For those not familiar with German brands, “Granini” is higher quality fruit juice brand… though I love the sarcastic use of their glasses to sell a glowing poisonous something…
Archiv der Kategorie: almost a diary
Getting There.
Hello again!
I know it has been a while since I’ve posted more than the occasional photo or a brief message to all ye faithful out there. Well, I’m not promising anything, but as you can see, I’ve redesigned “almost a diary” with the intention to write more frequently again.
There’s also a new blog, called “tapsmusic”, which I will use to publish some songs I’ve written, “demo-produced” and, mostly, also sung – check it out. One of the songs there has already been published over on A Fistful Of Euros last October.
Lastly, “rest” is the third new element of this site, and I will use it to publish anything that doesn’t quite fit this blog or doesn’t have anything to do with my music.
Well… that’s the future structure, for as you will see by clicking on the links, neither “tapsmusic” nor “rest” are working yet. But they will – very soon. Stay tuned!
35 degrees
It’s -5 degrees at home. It’s snowing. In Rio, it’s 30 degrees. Sun’s shining. That’s about 1,5 degrees shift per hour for me until tomorrow evening.
Great Expectations.
See? There’s always something to hope for in a new year…
– 16%
That’s how to stimulate the German aggregate demand: cut the VAT. Media Markt did just that – if only for a day. Consequence: queues unheard of since the end of communism. Unbelievable.
Advertisement.
Ever wondered why you might need contacts but never dared to ask? This horrible advertisement in the Hamburg S-Bahn thinks it has the answer…
Homeland Security.
One day, someone needs to write a book about the things one can discover in pub toilets. Really.
Moving (towards 2005)
As this year is slowly approaching its final hours, you should be grateful that I have decided to spare you yet another “bottom line of 2004” post. Not that there would be much to sum up with respect to “almost a diary” anyway.
But I wanted to tell you that at some point in the near future, this blog will be offline for a while due to a provider change. Of course, you will not be able to read this while the blog is offline, but in case you read this before… don’t be scared: I will be back.
And before I forget it – a happy new year to all faithful and occasional readers!
The Ninth Day
Oscar-winning German director Volker Schlöndorff discusses his latest movie “Der Neunte Tag” (The Ninth Day) at the FilMZ movie festival in Mainz.