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Nome est omen

This was hardly ever as true as with this person:

Recent Discoveries | Index

The domain is engrish.com… ’nuff said!
Recent Discoveries | Index

Vacation planning

I just saw this picture over at BBC and I know, that I would like to go there and do a multiple week horseback vacation. That may be my next big trip… perhaps in 2008 or so.

Hans – Wiktionary, das freie Wörterbuch – Das Wikiwörterbuch

Alright, even though my name is horribly out of fashion, I never in my life had to suffer from that fact, as you would normally expect and I always liked it. I’m just lucky, I guess. But reading the following link I actually start liking my name a lot, esp when looking at the translations. [...]

NPR : John Gorka in Concert

Nice, and I wonder at what point people are getting tired of songs. My prediction: never and that’s good news!
Go listen:
NPR : John Gorka in Concert
BTW: yes, NPR has a lot of good concert broadcasts! And usually apart from the mainstream, so go check it out.

The Dilbert Blog: Knowing When to Quit

I know, I know, you could just subscribe to that blog yourself, but then I know you don’t. Just read it it’s very inspiring:
The Dilbert Blog: Knowing When to Quit

becoming german – the german childhood

Interesting and fun, this database sort of shows you the typical German childhood. That’s a good thing to know, I guess!
becoming german — spenden & empfangen

One Laptop per Child

What a nice project!
One Laptop per Child

YouTube – Guiness World Record for most T-Shirts worn at one time.

YouTube – Guiness World Record for most T-Shirts worn at one time.
Best comment:
ilvetigger
funny! I know wearing 155 shirts you were more than likely running low, however, that’s no excuse to wear a RAIDERS SHIRT!!! The princess ones were way better…

Getting to the point

Usually if I’m talking about anything I fairly quickly get to the central point I have to make and be done with it. Hourlong discussions are sometimes interesting, but most of the time it just seems that people like to hear themselves talk.
However, today I was reminded of a couple of things:
1. How good [...]