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more English errors
2 things to note on the way-past-immersion thing.
First, I asked an American tourist in the train station if he could make a picture of us. :(
Second, the number one written the American way now looks wrong. I expect it to have a serif to the left which extends about 3/4 the way down to the base so that it looks like a little hat.
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The Torture Memos
One of the things people are saying now about American torture is that we the people don't really want to know about it. Americans don't want to think about it. I believe that a large percentage of them just want to be safe, and they don't want to know. They think these things are done and need to be done, that there's a purpose to them ( Read more... ) -
Fun things to say at a European Party
"Estebán, I am out of champaign"
"I have showered! I have showered!" -
On billboards
"Do laws that discriminate against outdoor advertising discriminate against every other medium? The answer is yes-if you regard Outdoor as an advertising medium, which I don’t."
www.howtolookatbillboards.com
I thought this was somehow obscure since I found it somewhere in my newsreader, but it's actually from kottke. I'm posting it anyway. -
Ordnung
A cute little article about Ordnung in German society and the difficulty it creates in the global economy. Simply put, the Germans are not inclined to take drastic measures.
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Führerschein und Warteschleifenmusik
2 small observations ( Read more... ) -
Willkommen bei Hannover
This time the trailer is heated! Tis the season to fill up on bad Wienerschnitzel und Gummibärchen ( Read more... ) -
no pause
aw hell, I wish I got a chance to write to yall, I have a backlog of things that I am meaning to comment on. It's just too busy, too much of a rush to get things done that when I get a break to stop then it's not at the front of my mind to write anything down. I know it's not unusual, but I just have a hard time forcing myself to do stuff. Just ( Read more... )