Germany: Zero Points
Don’t say I’m mean, because that’s the brutal reality: Germany’s contestants in the Eurovision have not been all that impressive in a long while, and even without, hmmmm, the voting habits several smaller…
Fancy a date with Muffti?
Soon enough, I might be pimping him out coordinating his social life as Muffti and I have had the idea of moving in together for a while for experimental purposes. So I was…
And how’s your favourite s…inger today?
It’s been brought to my attention that Madonna / Esther might finally have realized Jesus might have been better for adoption than for, ahemmm, aerobics and possibly has moved on to a MOT,…
“Mistress of the Lionesses? That’s just my drag name, …
… actually, I’m Walter.” In lieu of time travel and ancient blogs, much of what we learn about pre-modern history is a jigsaw puzzle that is continuously getting pieced together by archaeologists and…
A lawyer? How nice!
The US isn’t going, neither is Italy. Israel and Canada declined a longer while ago already, and the Netherlands and Australia have just followed suit. Great Britain’s hopeful for the goodie bags, but…
Now I feel bad about my shuffleboard plans…
Nobel Prize-winning Rita Levi Montalcini will turn 100 on Wednesday. If that alone weren’t reason to be awed, Ms Levi Montalcini still works everyday and fulfils her duties as a lifetime senator in…
Plenus venter non studet libenter.
Or does it? I’m always glad to see that science proves something right that I’ve assumed for a while: Foods rich in cocoa may improve performance on challenging mental tasks like arithmetic. This…
What would you do if you had $10,000,000?
I’m not quite sure what I would do though a few things come to mind (I’m pretty predictable in certain regards). Now what would you do if you had $10,000,000 and were Woody…
Where were we? And where is everyone?
Inbetween travelling to and back from NYC, trying to keep up with the news from Italy (my deepest sympathies go to the victims and their families), guilt-tripping all that had forgotten my b’day…
This is what happens when CK leaves too early
… and Kelsey and me behind in NYC without any supervision … As Kelsey was recounting the development of various J-blogs to me, we both came to the realization that, with joined forces,…
On Duisburg 2
Here’s a little update on the case of two policemen taking down an Israeli flag during an anti-war protest rally in Duisburg by breaking into a flat. The Northrhine-Westphalian ministry of the interior…
Mame, does this make me look progressive?
To many, Yiddish has got a flavour of shtetl nostalgia to it, but anybody who is friends with native speakers knows that the language is alive and thriving and as colourful as it…
Happy New Year
I’d like to wish all Persian and Yazidi readers a happy, healthy and prosperous new year.
Seriously, who do you think you’re dealing with?
It wouldn’t be the first time that Madonna’s known Jesus, but for some reason it again made the big headlines while I was checking the news on my lunch break. Madonna’s new boyfriend…
Yep, a tree it’ll be
It might be just my (limited) impression, but do you know anybody who is happy with the new layout of a popular social networking site? I, for one, am not happy about it….
The one post you’ll wish you’d read long ago already
Maybe it’s just me, but do you also feel amused by the seemingly endless range of self-help books and online advice columns? Have you also come across a website offering “expert” advice on…
I know this doesn’t do Kelsey justice, but…
Maybe If You Were Close to Being a Rich Man Hipster kid #1: Kelsey, have you ever seen Fiddler on the Roof?Hipster kid #2: No. I'm not a fan of Tennessee Williams.Hipster kid…
Farvos nisht?
Pearls Before Swine definitely ranks among my favourite comics, so I’m delighted to have found this gem.
Happy 3rd Century CE Xian Martyr Day
To those who celebrate it… This is basically this recipe, but made in a springform pan, with orange zest in the cream cheese mix and instant espresso powder in the chocolate creme. I…
The Truth Revealed
CK and I have figured out one of the world’s greatest mysteries: Why were the Israelites roaming the Sinai desert and not, let’s say, Alaska? Have you ever tried peeing a name into…
Ach Levje…
It’s a rule of thumb that during times of economic hardship, people are more inclined to spend money on crap unnecessary objects than usually; the reasons for such behaviour are still much subject…
I cannot drink as much as I feel like puking
Lots is going on in Europe these days, and not all of it is a pleasure. Here’s the full version. Last week (the week before last actually already), Pope Benedict XVI revoked the…
On Duisburg
As you may have read on other blogs, there has been some outrage over measures taken by police officers during an anti-war protest rallye in Duisburg last Sunday. Police officers broke into a…
Alright, we’ll be sucking royally again…
“we” as in “the German contestants in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest” I know, I know, the German contestants over the past few years haven’t exactly been great to begin with, so I…
Get off my back! Uh… rack! Argh… synagogue!
Now that CK has declared my derriere and chest to be sacred and off-limits to non-Jews, I’m somewhat concerned that non-Jewish religious extremists will make territorial claims on either or both just because….
Bitch Made Me Blush
Cheers from the place CK and Muffti never manage to be in when I am. *audible sigh* Here’s a little gem from my current trip: I was unsuspectingly [I hope that’s a proper…
