Comics for everyone!
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 […]
Thanksgiving Thankfulness
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 […]
The Grass is Always Greener. And Possibly Made of Chocolate.
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 […]
Get Zem Going!
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 […]
Three Months of Non-Shocking Culture Shock
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 […]
Be Lazy Blogger; Reap Rewards; Repeat
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 […]
Sales Tax and Money Troubles
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 […]
The Confusion of When and Where
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 […]
My German garden gnome
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 […]
Those German words that stick
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 […]
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