Things haven’t been going entirely to plan over the course of November. Fair enough, shit happens, etc. etc. Not really a big problem. The “problem” has been my reactions towards said setbacks. In every single case, the person who has caused me grief has been a German. The buggers are everywhere, thwarting all my efforts […]
Part of the joys of looking for an apartment is that not only does one get to see empty flats, but also flats which are currently occupied. This is great fun – one can mentally ridicule the tastes of the present tenant and decide how much better it will look when I have my things […]
That book thingie, featuring “writing from the rising stars of online journalism” and stuff will be, you know, like, “out” on Friday. Despite signing all the release paper bits, I’m not sure whether the editor character will actually put someone living in Germany in a book of the best of British blogging (and no, […]
I’ve (amongst other, more pleasant things) spent the past few days looking for flats in and around Stuttgart. This basically involves getting up really early, ringing every single number published in the Stuttgarter Zeitung, maybe being a teensy bit flexible about the truth of just how wonderful that sounds, exactly what I’ve been looking for, […]
I’ve added a new link to the sidebar for the Stuttgart Blog - it’s a collaborative blog (in German) for people, by people, about people (to paraphrase the Yorkshire Tea advert) in and around Stuttgart. To quote the blog’s er “mission statement?”…
“Viele Stimmen erzählen vom Leben in unserer Stadt und um sie herum. Je mehr […]
In the incoming statistics I noted a link coming from the “Top 40 Conservative European English Speaking Blogs”. It’s a trifle disturbing for someone who once stood as the communist candidate in the “general election” when I was at school. I think it’s because, being English I associate the idea of “being conservative” with (and […]
