Today I won’t bother you with another exceptionally long blog, but there were a couple of things coming up my mind in the course of the day. — Would you believe me if I told you that there are crazy events like a BBQ championship out there? -Well, I guess I wouldn’t. But not shitting, there are BBQ clubs existing where the members construct specialized BBQ equipment for all different ‘tasks’ you encounter when calling yourself a professional BBQer. You should, as I had to learn today, never rost your saussages next to steaks because of the mixing flavours and fats. No comment… Anyways, the philosophical rationale of one of the top BBQ clubs in Germany is as follows: “It’s not the result what is important, but the process.” Hmm, nice. Dream on… — I just saw the GDR’s counterpart of Derrick on MDR. People, this is amazing! Watching this old GDR crimebuster series nowadays once more confronted me with my thoughts about the GDR I already shared with Kilian: I have never ever thought about whether the GDR had a Derrick in the first place, and then, how a hot pursuit in a Wartburg must have looked like. Now, after watching this series, I conclude the following: The glasses Honnecker wore in 1990 (Esther would call them “Balkanbrille”) were exactly the ones a nurse from the series was wearing in this episode from 1973; they DID do hot pursuits in a Wartburg in green and white with a small sign saying “Volkspolizei”; they made subtile jokes about the availability of products; they never said the word “Staatssicherheitsdienst” or “Stasi”; they had no cell phones (ok, that’s logical in the 70s); PLUS: the companion of the chief inspector was not asked to bring the car (”Harry, fahr schon mal den Wagen vor!” -”Ja, Stefan.”) — It rained today. What a relief. Yesterday night I had to carry 30 Gießkannen (anyone know the English word for that??) into the garden to at least hamper the plants from drying out totally. This is one example for what I meant by physically demanding activities. But: After weeks and weeks of brain-eating, I really enjoy it! — Time to hang up, otherwise I might get used to 56k connections… ;)