Monthly Archives: May 2013
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Where is the Sun?
Leave a commentMay 31, 2013 by anelim
The doc said I’m OK, but my vitamin D is “quite low” and I need supplements, even though the summer …
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5 km
Leave a commentMay 29, 2013 by anelim
Well, this was a not particularly lengthy 5km! I didn’t run out of breath, collapse of dehydration, tear a hamstring, …
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Berlin is para…dise?
3May 28, 2013 by anelim
According to VICE. Yeah, I’ve seen about half of the scenes there and can well imagine the others happening. View …
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Guitarist Dario Chillemi Playing with/in the Rain
1May 27, 2013 by anelim
Berlin is full of wonders. I’m listening to one right now. A dreamy long-haired young man was playing his guitar …
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Lebenslauf/The Course of Life (Hölderlin)
1May 26, 2013 by anelim
I may be a sociologist, but I also generally believe that poetry and literature often reveal more about the social …
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Follow the Moskva, Down to Gorki Park
Leave a commentMay 25, 2013 by anelim
Turns out there is a Gorki Park cafe in Berlin. I sat in it last night, therefore it exists. It …
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Sprachlos in Berlin (nicht mehr)
Leave a commentMay 24, 2013 by anelim
Sprache ist mehr als blut. (Franz Rosenzweigs, zitiert in Victor Klemperers “LTI”) Das Russische Wort für “deutsch” ist немец [nemetz]: …
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Strudel and cake at Tegel Airport
7May 23, 2013 by anelim
* * * Warning: e-diabetes alert * * *
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“Fictions”
Leave a commentMay 21, 2013 by anelim
From The Berlin Diaries (Part IV) by A.S. J. Ellis. Good stuff. Read more stories in the blog called fictions – …
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How to be German in 20 easy steps
1May 19, 2013 by anelim
15. FEEL MIXED ABOUT BERLIN (from How To Be German in 20 Easy Steps) The average German has a complex …
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Die Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaenskajuetenklinkenputzfrau
Leave a commentMay 19, 2013 by anelim
I have studied German for far too many years (1994; 1997-2000; 2000-2004; and 2012-2013) and I’ve lived in a German …
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Berlin as background to music
Leave a commentMay 18, 2013 by anelim
Zulu Pearls – No Heroes No Honeymoons
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“Wings of Desire” / “Der Himmel über Berlin”
3May 17, 2013 by anelim
Rewatched ‘The sky above Berlin‘ and found out that I still like the movie very much, even though I didn’t …
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Save our bikes!
Leave a commentMay 16, 2013 by anelim
(Thanks to J. and L. for rewriting my passive aggressive note to my neighbours in real German!)
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Classic Accordeon Virtuosos in the Berlin…Metro
Leave a commentMay 15, 2013 by anelim
A few months ago, at Potsdamer platz, a pair of amazing musicians left me and my fiancé speechless for half an hour. …
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Следизборна апатия (Post-election apathy)
Leave a commentMay 13, 2013 by anelim
Няколко статии за изборите вчера. Според предварителните резултати, Четири формации – ГЕРБ, “Коалиция за България”, ДПС и “Атака” влизат в …
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Goya the little cat
Leave a commentMay 13, 2013 by anelim
A few days ago someone posted this on the front gate and then it disappeared. I hope Goya the young …
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The magical mystery (re)tour(n of my bike)
2May 12, 2013 by anelim
After being so brutally debiked yesterday, I was already conceptualising the loss in terms of Sen’s Capability Approach. I had …
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Bike thieves, may your tyres always be flat
4May 11, 2013 by anelim
I no longer have a bike 😥 someone nicked it from my locked apartment building ground floor late last night …
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n days in Berlin 