stories from the apple core

Happy New Year!

2012-01-03T04:52:00.000-06:00

Same procedure as every year, Miss Sophie...

Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year!

2011-12-16T19:38:00.001-06:00

Weihnachtsmann mit Aachener Printen. Seen by Kate.

NYC Goes Three Ways

2011-11-07T13:10:00.000-06:00

Late, waaay late, I know, but it's well worth watching it even these days. Just in case you don't live here and have no idea what I am talking aout: This video shows the recklessness of traffic participants in New York, motorized drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians alike - just on the intersection of 28th St and Park Ave South. Ron Gabriel says about his movie: "By summer 2010, the expansion of

In Sync

2011-11-01T09:48:00.000-06:00

I am still preparing the photos from the trip of Kona Kai down the Eastern seaboard. In the meanwhile a really nice video about the synchronized movements aboard a racing vessel (song: Vikunja - The Antique Tin Carousel). I wish I could perform tacks like these. See on my alltime favorite sailing website Sailing Anarchy!

Map of the Voyage of Kona Kai

2011-10-28T18:50:00.000-06:00

A preliminary map of the fall 2011 voyage of Kona Kai from Yarmouth, ME, to Beaufort, NC, Oct 17-27, 2011. Text and photos will follow as soon as they available. Please take your time, click into the map (or open in new window) and zoom in. At the blue markers you'll find valuable and detailed information about the trip. For more incl. a nice aerial picture of Konai Ka, see ME2NC. For more

Leaving port

2011-10-21T14:33:00.001-06:00

Kona Kai at Sandwich Marina, eastern end of Cape Cod Canal, Massachussetts.

October!

2011-10-08T20:45:00.000-06:00

Kate steering Mistral IV out of LYC - a fine day out on the Long Island Sound, temps around 75, W 5kts, but we made it to Oyster Bay and back. We know about pain. And we know how to handle it. Approaching home port after a warm day Glassy seas: Kate's self portrait at about 6 kts downwind

ME 2 NC

2011-10-07T20:43:00.001-06:00

Maine to North Carolina, that's on the fall program. Four sailor dogs will leave Yarmouth, ME, aboard the fine cutter "Kona Kai", a Crealock 34 by Pacific Seacraft on Oct 17th. The plan is to head down to Cape Cod and through the Cape Cod Channel, maybe dropping a hook in Cuttyhunk for latest provisions, and then heading down south. After passing Delaware Bay and Chespeake Bay, we'll head towards

On Seafood Watch

2011-09-24T17:24:00.001-06:00

Pescavores, how cool is that? One of the apps I always missed is here now - the Seafood Watch app which can tell you what is responsible to eat and what would be better to avoid. It even proposes alternative fish to look for. The included "fish map" tells you where to get sustainable fish just around you, at fishmongers and restaurants alike. The app includes a sushi section and keeps you up to

Dome clock Lincoln Center

2011-09-19T17:06:00.001-06:00

Dome clock Lincoln Center, a photo by jankor on Flickr. Unique, hand made and now available for purchase: Glass dome clocks, other wall clocks and alarm clocks. Come and check them out on my Flickr page.

2011-09-12T09:50:00.001-06:00

For years, graphic artist Normal Bob Smith covers the weirdos on Unions Square on his blog. Eventually this earned him an article in the New York Times. In Taking a Gander at the Peepers in Union Square Park, Corez Kilgannon reports about the TV show "Inside Edition" peeping on the peepers. Similarly weird: moneb888#s skate videos from Union Square Park.

Block Party! With my photography!

2011-09-11T10:17:00.002-06:00

Join the festivities! Save the date: Saturday, September 17 · 11:00am - 5:00pm Location: East 9th St between 1st Ave and Ave A, East Village, Manhattan, New York, NY Time: 11 am to 5 pm, no rain date. Whazzup • We have plenty of live music all day long! • Resident artists, crafts people, and photographers will be showing and selling their work. • Residents sell "stoop sale style" antiques

We Want Fish!

2011-09-06T10:16:00.023-06:00

My Sowester makes me look a bit like a Gloucester Fisherman, doesn't it? Bluefish is an abundant and ubiquitous species in the Long Island Sound - except when I am aboard the C&C 30 "Mistral IV". Two cocktail blues was the meager harvest over the course of three days, but at least they were expertly lured, caught, filleted, grilled, prepped and served by Bro. Originally the trip should lead

Wonderful Whale Watching

2011-08-20T10:34:00.009-06:00

A humpback whale shows off his pectoral fin between two whale watching boats.Gloucester, MA, is like our second home. In summers and winters we go up there for many years to stay with our friends. I assume that I might know some nooks and crannies on Cape Ann a lot of locals don't. Nevertheless there is always something else to explore, and sometimes it is hidden in plain sight. It was so obvious

