I figured out the grating butter trick the way I figure out almost every hack I have: by being lazy efficient. I keep my butter in the freezer b/c I can’t stand the “refrigerator burn” it gets when it picks up the random smells of the other things in the ‘frig with it. But thatContinue reading “Grating Butter”
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Covid Haikus: Days 6 and 7
I am really shockedBy the number of otterVideos online. Greatest inventionsEver: ibuprofen andPseudoephedrine
Covid Haikus: Day 5
Eighteen hours tillThe new Wordle opens. SoNow what do I do?
Covid Haikus: Day 4
A fashionistaI am not, but omicronseems like the new black.
Covid Haikus: Day 3
The sun finallyVisits Berlin now that IAm in quarantine.
Covid Haikus: Day 2
Why have I spent myWhole life getting groceriesFor myself? Thanks, Flink!
Covid Haikus: Day 1
Yep, so I finally got it. Have to say, I’m pretty pleased with myself for waiting until now 😉 when it’s omicron and I’m boosted and living in a city where free testing is everywhere and grocery delivery services are lightning fast. To commemorate the occasion, and because I’m going to have a looooot ofContinue reading “Covid Haikus: Day 1”
Aikido and Rhetoric: The River
Do not failTo learn fromThe pure voice of anEver-flowing mountain streamSplashing over the rocks. Morihei Ueshiba, The Art of Peace You can never step into the same river twice. Heraclitus, fragment 91 Water–flowing water, to be precise–is a key metaphor in the practice of both aikido and rhetoric. Sometimes it exemplifies a kind of “softContinue reading “Aikido and Rhetoric: The River”
Field-Trip Fridays (actually Saturday and Sunday): Spreewald
My friend and colleague here Birgit had a delayed 50th-birthday celebration with a group of friends out in the Spreewald (delayed because she got omicron right before her birthday! She was boosted and thus had a typically mild infection, but of course she was terribly disappointed). The Spreewald is a marshy oak, alder, and birchContinue reading “Field-Trip Fridays (actually Saturday and Sunday): Spreewald”
German Word of the Week: Vokuhila
This one is hilarious, and it’s really more of an abbreviation than a word. It stands for “vorne, kurz; hinten, lang,” which describes a mullet. The funny part is I’ve been wondering for weeks what the German word for mullet was (why, you ask? Who knows? Some combination of discussing hockey with people and beingContinue reading “German Word of the Week: Vokuhila”
The Rookery 