Germany is all a’flutter about Susanne Osthoff, the archaeologist turned Iraqi hostage turned turncoat. Well not really turncoat, but after being captured in late November, winning the nation’s hearts and sympathies, leading to the creation of an around-the-clock emergency task force of psychologists and terrorism experts, then finally being released before Christmas after a [...]
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Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at my toes.
Seasonal greetitude from Santa’s Summer Home and origin of the Tannenbaum (Christmas Tree) and the Weihnachtsmann (Santa Claus)! Hey check it out: Saint Nicholas is actually from Turkey, but whatever.
The benperry.net Yuletide Round-up:
First off, a fresh bit of inspirational Engrish from an (unnamed) shipping [...]
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Critics and pundits, unlike myself, get all excited at the end of the year as they are obliged to list their favourite and least favourite things that happened since January, as if records, films, books and consumer goods are the only things that happen. But still:
Roger Ebert: Best 10 Movies of 2005
Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums, [...]
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Following enough tribulations, congratulations and salutations are in order to my brother and sister-in-law, Sam and Heather Perry, for bringing a happy/healthy baby girl into the world. Couldn’t happen to a better couple. I got the news early this morning at around 0600 GMT-1 from Sam (thanks for the call, sorry if I was a [...]
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Berlin guide (quasi-professional photos every day (like this one))
Berlin May Get Its Own Domain (www.benrules.berlin would be cool)
Ramones Museum Berlin (gabba gabba hey)
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Hey. I’m/we’re back from the rugged, semi-arid island of Sardinia. These photos are a pretty decent overview of what went down, if they are a bit touristy in so much as there is a lot of us standing beside or in front of things (of course in a world with so many things standing around [...]
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Hey now. I’m down in Sardinia on vacation with Yuhang as of today. Back in a week. Leave lots of friendly or offensive comments, cuz I’m not here to delete them.
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