The hills are alive
Shaun’s pics from the Real Canadian Superstore reminded me to take the camera with me today when we went to get groceries. I never get tired of supermarkets in places that are not my home town. It could be Italy, where the selection of olive oil is matched only by the selection of biscotti, or …
What Do Jews Do on Christmas? [Link] Funny. The first thing on the list? Go out for Chinese food! They’ve left out something critical in this handy FAQ page, though. It’s this: Join our Christian family members and/or friends in their holiday celebrations. It can be just delightful to watch other people’s kids gleefully unwrapping …
Down in Graz they’re in a tizzy. A faction of folks said they wanted the Governator’s name removed from the stadium. They’re all mighty disappointed in him after he refused to commute the death sentence for Tookie. So out of control are they that the press says they’re talking of renaming the stadium after Tookie. …
Vocabulary word of the day: Lawinen. Avalanche. You can’t ski in this weather. The wind pushes you backwards so there’s no point in even dropping your skis on the snow. There’s a solution to that – get out of the meadows and up in the narrower valleys. The trails are more challenging and there are …
I’ve just come from playing the ukulele at a party for Austria National Day. The party was at the German Club here in Seattle. The folks there were mostly older, in their 60s or so. They LOVED us, which is funny because I’m not sure we were any good. (Except for our yodeler, he was …