Grunewald in winter
Easter rabbit
Facebook spammer?
Apparently Facebook thinks I’m a spammer, because I was mocking a hotel for ridiculous pricing!?
Ryan the Buddha
Picture courtesy of Craig Sailor
Humpties
I tried to use the word “humpty” recently, and discovered that nobody knew what on earh I was talking about. Once I looked into it, I discovered that only kiwis I knew were aware of what a humpty is. It’s also clear from a quick Google search, that the only places selling them, are in […]
Unique Headers promo in podcast
Apparently I should pay more attention to my Twitter feed, as I missed this when it was released.
Compassion
It’s always important to have compassion, even for those who appear at odds with your own values. Something led them to where they are in life. Perhaps we would all end up in the same situation if we were in the exact same scenario. – Ryan Hellyer
Artwork from 1985
How to deal with antivaxxers
The problem is partially that many people are as thick as a post, but we knew that before the pandemic. IMHO, the core problem is that society has created a scenario in which the general public have lost trust in the authorities. I think we should focus on fixing the underlying issue of many political […]
New life begins
Puzzle solved
I’m exploding on the inside
HMX-500
I think this was my fourth bike after a piece of crap plastic thing, a trike, a stupid bike with trainer wheels on it and then this mighty beast of a machine, the HMX-500. I loved this bike. I got into lots of trouble for not cleaning it, but I was a kid, so why […]
Reichstag
The boat the Smolenski side of my family traveled to New Zealand on, was called the Reichstag. It left Rostock in Germany in the late 1800’s.
Fire!
Xmas promo
Retribution
This study indicates that children are more willing to punish others, if the one being punished is taught a lesson from the punishment. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-00975-9
New home cinema
Bringing the sexy back!
Corona coworking
My new Corona friendly coworking office.
My new stink diffuser
Apartment renovations underway
Effects of the digital world on young people
Here is a random brain dump I commented on a post by Clive Murphie on Facebook. I think most peoples fears of the digital world are misplaced. Younger folk are much more sociable than our generations ever were. Their opportunities to create and share art work are improved through the ability to share what they […]
New exercise regime
Getting frustrated for 30 mins, followed by aggressively storming around the house in a huff for 10 mins. After a short break, I will continue with 10 mins of aggressively bashing my head against something solid, finished off with 15 mins of heavy sighing and stretching my neck whilst staring forlornly at the floor. Originally […]
BenQ camera
This is random. I saw the first digital camera I ever bought on amazon.de today. I bought it in 2004, so I’m kinda surprised it’s been for sale at all recently.
Chilli shop
My local chilli shop got fresh chillis in. I bought a big selection of them 🙂 I said to the guy at the shop “will this burn my mouth out if I try to eat it on my way home?” and pointed to the least spicy one I bought (can’t remember the name, but it […]
Liberty vs safety
Gdansk apartment
The sweet apartment Lynn and I shared in Gdansk 🙂
Coworking
Rig fix
Stadtpark Friedrichshain office
No office coz of the Coronapocalypse? No problem 🙂
Bog roll issues
I have a very first world problem … Anyone who has been to my apartment will be aware that I like to buy absolutely enormous amounts of toilet paper. Then I never buy any toilet paper for about six months, maybe a year. It’s great. Less shopping and I never run out of bog roll. […]
Art in 1994
14 year old me thought this was a stunning piece of artwork. I hadn’t seen it again until now. Not the monstrosity I suspected it was in reality, but definitely not the object of perfection I recalled it as. I didn’t think I would ever see it again, but for some reason I suddenly remembered […]
Grunewald hike
Apartment after a spruce up
Medovik torta
Medovik torta is a traditional Russian dessert I learned about a long time ago from a close friend from Kazakhstan. Years later, I experienced it with another person from Kazakhstan when we found it in a random cafe in Berlin 🙂
Middle East weather
The Middle East, always warm, always sunny … NOT! That ground outside aint meant to be white 😉
Autism
I can relate to this well. It reminds me of how I felt throughout much of my life. I still do feel this quite often, but time has helped me learn how to figure out what the rest of you nutters mean sometimes. Found thanks to Leah Marie Zeppos.
Helpful
Sarcasm
The beauty of jokes like this, is who is most likely to understand them
The cast is off :D :D :D
My stupid cast on my arm has been bugging me for weeks, and now it’s off 😀 😀 😀 I can now clean my right arm pit and scratch my nose whilst eating 😀
Working environment for the day
Hate
Well this escalated quickly! I responded to a question on Facebook regarding how to do deal with morons who ask extremely basic questions without bothering to search for an answer first. lol
Lady Ryan
I keep seeing people posting these photos on Facebook of themselves as the opposite gender. Everyone else becomes ugly opposite gender person. Lady Ryan on the other hand is totally HOTTTT! I guess when you start from a low point, you can only go up from there 🙂
My fridge
Sim racing rig
Chocolate eclair dinner
I was feeling terrific this afternoon, so I decided to treat myself to a horrendously unhealthy but equally tremendously yummy dinner of chocolate eclairs. I went to the bakery and they had two left. The friendly Turkish man by the counter (who I had never met) asked me what I’d like and I said “Ich […]
Cuteness overload! Baby tiger.
Baby tiger. I want one!
Brianna and I in Bucharest
