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New Year’s Resolutions involve getting off your butt and doing something. Since this blog is perhaps a poor example of that, let’s turn to someone else who’s done it quite […]
New Year’s Resolutions involve getting off your butt and doing something. Since this blog is perhaps a poor example of that, let’s turn to someone else who’s done it quite […]
Things to be thankful for now that we’re doing Thanksgiving back in the U.S: Jiffy corn bread mix. In looking up my recipes from last year’s Thanksgiving, I did a […]
It always comes back to grocery shopping, doesn’t it? Yesterday I visited an American Aldi for the first time ever. Now, for a lot of reasons, it’s great to be […]
After moving around in the U.S. a bit over the past few months, I’ve realized that you don’t need to be in a foreign culture for the grocery store to […]
A lot of people have asked me about culture shock, most assuming that I went or am still going through it. My answer is a pretty resounding “no;” however, I’m […]
Does someone who has not written a blog post in over a month deserve an award for blogging? Not hardly. But it seems that I have a few saved up […]
After being back in the U.S. for a couple of days, I needed to get my laptop looked at. The technician told me on the phone that it would cost […]
Over nearly two years of living in Germany, I grew accustomed to the idea that I was relatively “alone” until about 2 p.m. When we first got there and I had […]
If you’re German, and you want to give a going away present to your American friend, you may be dismayed to learn that bratwurst doesn’t pack well. So how about […]
Every language has its little “word crumbs” that pop up all of the time in conversation, and you’re not always going to find an explanation in a textbook. They are […]