sure of or rule out intolerances to certain nutritional substances. Particularly, I'm being tested on lactulosis-, fructose- and lactose-intolerance, starting with lactulosis today. In

Little miracles do happen: This morning when I set up my usual pot of coffee, I heard a distinct "plopp" outside on the porch. Opened the door to the terrace and looked around, not seeing anything at first. When looking closer, I found a little birdie

A classic. The epitome of romance. To me - better than the old black and white classics, starring Bergman and Bogart. Go see it (Havana! Not Casablanca, of course...) - period. Over 'n out.

Today I have spent an entire day in the city. I haven't been doing this in a long time, but it turned out quite nicely. In the morning, I had another appointment with the gastro-enterologist (yes, the one who put her hand in my behind... LOL) and was

... to my list of all-time-favourite movies: The War. The title may be misleading and is a bit of a poor choice for it. But it's the fiercest 120-minute emotional roller-coaster I've been through on silver screen. Starts out light-heartedly with lots of

OK, I admit it: This is a highly manipulative headline - one that I would believe works similar to how most headlines of today's media work: You suggest one thing of common and high interest, while the rest of the story talks about something entirely

For those of you who have appreciated my movie watching tipps so far, here's another one, you might wanna check out: The Fisher King, conincidentally also on my list of all time favorites (which may have some wonder, whether I do have a blacklist of

I have come to appreciate them a lot, those evenings at the lake. And I like them best, when there's only a few people around or when I even have the place all to myself. Like today, when after a series of rainy and chilly days everybody seemed afraid of

I have to hand it to you (whether you needed me to share this or not): I love driving, especially since I got the MINI Cooper. It's no less than the ideal car for me. But again, I'm digressing... (and you thought, I'd make for a good writer, Sherry, Sara?

OK, things really do come full circle now: I have recently had another - presumably final - series of physical tests and lab reports as to a chronic condition I have been suffering from for the entire length of my life so far. It's a fact: My pancreas is

Today, my provider activated the higher bandwidth capacity of new cables that have been installed for the past two weeks. So as of today, I'm surfing the web at 16 Mbits/s and can upload stuff at 1024 Kbits/s. Wow - that's fast! (Sorry, Nicole - didn't

My god, what's going on? Somebody must have flipped the switch from summer to fall in less than a week... It was in the upper 60ies, lower 70ies last week, and now I'm sitting in my flat with a hot cup of tea and dressed in a pullover, the heating is on

I am a writing professional. Hence, I spend considerable amounts of time in a seated position behind my computer screen. For the longest time, I have been looking for an ergonomically designed and comfortable office chair. While this may sound fairly

... no, not literally, of course ;-) I'm referring to a movie I watched again this afternoon: Rumour Has It, starring the adorable Jennifer Aniston. I think, I just fell in love with her, so wonderful and witty is her performance in this one! Her million

For reasons I can't totally identify, the passing away of European Jazz Legend Joe Zawinul saddens me more than I would have expected. It would be a bit hypocritical to say that I was a die-hard fan of his, although I appreciate his style next to his

Today was really a crappy day: I had the privilege of running into at least two major assholes. Assholes are a pest in this world and should be prohibited by law. At first, someone coerced me on the highway. There's always a little congestion at the end

I chose this place to share some of my photography, the latter - amongst other reasons - being a tool of self-"medication"/healing. I do appreciate visitors coming by my stream for that, leaving comments of any kind pertaining to that, letting me know,

Something's happening. I can't quite say, yet, what it is - but it's definitely a good thing. I feel as if I were on the verge of becoming "whole" again, complete, self-sufficient (hopefully without its accompanying qualities of being self-absorbed or

No bragging, either, but it was another marvellous autumn day. Running errands after a short night (the latter getting me to my physical limits...) and then off to the lake to do another two or three laps. The water surface was like a mirror, so it

People take advantage. That's a fact. They try to take advantage of you, whereever they can. You have a pleasant conversation one minute - be assured, a wish or demand is gonna follow on its footstep. So, from now on, I solemnly declare: I will never,

Awwww...../ my, my, my, my....!!! Life can be good! Geez - have I mentioned I'm about the little things? Well, in this case: I've found a TV-station on the satellite dial that airs music from the 80ies and 90ies all day long! Yippeeee-hooorayyyy!!!! I'm

Shoot - I never knew... I can have a party with myself :-D What do you think I could do with company...? ;-)

... is most likely a classic hangover... Darn, I had forgotten my personal limits of intake where so narrow... (or am I mistaking 25,3 ounces/0,75 liters of white wine for little volume?). And to make things worse: I forgot, I had a full dental

Welcher Kinogänger würde nicht den Slogan "Nichts ist härter als die Wahrheit" aus den BILD-Zeitungs-Werbeclips kennen? Genial aufgegriffen und für die eigene Aussage adaptiert hat das der BILDblog, Deutschlands wahrer Hüter der Wahrheit. Nun hat der

... sagt mobilkom austria-Chef Boris Nemsic. Ich finde, Herr Nemsic hat da eine wirklich gesunde Einstellung zur tragbaren Telefonzelle mit Fingertapper-Garantie.

