I was looking back through my real diary and have come to the conclusion that so far, 2005 has been crap. Oh, alright, it was good ’til January 4th. But since then, looking at the positive column: I’ve won a t-shirt versus the negative column: the illness, the getting dumped, the being “investigated” by the […]
Deciding to live abroad. It’s a big decision to make. Not just because “they eat funny food”, although they do, but because you’ll have to organise various parts of your life that run differently here. Yeah, there’ll be things that you’ll have to do that are different - register with the local authorities, for example, […]
After saying he was a great runner, what happens? I delete the post.
German Word For Today: “42,195m” - 26 miles, 385 yards
Song playing as this was published: The Undertones “Teenage Kicks”
Nothing reminds me more of my German ex-girlfriend than stories of men who have their genitalia severed and cooked, he said, nervously glancing downwards before referring to an old, explanatory post.
Yep, Armin Meiwes, the Kannibalen von Rotenburg is back in court, appealing his sentence of 8 1/2 years for manslaughter after he killed, cooked and […]
When I went to University in Scotland, I made a life-long friend in the first week. And then deleted the entry about him.
German Word For Today: “Bewunderung” - Words fail
Song playing as this was published: Queen “Don’t Stop Me Now”
Loads of people have already picked up on the story that the health fascists are making the cookie monster from Sesame Street eat less cookies, because he’s the second leading cause of obesity among under fives - after alcopops, or something.
Obviously, we Brits were a bit slow on the uptake, well, I was at least. […]
“Yes ladies and gentleman, from now until May 5th we’ll be bringing you wall-to-wall coverage of what promises to be the most exciting UK election since, well, the last one. Our graphics department has been working on some new animations which aren’t quite as garish as the ones from last time. As for our editorial […]
Christians. I hate them. Okay, maybe that’s a bit strong, but the guy that rings the bell at church on a Sunday morning? Well, I’d like to have a word with him. I mean, it’s not as if I’m unaware of your opening times - Sunday morning, too early.
There are 3 churches within about 400 […]
“We just want you to write the odd article about, well anything really” he said, instantly giving me a rough feel for the kind of tightly focused product they publish.
That’s just about all that I can really remember in detail. It says in my diary that they were having a “working meeting in a pub”. […]
As any foreigner living in Germany will tell you. No, let me start that again, as anyone living in Germany will tell you, the bureaucracy is hell. It isn’t that it’s particularly corrupt - I’d happily bribe someone to get to the front of the queue if I could - there’s just so much of […]
