If you were wondering what Christine and I did with our long weekend–no, we didn’t have a Memorial Day (the Germans are criminally negligent of their veterans), we had Monday off for Pentacost–I thought I’d give you a brief summary. Photos, of course, can be had at my new online gallery. Christian came. Christian is [...]
As I’ve already mentioned, Christine and I took a quick trip to the Baltic Sea this weekend. More than Oktoberfest, the Baltic Sea seems to be the vacation spot for Germans. They go crazy over the Baltic Sea and can talk to you for hours about how great it is. I know, because I’m an [...]
Yes, it’s my father’s fault. He had to go and show up for the wedding all swept up in walking-fever. The high school had introduced a competition for staff whereby they were all issued pedometers (the things you wear on your hip that will count how many steps you’ve taken) and broken into teams. Due [...]
If you’ve talked to me about digital cameras — and really, I talk to everyone, including my students, about digital cameras — you know that I think one of the strengths of digital photography is the ability to take (at practically no cost) a thousand photographs, even if you only decide to save ten. The [...]
I’ve been thinking alot about taste memories. Carrot cake, for example, is a taste memory. I’ll never eat it without being–at least mentally–in mom’s kitchen and fourteen years old. I don’t know why. We didn’t even eat a lot of carrot cake as a kid, but Christine made some (she’s really a flawless wife) the [...]
I’m not completely sure how I got the idea. I’d been poking around eBay for a while. One of the differences between Dresden and Towanda (and we could spend some time listing differences, I think you’ll agree) is that Dresden is big enough to have alot of stuff listed in eBay. So, if you search [...]