At The Clearwater's Helm

2011-08-08T12:33:00.013-06:00

Capt. Nick was so nice to let me take the tiller for a while. Yep, that's me at the helm of a gaff rigged sloop up the Hudson River steered towards the George Washington Bridge. The famous Clearwater is 106 feet long and 108 feet high, and it takes some arm grease to raise her sails and keep her on course. Last Friday we were invited to celebrate Mark Siegel's webcomic Sailor Twain or The

Kleine Welt

2011-08-04T19:08:00.006-06:00

Neulich zwei echte Helden meiner Kindheit getroffen, & zwar im hintersten Winkel von Massachussets, im Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Eric Carle, 82 ("Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt") und Tomi Ungerer, 80 (ya know!): beide in Kinderbüchern aktiv, beide mit sehr besonderem Deutschland-Bezug (Eric - Tomi). Mit beiden flüssig auf deutsch geschnackt. Tomi Ungerer, 80: "Aus Aachen kommst Du? Das

Singlehanded

2011-08-04T09:10:00.013-06:00

An hour after sunset at anchor at Asharoken Beach near Northport, Long Island, NY Left the city behind for a night. The heat, the humidity, the chatterbabblebrouhahadidyouseewhatthejonesesdohavepretend. Set sail singlehanded, eastbound and peacefully at anchor now. Ahh, bliss. More data when you click the markers in the Google map. View Sailing on "Mistral IV" in a larger map Mistral IV at

What the ...

2011-08-03T21:35:00.001-06:00

What the ..., a photo by jankor on Flickr....heck are they doing over there?

Saabing Around

2011-08-03T10:40:00.002-06:00

Thanks, Bro, for leaving your great car with us for the time being. We thoroughly enjoy Saabing around in the summertime exploring places near and far. She's a cute white purrer, but when the turbo kicks in, we all scream along: "It's alive!"

JR in The South Bronx

2011-07-22T18:03:00.000-06:00

GWNY150a, a photo by jankor on Flickr.Paste-up under the Bruckner Highway in The Bronx, New York, NY, by the artist JR for his "Inside Out Project". See more here in my Street Art set.

Sunset at Javits, New Yorker, Empire State Building

2011-07-22T18:02:00.005-06:00

Sunset at Javits, New Yorker, Empire State Building, a photo by jankor on Flickr.The sun sets after a hot summer day and dips New York in fiery colors. A calm Hudson River flows along Manhattan's West side in front of the Javits Convention Center, the New Yorker Hotel, and the Empire State Building.

Full Moon over Manhattan

2011-07-22T18:02:00.003-06:00

Full Moon over Manhattan, a photo by jankor on Flickr.The full moon rises over Manhattan, New York, NY. A calm Hudson River flows along Manhattan's West side in front of the Javits Convention Center, the New Yorker Hotel, and the Empire State Building.

New Love in New Jersey

2011-07-22T18:02:00.001-06:00

New Love in New Jersey, a photo by jankor on Flickr.A young couple in Weehawken, NJ, admires the full moon over Manhattan, New York. They enjoy the vista of the New Yorker Hotel, the Empire State Building, and further south (on the right) the roofs of the New York Life Insurance and the Metropolitan Life Insurance buildings

WTC from Jersey City

2011-07-22T18:01:00.001-06:00

WTC from Jersey City, a photo by jankor on Flickr.Longing over the Hudson River, the new World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New York, NY, seen from Jersey City, NJ.

WTC from Weehawken

2011-07-22T17:56:00.001-06:00

WTC from Weehawken, a photo by jankor on Flickr.The new World Trade Center is rising in Lower Manhattan, New York, NY. Seen at full moon from Weehawken, NJ.See more of my night shots of the full moon shots on my flickr page.

Atlantic City

2011-07-21T17:59:00.000-06:00

Atlantic City, a photo by jankor on Flickr.Self portrait in the bumper of an old cruiser in Atlantic City. This sky is no sky at all, it's a painted illusion on the ceiling of the "Tropicana Quarter". Everything here is fake but the car - and me, for sure. See more of my shots on my flickr page.

Independence Day 2011

2011-07-03T23:44:00.004-06:00

Happy 4th of July: A grocery in Peekskill in upstate New York on the Hudson River Valley wishes all best for Independence Day 2011.

Little Planet Clocks & Lamps

2011-06-01T00:35:00.006-06:00

I love to read your opinion and comments about these prototypes. Is this just Kitsch to you or would you consider using one of these at home? You can see more pictures of every model if you follow the link at the end of this post.This is a project page about clocks, lamps and other objects of all kinds which use my small planet images and other of my processed imagery. These items are not for

At The Helm

2011-05-24T00:07:00.000-06:00

Captain Tom at the helm of Mistral IV, his C&C 30 Mk I, out of Larchmont, NY. Sat., May 21, 2001, 7-10 kts N, partly sunny, about 70 ° F. Staying put and leisurely cruising between Larchmont, Hempstead Harbour, and Rye Playland, we did not catch any fish this day.

