Monthly Archives: April 2012

Here we go again…..

Posted on 17 April, 2012 by jb

Photog: Harlad Kaster. Or Harald Kaster. Choose your own spelling – the MAZ can’t make up its mind. It appears to be brain-fart season again…. The Transport Minister is worried that we cyclists are swapping the “cycl” for “anarch” and … Continue reading →

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 17 April 2012

Posted on 17 April, 2012 by jb

I’m Not Bitter – The Minus 5 – Down with Wilco: a Tragedy in Three Halves [Listen] Move It On Over – Hank Williams – A History of Country Vol. 5 – The Post-War Years – 1946-49 [Listen] Hateful – … Continue reading →

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Proverbs from around the world

Posted on 16 April, 2012 by jb

A shroud has no pockets. (Scotland) No one is a blacksmith at birth. (Namibia) The absent always bears the blame. (Netherlands) One cannot make soup out of beauty. (Estonia) Bad is called good when worse happens. (Norway) When the mouse … Continue reading →

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If it’s Saturday, it must be Munich…

Posted on 14 April, 2012 by jb
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A day at the new Städel in Frankfurt. iPhone 4

Posted on 13 April, 2012 by jb
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You should see my seat belt…..

Posted on 12 April, 2012 by jb
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Had to happen sometime…

Posted on 11 April, 2012 by jb

Over €100 to fill up a Saab 9.3. (That’s around US$135 for a smidgen over 16 gallons…)

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 10 April 2012

Posted on 10 April, 2012 by jb

Joy – Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road [Listen] Jungle Work – Warren Zevon – Learning to Flinch [Live] [Listen] Kingfisher Come Home – Charlotte Yates – Ihimaera [Listen] All Right Now (Single Version) – Free – … Continue reading →

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These faggots just turned up in our neighbourhood

Posted on 9 April, 2012 by jb
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