Having lived there for 20+yrs nothing shocks me anymore about the grand and delusional state of Germania when the buckles holding up its crescent moon start to shake. But then again, that's why worstwriter.com is here. To provide a heads up. With that piece of self-promotion in mind, is Merkel getting what she deserves? Not … Continue reading Wirtschaftswunderkinder From The East Mix Well With Too Many PHDs
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Passage To India, Legal, House Hunting And Cat5 Ethernet
The first week in India has been a challenge. Not sure I can communicate it fully in this status update. But have no fear, worst-writer will try. Big day today. Started very early where we had to go to immigration authorities to get legal docs regarding our visa. After about two hours of sitting around … Continue reading Passage To India, Legal, House Hunting And Cat5 Ethernet
Batsh*t Blue Collar WWE And Failupwards College Grads. A Love Story.
As the GOP deservedly cracks and crumbles this holiday election season, I'm wondering if liberals or those still capable of thought should take a stand on all this hitlerism and fascism krapp that's being thrown around like a volleyball at a sorority party where new recruits are required to prance around for frat boys with big … Continue reading Batsh*t Blue Collar WWE And Failupwards College Grads. A Love Story.
Tale Of Two Killers Or Movies To Kill Time, Tears and Flugangst
The only thing I could think about during recent FRA > BLR flight was my little dog in his crate attached to a palette. I could see him from the lounge where I tried to drink my sorrows away with free bier, wine and nuts. Just before we boarded I could also see the ground … Continue reading Tale Of Two Killers Or Movies To Kill Time, Tears and Flugangst
Passage To India Update. Finding Love Of Bureaucracy. Jitters.
Last Wednesday Moving company arrives to begin packing. They're an hour and half late. I order them sandwich rolls from local bakery and also get them some Cola. After a few hours of boxing, rolling glasses, listening to the screams of packing tape, I surprise them with an offer to buy lunch at a Greek … Continue reading Passage To India Update. Finding Love Of Bureaucracy. Jitters.
Awash In Ethernet Jacks, Dübels And Bad Jokes
The movers finished yesterday around 17:00. Paperwork followed and I eventually signed. My wife asked that I double check the list of packed stuff before signing it so I did that first. Of the hundreds of items listed on about six sheets of paper I only took notice of whether or not my office equipment, especially my Mac, … Continue reading Awash In Ethernet Jacks, Dübels And Bad Jokes
Useless Eater From 30k Feet First Class Adoring The View Of #Trump2016 Rampage On…
As I've worst-said before, #americant doesn't deserve #Trump2016 but it has earned it/him. With that in mind, dear worst-reader, I really enjoyed reading the news this morn about the Bush family dropping out of the 2016 race. For that I'm forever grateful to The Donald. And here's my (ir)rational as to why I'm grateful. As … Continue reading Useless Eater From 30k Feet First Class Adoring The View Of #Trump2016 Rampage On…
What Will Be Missed: Brötchen Not Bureaucracy
Actually I prefer Mehrkornbrötchen but every once-a-once I splurge and have a (regular) Brötchen smeared with a minimal amount of Nutella. Minimal! The splurging on my diet, though, will change soon because in India there is no Brötchen. I'm sure there's plenty of Nutella. (Aghast! Short pause.) Oh. And. No! Bread Rolls are not a substitute for Brötchen. Remember: what … Continue reading What Will Be Missed: Brötchen Not Bureaucracy
Messages From H. E. Double Toothpicks
Got this message today when I tried to access my site in order to... rant on. My first thought: What the hell! Then all enthusiasm went asunder. Getting the rational part of my brain to shrug off all the booze I've been drinking, I googled the problem and quickly realised it is a common problem among those … Continue reading Messages From H. E. Double Toothpicks
Things Returned And A Bit About Landlords
Not sure it's worth a post but I can't get enough blog content. §First. Boy do I love buying krapp online. You know the best part about buying krapp online, dear worst-reader? You can return it without some jerk-off asking you why s/he should take your krapp back. Yeah, that sort of thing happens all … Continue reading Things Returned And A Bit About Landlords
A Very Beginner's Guide To Migrating & Hosting WordPress On AWS
Update: After about a year of use, as of the end of 2016, I've given up on AWS and moved my blog to wordpress.com. Reason? First. This is not an attempt to sell you wordpress. Use whatever blog platform you like. 2nd. (And now let's move on.) While trying to host my (wordpress software) blog … Continue reading A Very Beginner's Guide To Migrating & Hosting WordPress On AWS
Last Coffee Bean Bag Is A Telescope On Our Passage To India
Saw something strange this morning after what might be the last coffee bean bag I empty in #eurowasteland for the next few years. The count down has begun. 10. 9. 8... We're at around 7 at this point. The moving company is chosen. Vaccinations have been given. Dog paperwork fulfilling bureaucracies almost done. Our passports are at … Continue reading Last Coffee Bean Bag Is A Telescope On Our Passage To India
Not If But When The End Is Nigh Or How I Miss RSS
