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A few thoughts
1. The author and his/her children
So, I did post a comment to the last of GRRM's entires about fanfiction, and that's what I wrote:
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A Lovesong of Crows
Before I spend another day composing an entry in my head without actually writing and posting it, I would like to talk about the lovesong of a crow I had the pleasure to hear those last two mornings. It should be mentioned that my living area is the habitat for several corvidae: magpies, carrion crows, hybrids between carrion and hooded crows, ( Read more... ) -
Travelling in the Middle Ages: By Sea
It’s been a while, since I posted something about a class I taught, but this interesting source (from my last class of the semester) adds nicely to the other travelogues I posted before (which can be found by the tag: travelogues). Unlike the individual rapports of the different travellers, this is rather a sparse list of places on the way from ( Read more... ) -
Voilá l'été ...
today was the first day of summer that actually felt like summer, and since I didn't post a video for a very long time, I decided for silly nostalgia today. "Voilá l'été" was one of the big summer hits of 1993, the summer, I spend in France (in the South), and I can never prevent a smirk when they are making fun for those who spend their summer " ( Read more... ) -
Iran
What happens in Iran right now, breaks my heart. Especially 20 years after 1989. The people in my previous country were so fortunate in that year, when I read about the Iranian's dreams and thopes getting trampled by thugs who think of them as dumb sheep, it brings tears to my eyes.
ETA: My hope is that the Army keeps staying out of this.
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Meeting people from the Internet ^_^
So this was my second time I went on the road (or rather in the air) to meet a group of people from the internet, which is still a thought I have to get used to. I didn't write anything in anticipation, but I was very, very nervous because I only knew three of the present persons, my oral English skills are much, much worse than my written English ( Read more... ) -
Update
Thank you for all the replies.
In the news, they said that the firemen are still looking for the missing people, a couple and two men, if I have heard correctly , but the debris is not very stable, so they have to make many breaks. :( -
Eulology for an archive
Yesterday, the municipal archive of Cologne collapsed. And I'm even more crushed by the news now than last evening, because it really had time to sink in. The municipal archive of Cologne was the biggest municipal archive north of the Alps. It contained 65.000 medieval diploms, starting with the year 922. Part of its collection were the archive of ( Read more... ) -
Belated Music - eh Monday
Since the summer has arrived in May, I still feel in the mood for African music and for more somewhat embarassing revelations about my taste in music: I love Reggae. ^_^ I had a long down in my love for it, because it was and still is always a reminder of my failings in love life, but I'm glad that I can listen to the music again without feeling ( Read more... )