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Yesterday a German friend asked me, could you ever imagine to live in Germany permanently. I guess my laugh was unflattering. Why not, he said. I'm sorry, but... the way you guys run your country ...read more
I saw a gorgeous black girl climbing off the train yesterday in this heatwave, her hair was intricately braided in pulpy masses and then the braids woven into a long plait, her cork soles were ...read more
It seems to me the central stupidity of the revolutionary mindset is, it says: You can't use the same kind of thinking to build the future as you used to build the past. So we ...read more
A few years back this young cat came up to me in a kitten shelter and climbed onto my lap. I didn't want her, the others were all fluffy, rolypoly babies winsome with whiskers and ...read more
Just saw this terrorizing zombie flick which has Brad Pitt in it, he is rather good but every time he's onscreen you go Oh look! It's Brad Pitt! Such an awful experience and I feel ...read more
Whenever I pass someone having their photo taken by a friend, this is me in Berlin, this is me in front of a famous monument, I feel the urge to put up my fingers in ...read more
Yesterday walking down a very Turkish street I saw four groups of boys, one after the other, carrying large, menacing, (plastic) bazookas. One held his fake sub-machine gun to his friend's head as the friend ...read more
Berlin, Berlin. Familiar and overwhelming. On the train back from the airport a girl with an extraordinary voice hopped on and busked. At the end of the song, the guitarist accompanying her took a bow ...read more
Last night in Switzerland. I slept out. The moon disentangled itself from the cherry tree and slowly drew a shallow course across the horizon, pulsing through the cloud its fitful gleams. Every time I opened ...read more