A Fistful of Euros has an interesting discussion about a case in Germany where an earnest young person was fined for wearing a button with a swastika on it. Never mind that it was a “circle-slash” button, a piece of anti-racist/anti-Nazi propoganda. “In the eyes of this sort of German, the harm caused by the …
The other day we went to the Lidl to buy sunscreen – they carry a brand I like. The Lidl is a mid-sized market that seems to buy odd lots of things in bulk. It’s something in between a gourmet supermarket and a warehouse store, if you can imagine. It’s a good place to buy …
This work is almost too beautiful to believe.
More photos here.
This morning I went to get my eyeballs checked. My medical coverage in the US is less than ideal; it doesn’t cover specs and choppers. There’s not much wrong with my eyes or my teeth and the exams are fairly standardized, so I do that stuff here in the snowglobe. It saves me a packet. …
We’re just back from La Ciaspolada, the snowshoe races in Fondo, Italy. This is the second year we’ve gone for Snowshoe Magazine. We had a really nice time hanging out with the coach of the US Snowshoe Racing team, the runners, and their families. Nice folks, they made us feel included in spite of our …