March 22nd, 2009

RTF Badische Eröffnungsfahrt

Two pieces of whole-wheat toast with peanut butter; two hard-boiled eggs; one banana; three glasses of water; and, one glass of milk. Not a terribly unusual or different breakfast, but one that precedes something that is a bit extraordinary. Today I am participating in my first RTF, a distance bicycle tour.

The Badische Eröffnungsfahrt [...]

March 7th, 2009

Buying Votes with Fortune Cookies

It is municipal election time here in the city of Waldbronn. For some time now I’ve seen the faces of Herald Erhler and Franz Masino on signs and posters scattered about town. Based purely on the photos and design of the flyers I think Masino is my preferred candidate, not that I can [...]

February 8th, 2009

“I Feel Like I Look Ten Years Younger”

“I feel like I look ten years younger.” It’s not me saying this–it’s my web log.

Some of my eldest readers might remember a time when I was using bBlog to publish my web log, using the default theme. Eventually I found a theme very similar to the theme I use today, only with [...]