I've got something new to mull over. I was discussing the future (my future), and Jan indicated that I could probably do a post doc here at the Max Planck. That would be a fabulous opportunity, and I would learn a lot. I would definitley emerge on the other side as a lot more employable. If it is only for a year or two, I wouldn't really have ( Read more... )

"...our creeping Orwellian debasement of language. As the dominant culture lies to us, we have to be careful not to lie to ourselves and to each other in our daily lives. We need to learn how to say what we mean."

A quote from the other camp: "The less said, the easier mended."

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Today I awoke to a picture window full of white - not snow, that's been gone for several weeks now. Pea soup fog ( Read more... )

I've been busy lately, really busy. The last time I left Jena was my Easter trip to Dornburg (a scant 15 minutes by train from the station at Jena Paradies.) I've barely been able to make it off of the hill for groceries, explorations, coffee, beers, anything ( Read more... )

I brought virtually NO reading material with me - just a dual language book of short stories (a Christmas gift from my brother, his thought was that it would help me improve my German) and a copy of Angela's Ashes that I pilfered from my parents house the day of my departure from the US. I meant to buy more books, something interesting that I ( Read more... )

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