I am almost done packing, which means I have reached the stage where I just want to throw up my hands and say “good enough.”
To remember tomorrow:
computer and related cables
especially mouse and keyboard
running clothes/shoes
iPod, headphones, armband, etc.
alarm clock
deposit back (should get that yet tonight)
leave keys/give to landlord
cell phone charger
shampoo, etc.
Apple remote
I must be forgetting something…
The television feed of Germany’s dramatic victory in Euro 2008 was disrupted during the game on account of a power outage in Vienna. Per UEFA contracts all international TV feeds went through Vienna. The Swiss, however, had their own, separate, local feed for the game (since it was in Basel) and at least Germany (perhaps [...]
Apparently Germany is the greenest country on earth (sorry, Ireland):
German use of oil, gas and coal in 2007 fell by 5.6 per cent compared with 2006, according to a new report from BP. Global energy consumption, driven by China, America and India, rose by 2.4 per cent in the same year. -via Telegraph
Spending any significant [...]
The Devonian Fossil Gorge was created in July 1993, the last time water burst over the spillway. When that water subsided, a picture emerged in the exposed limestone — thousands of fossils from the creatures that lived here 375 million years ago, when Iowa was a tropical sea. via The Gazette
The recent flooding once again [...]
In the Euro 2008 semifinals Germany will face Turkey. This could get interesting given the large Turkish population in Germany (largely a result of West Germany’s guest worker program). Any controversey over the outcome of the match may very well spill out into the streets of Berlin and other German cities. There’s also the possibility, [...]
Heard an interesting segment on Science Friday recently:
Some people just can’t carry a tune — not because they have poor voices, but because the difference between ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ notes isn’t significant to them. Writing this week in the journal PLOS One, however, a team of researchers report that the brains of tune-deaf people do [...]
Lyrics to the theme song of the German version of Disney’s Gummi Bears:
Wutig und freundlich, so tapfer und gläubig,
fröhlich und frisch kämpfen sie auch für dich.
Leben im Wald, unter Bäumen und Steinen,
in ihren Höhlen, da sind sie zuhaus.
Gummibären
hüpfen hier und dort und überall,
sie sind für dich da, wenn du sie brauchst,
das sind die Gummibären.
Last euch [...]
I’m not going to go into the reasons why I buy water. Ok, I will briefly, if only to say this: 19 Euro cents for 1.5 liters is plenty cheap, and that way I can easily take water to work.
I buy the cheapest bottled water at the store, and from what I’ve tasted it’s also [...]
In Germany it isn’t Father’s Day. No matter, I still wish mine (and his) a happy Father’s Day.
I didn’t almost get lost walking around Grunewald yesterday, but I could have almost gotten lost, or even lost my way for real. Instead I wandered from marker stone to marker stone taking photos along the way. It’s amazing how suddenly the city ends and forest begins.