September 2010

Blue skies, Minneapolis skyline, Jim Thome

22 September 2010

Aaron Gleeman pointed to the current cover of Sports Illustrated featuring Target Field. Click for full size. Here’s hoping it looks this good in October. Be a shame if it snowed!

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Thus Spake The Poodle

19 September 2010

I promised to explain the poodle. Last weekend the 5th annual Whiney Expat Blogger Meet-Up was held in Hamburg. Tradition holds that once a date and location are decided (by democratic vote in a process somewhat similar in length and complexity to choosing a US presidential candidate), the local bloggers, in this case Ian, No [...]

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The Poodle Is Watching

15 September 2010

Sculpture atop the Laeiszhof in Hamburg. Explanation will follow. (Source: StadtWiki Hamburg © H. Bergmann)

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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today

1 September 2010

On this day in 1990 we arrived in Germany, with all the suitcases we could carry plus 3 cats, the rest of our belongings in a half-container on a slow boat, for what we thought would be a 3 to 5 year stint. Saddam had just invaded Kuwait, Germany had just won the World Cup, [...]

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