Not to be outdone, here are pics from Graham’s vacation in China. here

A collection of pics taken with me phone over the last few months.

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PC Pool time yet again.

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It all depends what you listen to. Still, studies now show that music reduces chronic pain. I especially like the stock photo of a violin being bowed and the caption — where you can almost here the journalist pause to think and say “um, well…” and finally type “Music is known to aid relaxation”.

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Here’s a little something from that You Tube I’ve been hearing so much a-bout late-ly:

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The Nun Bun has resurfaced.

Expat Slang of the Day
Dresdenberry red — adj The kool-aid-like, artificial red hair dye which is particularly popular in Eastern Germany.

Usage: After her mishap with the Feuerzangebowle, she looks as if she dyed her hair Dresdenberry red.

Anecdote: according to word of mouth, in the former GDR hair dye products were hard to come by, and the most common available being red hair dye — thanks to abundant red beet byproduct (I made up the part about the beets). Even today, red, particularly unnatural shades of red, are to be seen here and there on the manes of young phillies and Frau Igels alike all throughout Saxony.

Be well and until next time.

Call on God, but row away from the rocks. – Indian proverb

Happy Birthday to Mom.

Got a postcard from the states the other day…

PC POOL TIME
Okay monkeys, here’s what I’ve got for today.

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