When thinking about what to blog about this time round, I came back to one of my seeming favorite topics, punctuality. I had forgotten that I blogged about it in October, but something is calling me back again. I had been speaking to a colleague who had worked for the...
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A Seventh Child Gets Lucky
Since we've left Germany, I try to keep up to date with some of Germany's domestic news through such resources as Deutsche Welle. As my lucky number is seven, I was curious about an article entitled, "Unlucky number seven causes headache for German President." Thanks...
“On Se Won Händ”
Ripped from the headlines in Germany, YouTube has shamed and ridiculed yet another public figure, this time former Baden-Württemberg's Minister President and now Germany's European Union Commissioner, Günther Oettinger. The widely circulated video is of Oettinger...
The Decline of Journalism
It is natural to feel less informed about your country of origin when you've been gone for a few years. Such is the case with me. I still have access to most of the same news sources. My hometown newspapers are online, major news channels are available here in...
The Dreaded Swine Flu
I'm quite positive that no one wants to read anything else about the swine flu at the moment, but unfortunately, the swine flu is the reason my blog was two days late this week. It has been a hard week for our family, because all four of the kids have been sick, and...
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