These images were taken from my iPhone 6s a few nights ago while scanning through Apple's News app. This News app is actually nothing new. I've been using Feedly, Google News, Flipboard, for some time now. Let's just say I'm nuts for information distribution. But the problem is companies like Apple are incapable of understanding information distribution. … Continue reading Not If But When The End Is Nigh Or How I Miss RSS
Arduous Feet Amongst The Intrepid Or Peace Pumpkin Cake While Changing Hosts
Note: an update and follow-up to this post is here. It began on Thursday. It ended the following Monday in the wee hours. What is 'it'? Well, I finally got around to changing my Internet host. Appropriate (or not) since I'll also be changing countries soon. (But that's another post.) It's not that I was, am … Continue reading Arduous Feet Amongst The Intrepid Or Peace Pumpkin Cake While Changing Hosts
Do As The Romans Do In Flint Michigan
Yesterday morning I was catching up on the situation in Flint, MI. A few hours later, while preparing dinner--as part of my dinner-making ritual--I streamed a TV series. Somehow bingeing on TV shows is my newest thing, no thanks to the convenience of digital streaming. Newest binge? I started watching the new-fangled Cosmos series, a continuation of the … Continue reading Do As The Romans Do In Flint Michigan
A Pattern Of Doom, Learning How-To Video, New Refurbished MacBook Air
https://youtu.be/ZrIFihKKZa8 Reviewing the news this morn. Bored of all the election bullsh*t. When I'm bored of the news I always find myself turning the dial (aka clicking other links). In this case, instead of gawking at pretty cars and pretty sailboats, I clicked through tech news feeds. In it I found something akin to a pattern. … Continue reading A Pattern Of Doom, Learning How-To Video, New Refurbished MacBook Air
The Authoritarians
After (proudly) watching (left-wing biased) highlights on the youtubes from the latest freak-show aka the republican party debate, a new thought popped into my head this morn. Well, actually, two thoughts popped in. The first: Winners. Not winners in the sense of winning but winners in the sense of everyone wants to be winners when there is … Continue reading The Authoritarians
The Event Horizon Of Stupid
Event Horizon - noun, Astronomy, a theoretical boundary around a black hole beyond which no light or other radiation can escape; a point of no return: we're nearing the event horizon of the presidential election. Hat totting rural-ites taking over useless government buildings claiming the land which that building sits on is unlawfully owned by government. These same people also maintain … Continue reading The Event Horizon Of Stupid
Review Refurbished MBA New Toy
Not For Sale Although it may sound like it, I'm not selling anything. It's just another boring morning of rain and grey weather and contemplation about tech. Also. The only form of sunshine this time of year (in Germania) is when a new toy arrives. And. What for a toy! With that in mind, this … Continue reading Review Refurbished MBA New Toy
Time To Make A Documentary About What's Outside The Mirror Not About What's In It
The best part of this documentary is at the end when Michael Moore says that he can't keep doing this. Of course, he then appeals to his audience directly making a request to those in the theatre to help him out--because he can't keep doing this. I assume he's referring to help with democracy and … Continue reading Time To Make A Documentary About What's Outside The Mirror Not About What's In It
Green Magic Markers, Paying, The Donald In London
Some dialogue while paying for breakfast this morn. Waiter: Sign here please. (Tommi takes the pen the waiter gives him but notices it's defect.) Tommi: Sorry mate, you got another pen? (Waiter grunts with a cockney accent and goes to get another pen; he returns with 2nd pen.) Waiter: Here. Tommi: Thank you. (Tommi takes … Continue reading Green Magic Markers, Paying, The Donald In London
Intercourse Anew Or How I See Mechanics Old
A pic I took recently. Notice how the machine is perfectly aligned. (Short pause. Blink.) Except for the camera that reflects my mind. (No pause.) There are gears that intertwine. Perfectly they glide, common yet far and wide. If I had to I'd say, admit, where this pic comes from... This is the image that a … Continue reading Intercourse Anew Or How I See Mechanics Old
Biggest Tell From #SOTU: #TPP
Holy krapp, dear worst-reader. I just listened to Barry-O's last #SOTU address. As usual, I cringed and wiggled while listening to it. Why is it that these speeches give me the creeps? Is it the fact that I know people like Barry-O either know what they are saying and so they say it anyway or … Continue reading Biggest Tell From #SOTU: #TPP
May Um Save The Planet Um
Seriously. I just dented my refrigerator. I hit it. Right out of the blue I hit my fridge as though it were taunting me, as though it were asking for it. Yes. That's exactly what happened. It (my fridge) was taunting me like a sheep-lamb in hell that recites Milton's Paradise lost and Redd Foxx's last … Continue reading May Um Save The Planet Um
Find The Question In The Answer Of The Message
The task of American TV binge-watching is not a small one, especially when competing with one's better-half who is usually at least two shows ahead of me. The reality is, I'm losing the challenge of who can get through the shows the quickest. Lost big-time, in fact, with recent binge-watching of The King of Queens. It took … Continue reading Find The Question In The Answer Of The Message