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“You write so infrequently”, I hear quite often. “I have too much to do,” I then reply. That is true, but there is of course more. …

One of the most frequently encountered prejudices against America in Germany is the superficiality: In America, nobody is really …

Europeans often make fun of the American tendency to see Europe in five days ( “If it is Tuesday, this must be Paris”). Of course you …

Language is one of the things you always take with you, no matter where, when, or what your baggage restrictions are. Our phonological …

Yesterday, we had an earthquake drill. At 10:00am, we were supposed to “drop, cover, and hold on” (does “duck and cover” sound …

Since the first mentioning of my car here, it has not been washed. As LA is a very dusty city, however, so it was about time to change …

Behind the left rear mirror of my car lives a little spider, which comes out every night and weaves her net between the door and the …