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Friday, April 25, 2003
Another Taste of Texas? Last night I bought some Fiesta-brand Corn Chips and some Fiesta-brand Picante Sauce made in Legau, Germany. All I can say is, "Git a rope." Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Stay Tuned for an Encore Presentation If you want to walk back down the Züri G memory lane, check out this Dolly themed entry in the archive: It's Sad, 'Cause it Rhymes
'Twas The Nicest Lil' Freundenhaus You Evah Saw!
Oh, of course the movie does offer maybe one small thrill, but Schmutzige Sachen machen wir nicht! Thursday, April 17, 2003
What Goes Around Comes Around ... as my friend Karma Jones used to say.
Earlier this month the Swiss cabinet banned salespeople from Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Vietnam from attending the largest watch fair in the world. The fear was that the limited, but potentially severe - even deadly, outbreaks of SARS in a few areas of China and Hong Kongcould be spread at the fair. Naturally, the Asian fair goers (who had already shipped merchandise to the fair) were outraged and said Swiss authorities had over-reacted. Interestingly, Asian buyers would apparantly be permitted to buy Swiss watches, but Asian salespeople wouldn't be allowed to sell non-Swiss watches. (The fair subsequently flopped since the Hong Kong delegation alone consists of over 300 exhibiters.) The Swiss express concern that just one infected salesperson could have started an epidemic here. (see: Swissinfo:SARS) Today, Switzerland's favorite neighbor Germany has issued a travel advisory to travelers who have not been vaccinated against measles ... because Switzerland is the site of a new epidemic outbreak of potentially deadly measles. Naturally, the Swiss are outraged and say the Germans have over-reacted since the measles outbreak is only confined to two cantons. The German's express concern that just one infected traveller arriving back from Switzerland could start an epidemic there. (see: Swissinfo:Measles)
Still More Fun With German Just got the results back from the German exams we took in my classes last week. I get a mark of "Sehr Gut" for Listening and Understanding, and "Gut" to "Sehr Gut" for Reading and Understanding. My Grammar and Spelling is only "Ok". And my teacher adds the comment that I could be "Sehr Gut" if I applied myself, and that my only other real problem is I don't pay attention to details. Hey! Why should my German be any different than everything else?
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson March 25, 2003 (originally: March 25, 1992) 
linked from The uComics Web Site the self proclaimed "Best Comic Site In The Universe!"
And ... bitte nicht hinauslehnen! Monday, April 14, 2003
Can Twisted Sister Be Far Behind? After Ozzy Osbourne made a come back I thought to myself that it's only a matter of time before Meatloaf (who's a Texanyer) makes a new record. And sure 'nuff. I just saw on the Viva Swizz countdown that Meatloaf has a song at number 44 on the Swiss charts. Slightly more surprising is that I knew it was Meatloaf before the announcer said.
Does anyone remember when someone wrote "Mrs. Simpson is a" over their "Bat out of Hell" Meatloaf notebook in the Sixth Grade?
Do You Speak My Dialect? I was in the city the other day when I stopped at a corner bakery. The place was crowded with people all elbowing their way to the front of the counter to be served next. I told the person behind the counter that I thought the kind lady beside me, apparantly dismayed by all the elbows in Zürich, should be next. The lady, who I let go next, smiled and said in a very distinctly accented dialect of Swiss German "I'm from St. Gallen and I don't understand things here." (A helpful guest chef in the kitchen provided this audio experience to give you an idea of what it sounded like...  (click here).)
And to that, I responded: (click here)Tuesday, April 08, 2003
through the darkness of future past
the magician longs to see one chants out between two worlds fire walk with me
More Dated Pop Cultural References Did you see that Today's Papers (from Slate Magazine) wrote: "The Post's Keith Richburg, who continues to give the best sense of what's going on in Basra, says the city is still full of Winona Ryders, filching everything in sight." That's a funny picture.
The NEW Bald Pop Cultural Icon ... is ME! Yep, I went in for a little experimental artistic self expression and now I have no hair. Can't find the handycam though.
Now That's Ironic 2 The bald icon of well packaged, but essentially disposable, pop-cultural drivel goes on about how much he hates the drivel of disposable pop culture in HIS latest blog at www.moby.com
"i should probably keep my opinions about popular culture to myself. no one likes a cranky curmudgeon. unless they (the curmudgeons, not the people liking them) are stadtler and waldorf, the old-guy curmudgeons from the muppet show. i guess the lesson to be learned from them (statdler and waldorf) is that cynicism and curmudgeonism (it really is a word, really, i got 598 points in scrabble from spelling 'curmudgeonism'. no i didn't. and i don't think that it's a word. but you get the point.) are ok as long as they're entertaining. i mean we all KNOW that 98% of the drivel that passes for popular entertainment is drivel, so there's not really much point in pointing out that 98% of the drivel that passes for popular entertainment is, in fact, drivel. but if you can be a cynical curmudgeon and make people LAUGH, well then you can complain until the cows come home. which is a stupid expression. 'until the cows come home' is supposed to denote a long period of time. but don't most cows LIVE at home anyway? it's not like dairy farmer .... [blah blah blah]" -- moby
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