"Personal" Blogs & Blog Posts

Woohoo! Two new patrons today, so much appreciated. I’ve been socially isolated since March and don’t dare work since at any age, mine especially, Covid just isn’t something to get. This is a disease that we still don’t even begin to fully un...

Ah, treppenwitz. Or esprit de l’escalier, the wit of the stairway. When someone claimed that having tens of thousands of troops in Washington for the inauguration was like being in a third world country, I should have replied: “Like one of th...

I should have had a haircut two Saturdays ago. Alas, I had to cancel my appointment, since Germany is under lockdown, and so non-essential services like hair stylists are forced to close. Now I wonder when I would be able to cut my hair.More...

I’m still amazed and astounded, I never expected to live through one of the great events of history, yet here I am. More to unpack every day, can’t even really keep up with it all. No new horrors the last day, but still lots of stuff to react to.

I’m at a loss. I’ve spent my whole life studying current events, human affairs, and history. And what’s going on in the United States now is so far off the rails that it’s almost incomprehensible to me. Trump and his supporters believe things...

If you are a WhatsApp user, you might have seen the recent articles reporting how WhatsApp and Facebook are becoming more and more chummy with each other. You probably have already seen the pop-up notice telling you that you have to agree to the most...

I am not sure what anything means any more. I sometimes think life is just learning that there is always something that hurts more and every day brings a greater understanding of how little it is possible to ever really understand anything. So yeah,...