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Germany and the real girl...
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While we don't use the slingbox as often as we like, we sat down a few weeks ago and saw a great movie called Lars and the Real Girl. Lars is a lonely man who decides to order a life-size plastic doll and pass it off as his real girlfriend.Although the premise of the movie sounds utterly ridiculous, we noticed Rotten Tomatoes scored it positively at 81% so we decided, "what the heck-can't be that bad right'!"It really was a wonderful movie and if you have an opportunity to see it, do it....
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Skype drama cont...
From 50% of my DNA, 2 days ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
And we are now working on day 10 or something of our phone problem. For background info, please see this post.Skype has contacted us (1 week later) and told us our account was hacked. (Ehrlich') Our history shows that over a period of 2 days, someone called multiple Taiwanese mobile phones over 100 times talking no more than 2 minutes and most less than that (very curious indeed). Our account is drained (although thankfully we didn't have that much) and we still can't use a service we are...
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motivation to blog
From 50% of my DNA, 1 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Even though I have turned into a primitive species of homo sapien, doing nothing but sleeping and a little eating while nurturing life within, I have found motivation to blog.First of all, I am awake beyond my 3-year-old's bedtime. This is a unique situation in itself that I wasn't awakened by Baby Bird insisting that I "sing 4 songs not 3" and "why was I sleeping in his room'" But what better reason to blog than pure unadulterated...anger?In order to solve our "being in another country while...
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WWaGD'
From 50% of my DNA, 3 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Since living in Germany, the Scientist and I have encountered many new situations. To deal with these new experiences, we have a little game we play called "What would a German do" or WWaGD'We have had many conversations with our German colleagues and friends when we wish to deal with something like a local. We have also consulted WWaGD aka Toytown, an entire website devoted to this concept.One of the most common things I bother ask my German friends about is medicine questions. Often, things...
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Outnumbered
From 50% of my DNA, 3 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
As you can see from the "creepy" (The Scientist's words-not mine) countdown on the right, I am currently 5 months pregnant. And yes, you read the title correctly....I will soon be outnumbered 3:1.I am currently working part-time and even though I worked full time during my first pregnancy, I am, by far, more exhausted and sick than I ever was with Baby Bird. How in the world did I work full-time' (until I went into labor at work - more on that later) I will never remember! Hopefully this is not...
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Where to buy Unique items online
From 50% of my DNA, 1 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Being a busy working mother, I don't often have the time that my lovely single friends have to leisurely stroll through Berlin searching for the next hippest store which sells lovely unique items. Although I have found a toy store and a children's clothing store I absolutely love, most of what I encounter on a day-to-day basis are chain stores which will suffice but definitely take the fun out of shopping. (you can see where my priorities are!)In the US, I was completely addicted to Etsy....
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Funny Foto Freitag - Angebote!
From 50% of my DNA, 1 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
ATTENTION - ANGEBOT! SPECIAL OFFER! Free coffee or specialty coffee...with a booking at a brothel! This deal is too hot to miss!We found this in the German version of the Yellow Pages called Gelbe Seiten.The Scientist has decided he loves Germany!
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Kultur at the Workplace - Opinions
From 50% of my DNA, 1 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
I know I saw I was going to do Interviews next but I am inspired by the following clip to write up my experience with German culture and opinions a little early.This video is obviously an exaggeration but some truth lies within.One day at work, this picture came up on my screen saver.This is Baby Bird when he was about 1.5 for what most of you reading would assume is a Halloween picture. (Dumbo the Elephant if you need further clarification)This was not so clear to my colleagues."Halloween is...
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Our beloved Prez
From 50% of my DNA, 1 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Like many people all over the world, the Germans have a love affair with Obama. This was especially clear to me last year when his speech here in Berlin where the # of Germans far outweighed the # of excited Americans. They have gone as far as naming breaded chicken fingers after the poor guy.Although they are normally reserved, I have had perfect strangers hear me speaking English or hear my lovely American accent while speaking German and immediately smile and say "Obama!" even if that is the...
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Our Geschenk to ourselves
From 50% of my DNA, 1 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
For many reasons, (some of which will be revealed later), we decided to invest in a Slingbox on our recent trip to the States.What is a slingbox you might ask (as the clerks did when we asked if they were in stock)? Our Slingbox allows us to watch American television in our own home here in Berlin. Our Slingbox is actually hooked up in my parents house (thanks Mom & Dad!) to a receiver AND the Internet. At our end in Berlin, it streams through our laptop once we have signed in to our...
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