From the monthly archives:

January 2008

Just how privileged are you?

January 30, 2008

I got this meme from Barbara over at Home in France.  It was developed for a research project (and copyrighted) by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University (see their project’s website here).  They ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright if you use this meme. Bold the [...]

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How do my views match up with the candidates?

January 27, 2008

86% John Edwards 83% Dennis Kucinich 82% Mike Gravel 82% Barack Obama 81% Hillary Clinton 80% Chris Dodd 75% Joe Biden 72% Bill Richardson 41% Rudy Giuliani 35% John McCain 24% Mike Huckabee 24% Tom Tancredo 23% Mitt Romney 13% Ron Paul 13% Fred Thompson 2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz Interesting… and in case you’re [...]

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Random Regensburg Pics

January 24, 2008

Both pics taken in the Peterstor area. I’ve got another cold, and Oliver has developed separation anxiety, so that’s all I got time for at the moment.  Hopefully there’ll be more time for posting soon.  Oh, and Oliver turned 6 months old yesterday.  Cheers!

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Regensburg Expat Dinner – February 17

January 23, 2008

The next Regensburg Expat Dinner will be on Sunday, February 17th, starting at 5pm at San Daniele Ristorante in Regensburg (Prüfeninger Schloss Str. 2).  There is parking available at the restaurant. I went ahead and reserved a place for about 25 people and told them I would call back closer to the date with an [...]

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Do not EVER fly Iberia Airlines

January 17, 2008

So here it is, the full story with all the gritty details. From cancelled flights to unannounced delays, from death marches through the Madrid airport to sleeping in moldy hotel rooms. Chapter 1: The cancelled flight Our tale begins in the fall, shortly after booking four tickets with Iberia Airlines to visit my family in [...]

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I’m still here

January 16, 2008

Sorry, I’ve been a slacker lately.  I’ve had a lot of ideas for posts, but I haven’t had the time or if I did, the inclination, to write.  Oliver and I have gotten over our colds, but since we’ve been back, Oliver has been very needy.  Maybe he got used to the constant attention at [...]

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Hacker losers must die!

January 8, 2008

I figured out why I wasn’t getting notified when I got comments on the blog.  I hadn’t been getting any email, but I figured, it’s the holidays, people are busy.  Then I noticed just now, that I hadn’t been getting any spam and I thought, wait, spammers don’t take holidays, do they.  I got to [...]

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