art Porno Viennese Well, Austria’s made international headlines again. In the course of a government sponsored art project which lasted all year, posters were put up all over Vienna depicting the lower torso of a woman, wearing nothing but panties displaying the logo of the EU.
christmas Christmas roundup Well, Christmas is over, and here are a few things of note: I fulfilled myself a childhood dream, namely making eggnog. Actually, it never really was a childhood dream, but I stumbled upon this recipe via lifehacker, reminding me of the fact that I
christmas Merry Christmas then Well, Merry Christmas to you all. PS: No, I’m not taking part in the Santa Claus vs. Christkind debate. In the end it’s all about peace, love and unity, right?
alcohol Legal reading age I just perused the internets to see if I’d find any information on a wine we sometimes buy, and found this winery called Gallo of Sonoma, which produces said wine. Here comes the interesting part: As I wanted to actually enter the site,
christmas So it's that time of the year again To start off this rather aimless posting, here’s a photo for you to enjoy: That picture’s two years old, but since I haven’t taken any interesting snow photos lately, that one has to do. Now, on to a little round.up
Random_Wisdom On crazy ideas pt.II Well, it’s time to once again elaborate on crazy ideas. Diligent and faithful readers of my blog will remember my venture into the world of extreme sports a few months back. It was then that I made the decision that running as a
Random_Wisdom On half-sickness I’ve been suffering from half-sickness for the last few days. The funny thing is, if you’re half-sick, you’re not just half-productive, you’re actually as productive as you were if you were fully sick. Which is not productive at all. Right,
Bruce_Lee Bruce Lee - Why? I stumbled upon this article via Boing Boing. Apparently, a bronze statue of Bruce Lee, famed martial arts actor, has been erected in Mostar, a city in Bosnia. Here’s a quote from the article: “We will always be Muslims, Serbs or Croats,” said
austria Irving arrested David Irving, self-proclaimed historian and Holocaust denier was arrested on the 11th of September November (of course) here in Austria. Read all about it here. Well, it’s great they got him. Especially because he was on his way to talk to members of
linklog The Remains Since I’m a bit uninspired today, I won’t even try to write something of interest. But, and I think that may be quite interesting in its own right, I’ve finally managed to properly get the Recent Links plugin to work, and
fundamentalist I'm a fundamentalist In times like these I probably shouldn’t be so quick as to confess that I’m a fundamentalist. But all things considered, I guess I am. Here’s why: I’m calling for a complete and utter privatization of sports. No excuses (except
Random_Wisdom How to be happy Years of sitting in front of computers and being generally anti-sportive have finally paid off, and I’m now partially crippled with a left arm that’s pulsating in pain. Ok, it’s not that bad, but let’s just say that I’m
Impressions Hiliotropism What happens when you decide to buy a flower in the can? You get a scary poem about sunflowers for free:
History How to become an Austrian Although many people here in Austria beg to differ, it’s actually quite a nice country to live in. Especially if you’re a fugitive, or emigrated to Austria in search of better living conditions. The downside is, that our government is not only
Random_Wisdom Boring you out Most of my regular readers don’t care about the intricacies of blog publishing systems, CSS, templates and all that jazz. That’s why I won’t bore you with it. Let’s just say that I will be toying with a few new
Random_Wisdom Spam Wisdom once again Comment spammers have been at it again for a few days now, and although they usually tend to be nothing else if not a nuisance, I was quite taken with what a Texas Poker enthusiast had to say about organized religion: I say quite
Random_Wisdom The times they are a changin' When today I thought about last year’s summer, where I did more or less the same work at The Factory as I’ve done this year and will be doing for yet another week, I remembered that it must have been approximately a
Random_Wisdom "Deal with your own problems!" What happens if the German minister for the environment writes an essay on climate change, the essay is published around the time of a deadly hurricane sweeping over the US and a popular German weekly publishes a biased article on the whole thing? Well,
Random_Wisdom One-hour-workday It’s almost 9PM again, and I already have that feeling that my day is almost over, without me able to account for anything worthwhile done. Hey, that last sentence doesn’t read like a sentence at all, and I’m almost positive it’
Random_Wisdom Ramen Well, I’m now officially (well, in my book) a Pastafarian. Please note the button in the top half of my sidebar, and visit this and this and this site to find out more about the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Random_Wisdom The Cat that Shat Yesterday I explained to my co-workers that the most expensive coffee in the world is in fact made of coffee beans eaten, digested and shat out by a catlike marsupial. They thought I was shitting them (ha!), and demanded proof. Well, I gave them
Random_Wisdom Oh dear Vienna’s archbishop, cardinal Schönborn, is under heavy fire after openly refuting Darwin’s theory of evolution in a NY Times interview, claiming it’s “just one of many theories” . He’s also criticized that the theory of evolution has become a dogma which
Random_Wisdom Spam wisdom Here are a few insightful lines by comment spammers. Why do I always get the impression they are really underpaid highschool English teachers? In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity I lay
Random_Wisdom Accident Puzzle resolved Horst from The Aardvark Speaks today posted an accident riddle. He ear-witnessed an accident, and later on saw how the two cars were aligned. Somehow, the alignment didn’t make sense, so he sketched the scene and asked for help. Well, I took it
Random_Wisdom Impressive post Well, I’ve got a few minutes on my hand, so here are a few impressions from love-it-or-leave-it land: People in the Midwest love their SUVs. I didn’t even know huge cars like that existed. And I don’t think it was that