My life while the world spins madly on...

Thoughts arising while working as a scientist or just randomly spinning from my brain.

I don't give a damn, I'm happy as a clam, nobody knows me at all

[This and the section title borrowed from the Weepies - great lyrics.]

Everything here is just what I think and does not represent opinion of my employer or anybody else. See the Impressum.

Sunday, 6 January 2013

Hockney + Yorkshire = awesome

Letzte Woche die David Hockney Ausstellung im Museum Ludwig angesehen. "A Bigger Picture" - der Name ist Programm.  Einfach toll - sollte jeder rein gehen. Einzige Frage: warum sind die Bäume lila zum Teil?

Went to see the David Hockney exhibition at museum Ludwig here in Cologne last week. Called "A Bigger Picture" and thats what it is. Simply brilliant - everybody should try and see it. Just one questions: why are some of the trees purple?

Always liked Depardieu, but this is outraging

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/neu-russe-depardieu-trifft-putin-erste-umarmung-unter-landsleuten-1.1565760

As if he'd even notice the loss of money by paying more tax for a couple of years. Time has arrived that everybody in society has to take his/her fair share. But now that he is a citizen of a great democracy...

 

Indignez-vous! Engagez-vous!


Ich mochte Depardieu eigentlich immer, aber das...

Als ob er ??berhaupt bemerkt h??tte, an seinem Kontostand, dass er f??r ein paar Jahre mal mehr (richtig?) Steuern zahlt und es ist einfach an der Zeit, dass jeder seinen fairen Anteil tr??gt. Naja, nun ist er wenigstens B??rger einer gro??en Demokratie, so historisch gewachsen und so...

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Travelling at nearly speed of light

hence a bit slow in time: Happy New Year to everybody!

P ;-)

 

Postkarte2013_2
(all pics w/ #NEX-5 in #Scotland, lighthouse black-white w/ Aperture)

Monday, 3 December 2012

a unicorn, a unicorn cave!

Wow, North Korea to discover a unicorn cave http://goo.gl/KYC2G. This is so exciting, if the archaeologists got a hint directly out of heaven from Kim Jong-il through their invisible mobile phones (http://goo.gl/VVwuJ)? And this the same day that Will and Kate announce the long awaited. Fairy tales come true...

Eine Einhornhöhle mitten in Nordkorea http://goo.gl/KYC2G - wow! Ob die Archaeologen einen Hinweis direkt von Kim Jong-il aus dem Himmel bekommen haben? Durch ihre unsichtbaren Handys (http://goo.gl/VVwuJ). Und das am gleichen Tag, an dem William und Kathryn die Schwangerschaft bekannt geben. Wie im Märchen.

Monday, 26 November 2012

Kimchi, eggs and scones - the ultimate breakfast

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Presenting the all new best and tasty breakfast to keep a scientist up and running for a looong day - presumably healthy and nurishing as well:

Selfmade date scones (see previous post), Kimchi (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimchi ) and scrambled eggs (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(food) ). The extra bonus of Kimchi? It protects you from infection with a nasty nematode, see pic 1 for the paper and pics 2 and 3 for the worm. Yes, this is a 50cm parasite that might find it just warm and comfy in your gut. So, kimchi galore!

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Und heute, das ultimativ beste Fr??hst??ck um einen Wissenschaftler in Gang zu bringen und Fit f??r den Tag zu machen: Selbstgemachte Date Scones (siehe vorherigen Eintrag), Kimchi (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimchi) und R??hrei (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H??hnerei). Das tolle an Kimchi ist, es h??lt einen frei von Ascaris (siehe Paper), einem ziemlich gro??en Wurm der gerne in den Darm einzieht (siehe Bilder).

 

Monday, 12 November 2012

yeah!

there is nothing quite like the feeling...

I turn the music up, I got my records on, I shut the world outside

...to when you found some nuggets of gold in your science

I turn the music up, I'm on a roll this time

this is what it is worth for...

sing a rebel song!

Thursday, 8 November 2012

Danke! Thanks!

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Danke an alle f??r die netten W??nsche heute. Grad noch leckere Date Scones f??r AG Fr??hst??ck morgen gezaubert...

Thanks for well wishing today. Really appreciate that. Just finished some date scones for lab meeting tomorrow...