From the Political Powerhouse

From the Political Powerhouse

Not too much of a surprise that in Washington, D.C., a lot of things point to the fact that the blog author is at the powerhouse of political influence. Consequently, no surprise either that the American people have erected impressive buildings and monuments to remind...
Melt Down

Melt Down

Although it had been in the cards for a few days already, the tandem initiation of the blogger’s stoker-to-be in an upcoming race was executed upon as planned. Despite the fact that the weather gods had given ample forewarning on the fact that the designated day...
Borrowed from our German counter-part blog

Borrowed from our German counter-part blog

The author has been invited to share her experience of last weekend’s double-marathon (425km – due to a detour that cut off 10K of the original plan – and some 3,600m of climbs). As this was pretty draining and the remaining bits of energy have been...
Quench the thirst

Quench the thirst

In the hilly area this blog’s author lives, it is quite easy to work up a thirst (and a sweat) when biking: There are either winds to work against; or long and steep ascends to climb up. Or both, hills and winds,  to cope with: But help is on the way (at least...
Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition

For somebody like the author who’s bread and butter job is within the neuroscience industry, BBB stand for the blood-brain barrier, the physiological gate keeper that, e.g., prevents substances that are not meant for your brain (or downright bad for it) to enter...