From the monthly archives:

June 2008

Flags

25 June 2008

Christopher is ready for tonight’s game.

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FPH in the HAN

19 June 2008

A couple of weeks ago Frauke spoke at a business round table on franchising sponsored by the Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft (business promotion council) for our region. The Harburger Anzeigen und Nachrichten published article on her presentation (scanned PDF, in German) in their business section, complete with a photo of our McCafé Ford Ka.

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18 June 2008

The last thing I expected when we went to a McDonald’s meeting the past two days was to be berated for not updating my blog for over a week. But that’s what happened, at the bar after the disappointing German game against Austria at Euro 2008.

So for the McDonald’s insiders who follow our restaurant via [...]

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Euro 2008 Flag Count

6 June 2008

Driving in Harburg this afternoon, one day before the start of Euro 2008, here are the numbers of car-flags I noticed (German flags excluded):

POR 3 ITA 2 POL 2 GRE 1 STP 1 (St. Pauli pirate flag)

(I was going to twitter this, but Twitter is down, and this is too important not to post.

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Uncle Tom in the 21st Century

5 June 2008

So is the Tageszeitung’s “Uncle Barack’s Cabin” headline today stupidly racist, or just racist? “Uncle Tom” has been an insult for, what, a century and a half now?

Spiegel Online International: German Newspaper Slammed for Racist Cover Davos Newbies: Tin Ears Davids Medienkritik: Die Tageszeitung: “Uncle Barack’s Cabin”

Update: An opposing view (in German) from Markus Tripp (who I [...]

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