Archive for February, 2012

Doughman season

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Spring is here – and so is the Doughman! 9 days ago we had snow, but for the last few days the weather has been warm and spring-ish. And on Sunday I got my team registered for the Doughman race! So it’s definitely time for spring. Sunday I managed to guess correctly the restaurants involved […]

Winter morning with snow

Monday, February 20th, 2012

This winter has been really mild here in North Carolina, but last night we did get a 1/2 inch of snow.  The ground was pretty warm after a mid-50s day, and so this morning there is no snow on the roads. Even so, there were some accidents and schools are on a 2-hr delay. We […]

Valentinstag in Deutschland

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Schönen Valentinstag, liebes Deutschland! Reporter: Sie haben doch bestimmt eine Liebste Zuhause … oder ‘nen Liebsten? Passant: Ich weise diese Unterstellungen zurück!! Unterstellungen sind ein journalistischer Trick … Ich könnte schwören dass ich bei dem Alten mal Untermieter war! “Der Globus dreht sich!” Fantastisch!

Life in Norway

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Is this what the natives do in Norway during those long winters? They drink and swim in the frozen fjords? This guy is nuts! And his videos are really entertaining and well crafted. By far the best storytelling I have seen on YT in a while. Was machen die Norweger während der langen Winter dort? […]