Yesterday we finally reached our ‘responsibility’ limit and said fuck it, it’s time for a little fun. So off we went today to Berlin and, boy, was it a welcome break.
The last time I was in Berlin was 1976. I went with my Brownie troop and was far more interested in debating Fonzie’s […]

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Two months and three days ago I installed the nifty page-visit counter you see in the bottom left-hand corner of the site. When I did, Jim and I joked about breaking 500 by the time we left germany… and here we sit, today, with 2,153 page visits and counting. Now for some of […]

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A rare post by Jim:
Where to begin….. The car was clean for a day or so and then it decided to rain.. I think in the end I’m happier about that. I thought that for a €29 car wash, the Titsens would be sehr grossen or that there would be multiple […]

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Took these at our local Wal-Mart… man, they really are everywhere. Anyway, we arrived at 8:00 in the morning to beat the crowds and caught them setting up the ‘tasting booth’ with champagne.

There were too many people crowded around to get a picture on our way out, but at 10:00 a.m. they had graduated […]

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Today Jim emailed fretting over his lack of german-speaking skills. His meeting are, more often than not, conducted solely ‘auf deutsch’ these days, and I sense that my calm, even-keeled husband is flirting with the kind of hiccupy, bowel-shaking panic that’s usually reserved for me.
In my darkest hours, when everything I do feels ‘wrong’ […]

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Today on my tram ride to mr. yummy’s yoga class I had an interesting experience. As I was sitting minding my own business I noticed a guy staring at me… and not in the typical german ‘I’m going to stare because I can’ way… more in a ‘I’m going to eat your liver with […]

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Bill Nye, the science guy, is going to burn in hell… without a doubt.
**’The Science Guy’ is entertaining and provocative at MCC lecture**
(By Tim Woods - Tribune-Herald staff writer)
**The Emmy-winning scientist angered a few audience members when he criticized literal interpretation of the biblical verse Genesis 1:16, which reads: “God made two great lights — […]

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Today we enrolled Robbie in the international school, which seems leaps and bounds better than american schooling as far as I can tell. The IB program is intensive (they average 3-4 hours of homework per night, including weekends and holidays) but the student/teacher ratio is roughly 12/1 and the programs are varied and top […]

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Busy weekend. The imminent threat of wednesday’s landlord visit has kicked operation ‘unpack & organize & carry heavy crap down 16 flights of stairs to the cellar’ into high gear. Having said that, a girl can only take so much before she loses it and goes all naomi campbell on somebody’s ass…

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In my next life I want Monica Bellucci’s beauty, Julianne Moore’s quiet confidence, Kate Winslet’s easy-going manner, Juliette Binoche’s timeless elegance, Isabella Rossellini’s voice, Angelina Jolie’s makes-it-all-look-easy sexiness, Julie Delphy’s outspokenness, Ann Richard’s political savvy, Uma Thurman’s urban hypness, and Chrissie Hynde’s overall coolness.

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