Today the girls are finally back in school after Easter break and now Jim is home sick. He spent all of yesterday moaning and groaning like a bad porno, and then begged me to drive him to the doctor this morning because he was “too sick” to drive himself. After sitting in the […]

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That’s the question I was asked last week and it’s taken me almost 6 days to come up with an answer. Seriously, can most people just shoot this information off automatically? Can you?
Personally I dread these kinds of questions… they’re so finite. I couldn’t instantly tell you my favorite book (although I could […]

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In the past week antisocial little ol me has had two highly entertaining encounters with fellow expats. First we met with Lee & Mark in Hamburg last Friday.  They’re not bloggers but they somehow managed to find my blog anyway, and I’m glad they did.  It really was the highlight of […]

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Oh wow.  I have no idea how the ’site unavailable’ thingy got turned on.  I’d love to say I’ve been busy behind the scenes working on some sexy new features for Eurotrippen, but I’d be lying.
For now I’ve got to run - as I type Sydney’s giving me a makeover, and I’ve learned the hard […]

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Now that we’re back from Hamburg it’s officially the worst part of the year for me. From April to mid-June there’s a loooong stretch of nothingness. No breaks for the kiddos means no traveling for us. Nothing exciting happening. No big plans being made; just long days of more of the […]

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Tomorrow late-afternoon we leave for Hamburg. I haven’t packed yet. All our clothes are dirty, and Robyn just stormed out of the room after yelling that if we loved her we’d never make her go on ’stupid’ vacations again.  Apparently her life is, like, nothing when she’s not with her friends.
Jesus.
Please, someone with […]

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More reviews… books first:
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King Dork: It always comes back to ramoning… Just finished King Dork by Frank Portman and I’ve got to say, I really enjoyed it. Tom Henderson is a high school misfit. Never part of the popular crowd, he immerses himself in rock-n-roll and tries to escape each school day more or less […]

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The second half of our question/answer session:
1. From Mc In Da House: Inspired by “Ask the German guy”, I’ve got a few questions I’d like to ask an American-

Why do - most - Americans think that David Hasselhoff is still a big star over here in Germany?
And why does David Hasselhoff believe, that he’s responsible […]

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Of all the things I miss from America (the list shrinks monthly), I think the thing I miss most of all these days is half-priced bookstores. Or dollar stores that sell dollar books. Or garage sales where I could buy entire Crichton collections for pennies on the dollar. Or libraries where they […]

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For those who asked questions… thanks! Here are answers to the first half, the rest I’ll answer on Wednesday.
1. From G In Berlin: So, once I have a break from my German course, what shall I go to see and do in Berlin?
Hmm, taking into account you live in Berlin (so […]

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