Growing Urge

Every year by mid- or end-February there is this growing urge for Spring to come – I want decent temps (read: well-above 0°C) and dry weather. Not – like today, again! – wonderful sunshine inviting me for a bike ride but not strong enough to produce...

A Different Approach

I have been wondering all day whether it is pure coincidence that after seven years of feet-dragging, Dr. Eufemiano „Doping“ Fuentes has finally been ordered to court today. As today, of all days, is European Data Protection Day. Well, maybe a completely...

Beauty Contest

Admittedly, it was a bit of an unfair beauty contest: Riding in Malibu, Cindy Crawford does not stand the slightest chance of adding any more beauty spots… … while I took advantage of today’s mud ride: Better still: If the number of „beauty...

A deep bow and heartfelt Thank You

The New Year has just begun and it is already a happy one for me: A deep bow and Thank You towards all my readers – and especially to Wolfgang Scherreiks and his kind and highly honorable decision to place yours truly’s blog as #38 in his Top 50 list of...

Last-Minute Presents

The geese have survived Martinmas – at least almost one hundred of them huddled in the far corner of their enclosure and tried to stay warm despite their flat feet being planted in the snow. Then again, they impressed as sufficiently fat, eh, big birds, so I...