This is one of the days, where it would have definitely been a lot better to stay in bed the entire day: While having breakfast, the makeshift dental filling falls off, leaving me with a hole in my tooth that easily accommodates the tip of my little

This is the time, I can feel it inside: I'm about to move on. Which may also include cutting off most of my previous contacts depending on how I'm being received and treated. Funny, I've sought that fresh start about half a year ago, by trying to move to

I am soooo thrilled! I have mentioned finding a new TV station on the dial before, which airs all music from the 80ies, 90ies and beyond. For the first time in my life, I get to see videos of music tracks I was totally head over heels with at the time:

When? And how so? There's a very simple - and even more compelling - reason, and this is it: While flipping the TV remote control, I momentarily paused at a program called "Quiz Cab", which is probably the most stupid show TV programmers could have ever

Well, the headline is only there for rhethorical reasons and to allude to Michael Jackson's Song of his late 80ies' Album Bad, where he ingeniously serenades a girl from Africa. I might have been in a similar mood at the end of last night, when running

Ich muss zugeben, den Ausdruck bzw. Titel habe ich von doppelbelichtet und ihrem köstlichen Blogeintrag Schlüsselerlebnis ausgeliehen. Und da fällt mir prompt ein eigene Begebenheit ein, die schon Jahre/Jahrzehnte zurückliegt und gut zu meiner derzeitigen

"We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. Harrison Ford" I must thank Mr. Ford at this point for this quote, because it might be apt to restore some sense of courage in me. This is one of the hardest times I've been

Wolfram, whom I haven't seen in quite while, suggested today we meet at "Lange Nacht der Museen" in Munich along with other friends of his and a colleague of a Brazilian airline he has been knowing for ten years. I suggested to Klaus to come meet us as

This is a nightmare: I was ON THE LAKE on Wednesday last week at 20° Celsius. Over the next two days, temperatures dropped to almost zero and there WAS FUCKING SNOW on Friday! No time to get accustomed to cold weather, no transition into winter, just as

We've had the clock change from daylight savings time last night, which means the sun will set at five in the afternoon. After my previous post I don't think anyone needs explained what effect that has on me... let's just say: Not good! But - someone

I was just about to write an entry entitled "Root canal without anesthesia" - because life has been feeling that way over the past two weeks - when someone "buzzed" me on the chat and shared this: Now I'm all giggling and chuckling - and thinking:

Wow! I just noticed that ipernity introduced a new feature: Different views of your homepage for different audiences, e.g. visitors (public), friends, family & friends and family. I haven't played around with this yet, but I guess the idea is - besides

It's really amazing, amusing, a tad scary and wondrous - all at the same time: Here I am, facing one of the darkest times of my life ever. Literally everything I have been working towards over my past 15-20 years in terms of a professional life is

I'm off to the IQ test in about 30 minutes as announced here. Why does this mean something to me? Well, first, I have a feeling it could explain a lot of struggling (but not all of it), and second, if I really score higher than 130, it should have a

I'm borrowing a term my landlord at the Bed & Breakfast in Vancouver once used when referring to one of her appartments. I find it appropriate in this situation: We've had precursors of snowfall over the past few weeks and days. Especially yesterday, I

So I did the much dreaded upgrade from Tiger to Leopard. Much dreaded, because a system upgrade always comes at the expense of numerous backups and a general "spring cleaning" type of perusing data and throwing out the cobwebbs and other stuff that's

On August 25 this year, I watched a TV documentary on a fate so grim, it makes my own struggles appear as insignificant as a broken shoestring: The conviction of Jens Soering to a double life sentence for murder in the first degree - a crime, he never

Last steps and status on my little initiative on behalf of Jens Soering.

I must have been skating some thirty years now, not every winter, but in total. I have never been careless or unattentive. I wouldn't skate when nobody else did. In short: I wouldn't test my luck. Neither have I today. Since the ice of our little lake

Today was an exceptionally bright and clear day with sunny skies and the so-called Foehn wind wheather phenomenon, which made for temperatures around 7° Celsius (44F). As announced in my previous post, I went back to Woerthsee to go skating some