September 2012 – Donnerhall(en)

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»Wenn das Leben eine 1 ist, ist der Tod dann eine 2 oder eine 0? So geht es hin und her seit ziemlich alten Griechen (die uns immer wieder in Erstaunen versetzen). Weil freilich der Tod nur als Geheimnis bedacht werden kann, beschreibt er wie kaum etwas anderes das Wesen der Philosophie: Die Notwendigkeit über unlösbare Probleme nachzudenken. Es ist die Frage nach der Möglichkeit des Glücks im Angesicht des Todes. Wenn ich mich nicht irre, was natürlich sehr leicht der Fall sein kann.«

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The challenge of retelling Grimms' fairy tales

»But if the Grimm brothers hadn't collected all those tales, no doubt someone else would have done. Others were already doing something similar, in fact. The early 19th century was a time of great intellectual excitement in Germany, a time when scholars of law, of history, of language were examining and arguing about what it meant to be German in the first place, when there was no Germany as such but instead three hundred or so independent states – kingdoms, principalities, grand duchies, duchies, landgraviates, margraviates, electorates, bishoprics and so on«

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Vanished Years by Rupert Everett – review

»The English gossip magazines are now very dull because no one wants to offend the A-listers who may refuse interviews in the future. Instead, they concern themselves with the antics of reality stars who measure their press rather than read it. But paradoxically, Everett is fearless when gossiping about A-listers in a book because he wants nothing from them – indeed, he might even see their shunning as a side benefit. Whatever, his loss is our gain – because, yes, seer or sidekick, most of all he is just a very good writer indeed.«

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Ich und der Indianerhäuptling

»Bei Lizarazu war es genau anders herum: Er ist noch fünf Zentimeter kleiner als Matthäus, aber als ich ihm gegenüberstand, kam er mir größer vor. Bixente kann einen sehr ernst und durchdringend anblicken. Mit seinen halblangen, zerzausten Haaren, seinem muskelbepackten Oberkörper und der braungebrannten Haut – er trug nur eine Badehose – sah er aus wie ein Indianerhäuptling. Wie der junge Pierre Brice. Lizarazu wäre die Idealbesetzung der Winnetou-Festspiele in Bad Segeberg, aber so ein Kostümtheater würde er nicht mitmachen.«

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How People Meet In 2012

»Their online friendship moved to the next level when Daddy finally friend requested Mommy on Facebook. Mommy accepted and saw that Daddy lived in the same town as Mommy! He was a freshman at the college in Mommy’s town. She was excited that he could be boyfriend potential and he was excited she had hook-up potential. She began to stalk him on Facebook and saw that he joined the Miyazaki film festival event on Facebook.«

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Wie man sich mal eben in München immatrikuliert

»Mittwoch, 5. September, Hamburg Ein Brief von der Uni München, in dem steht, dass sie meine Immatrikulationsfrist bis zum 28. September verlängern. Ich beginne, viel zu trinken.«

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Freddie Mercury: the great enigma

»There are also new interviews with Caballé, the surviving members of Queen and a host of friends, and all are agreed on one point: Mercury was a fastidious, generous man whose private life was utterly off limits to anyone outside the inner circle. For someone who sold in the neighbourhood of 150 million albums, he was remarkably hard to fathom.«

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The Writing Revolution

»So, faced with closure, the school’s principal went all-in on a very specific curriculum reform, placing an overwhelming focus on teaching the basics of analytic writing, every day, in virtually every class. What followed was an extraordinary blossoming of student potential, across nearly every subject—one that has made New Dorp a model for educational reform.«

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Maybe Don’t Kiss Me

»People our age are afraid of the idea of love. It is binding, it is daunting, it’s not cool. Well, for fuck’s sake, I’m not cool. And I want to fall in love; I might even want to fall in love with you. I have this tremendous capacity to love and I am drowning in it. With the effort it takes for me to remain aloof and unattached, I am quietly, quietly submerged in this innate and overwhelming need to love. But here’s the thing, I can’t “kind of” love you. I can’t fall “a little bit” in love with you. I am going to love you in a way that is going to warm you, in a perpetual s[…]«

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How To Survive A Day At Oktoberfest

»Each of the ten tents is huge and can accomodate thousands. They all have a different vibe. Some are more popular with older Germans who've been Oktoberfest-ing since they were children, while others are more of a raucous party only slightly more civilized than Coachella.«

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The Body on Somerton Beach

»The body displayed other peculiarities. The dead man’s calf muscles were high and very well developed; although in his late 40s, he had the legs of an athlete. His toes, meanwhile, were oddly wedge-shaped. One expert who gave evidence at the inquest noted: I have not seen the tendency of calf muscle so pronounced as in this case…. His feet were rather striking, suggesting—this is my own assumption—that he had been in the habit of wearing high-heeled and pointed shoes.«

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Twittersternchen September 2012

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Kleinigkeiten (21)

The challenge of retelling Grimms' fairy tales

Vanished Years by Rupert Everett – review

Ich und der Indianerhäuptling

How People Meet In 2012

Wie man sich mal eben in München immatrikuliert

Freddie Mercury: the great enigma

The Writing Revolution

Maybe Don’t Kiss Me

How To Survive A Day At Oktoberfest

The Body on Somerton Beach

Gelesen KW 38

Von Hühnern und Hünen

Germany is a country far removed from its stereotype

Der Ekel oder Wie das Buch von Julia Schramm mich berührte

Schutzengel

Ganz oben

The Germans have a word for it – and it's a very long one

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