Category Archives: General

Yet another quick drive-by post

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Cora

I’m tired, so just a quick drive-by post: Today, I was visiting my aunt at the care home where she is staying following a back operation and got mistaken for a doctor. When I left, one of the old ladies … Continue reading →

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Rocks of History

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Cora

Today, I prepared a text about Thanksgiving in the US for my students. I like to incorporate current events and national holidays into my lessons whenever possible. While writing about the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving (the actual lesson will … Continue reading →

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Machine Translation

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Cora

While checking my stats, I noticed that the visits to my site had gone up sharply over the weekend and that several visitors had googled my full name. Now that could’ve been anyone, an old classmate, distant relative, estranged friend, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Linkdump

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Cora

Okay, so it’s already Monday, but who cares? First of all, many congratulations to Sebastian Vettel for becoming the youngest Formula One champion ever at age 23 after winning the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi. What is more, Vettel’s win … Continue reading →

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Some people are arseholes

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Cora

This just makes me sick: Plane passengers in the US press for child-free flights. Because children dare to cry or squeal or just plain be kids on occasion, a reality that some passengers apparently cannot deal with. You know what? … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Header

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Cora

I added another header image to the rotation. For those keeping count, there are now 13 different header images available. This latest header shows old man Bismarck in his natural habitat, that is the Bismarck monument in the Alter Elbpark … Continue reading →

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Yet more fiddling with the blog

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Cora

I’ve been fiddling with the appearance of the site again and also added two more header images: a detail of a gable of a medieval townhouse in Lüneburg and a panaroma view of Edinburgh. This is the plugin I use … Continue reading →

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Family and Food

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Cora

Because my Tuesday class is the least troublesome and doesn’t leave me completely wiped out, I took the opportunity to visit my aunt after school. She’s temporarily in a care home while recuperating from the series of back operations. She … Continue reading →

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And yet more housekeeping

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Cora

I’ve finally managed to find a way to rotate the header images, so I can have greater variety. So far there are five images, drawn from my personal collection of photos: Eldena Abbey near Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern The Lloyds building … Continue reading →

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So what happened to the old blog?

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Cora

I had a lengthy post drafted, but that one needs more work, so here’s a short housekeeping post instead regarding the question (provided anyone is actually asking him- or herself that question): Whatever happened to the old site and the … Continue reading →

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