Mistral IV cruise to Oyster Bay

2011-05-15T01:20:00.005-06:00

Mistral IV, the beloved frog-green C&C 30 Mk I, is back in the waters for about three weeks now and plows through the Western Long Island Sound. Here are some impressions from a leisurely cruise from Larchmont to Oyster Bay. Upwind... Entering Oyster Bay, NY, on our C&C 30 Mk I on a pretty calm day. I join Rob, Tom, and John Stanback on the Long Island Sound on a day of weak winds, with

Planet Lincoln Center

2011-05-04T20:59:00.001-06:00

Planet Lincoln Center, a photo by jankor on Flickr.Come over for a fresh load of little planets on my flickr page...

The Wind

2011-04-21T17:32:00.005-06:00

We know what pain is

2011-04-08T15:14:00.005-06:00

... but that doesn't keep us from sailing. For the crew of "Mistral IV" the season starts probably next week.

Damn Computers

2011-04-05T21:55:00.001-06:00

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Emo Philips

96th St Station

2011-04-05T19:37:00.001-06:00

96th St Station, a photo by jankor on Flickr.Uptown Blues

Steerer

2011-04-05T18:32:00.004-06:00

Steerer, a photo by jankor on Flickr.More New York lingo, this time crook speak!More New York lingo, this time quoted from the peculiar Almanac for New Yorkers, 1939 (p. 123), edited by the Federal Writer's Project:Underworld LingoWhen crooks talk out of the corners of their mouths the words issuing there from might puzzle or frighten a good citizen. For the underworld speaks a sort of code lingo

Coney Island Blues

2011-03-27T18:36:00.000-06:00

Coney Island Blues, a photo by jankor on Flickr.The old features get razed, and so the history of this famous site in South Brooklyn.

Praised Language

2011-03-07T15:30:00.006-06:00

"How to Avoid Huge Ships", "Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers", "People Who Don't Know They're Dead", or "The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories" - nothing is too far fetched to score in a competition of the oddest book title of the year. If you have a minute or two, I recommend browsing at least through the list in the Wikipedia article for the Diagram Prize (see just below) - I

Squirrel!

2011-03-06T14:04:00.025-06:00

Whatchawaidinfoar? New Yawk Tawlk isn't that easy to accomplish - especially if you don't want to give away that you are not from here (unlike the real local pictured above I recently met in Madison Square). This problem isn't new - and was addressed already in the olden times. If you check out the 1938 Almanac for New Yorkers (14.5 MB, p. 114 f.), you'll find some extraordinarily funny

New York Panoramas

2010-11-11T20:12:00.003-06:00

Long time no posting - there were plenty of things to do recently and I couldn't make any time for this. But now - here are some dozen pictures from New York in stretched formats, showing that New York can also be horizontally intriguing, not only vertically. Enjoy - either in the New York Panorama set on my Flickr page or here at Flickriver!

GWNY088

2010-10-30T15:28:00.001-06:00

GWNY088Originally uploaded by jankorEs herbstelt in New York

Warten auf Earl

2010-09-02T09:08:00.002-06:00

Mein erster Hurricane: Das fuehlt sich fast an wie in der Schule, wenn Du vom schoensten Ferienerlebnis berichten sollst. Earl wird uns auf Figure Eight Island nahe Wilmington in North Carolina nicht mit voller Wucht treffen, aber fuer einen Tropensturm wird es reichen. Mehr hier:http://www.noaawatch.gov/2010/tc_at07.phpEDIT: Hat dann doch nicht gereicht. Bei 40 mph war Schluss, das ist ja

Who owns the East Village?

2010-02-27T14:24:00.005-06:00

A much disputed new blog heats up the discussion between East Vilage residents on the one side and the New York Times and New York University on the other side. Follow the discussion at E.V. Grieve's blog in the commentaries of the noteworthy After helping ruin the East Village, NYU turns its attention to covering it. All necessary links are in the article.NY Times press release: NYTimes.com to

Flickring again

2010-02-15T21:53:00.005-06:00

At a crossroadsAfter nearly two years I started posting on Flickr again. Check out the two new series:I ♥ New York: Variations about the famous sloganGuess Where in New York?: For active co-guessers and in addition to my book, here you can join the fun of guessing what's where in the city.Or just check out my Flickr page anyway.

Let's roll

2010-02-12T19:05:00.044-06:00

Despite the climate change going on, soaring energy costs and the fact that we all know too well about the environmental impact of highly industrialized societies energy, a scarily high number of Americans is still proud to be part of the most wasteful country on this planet. I live in the land of a gazillon gas guzzlers, SUVs, pick-up trucks, and other obscene big cars which are used just to

I LEGO NY

2010-02-11T10:43:00.002-06:00

How in the world could I have missed I LEGO NY by Christoph Niemann?

Tudor City limo

2010-02-10T20:53:00.001-06:00

Tudor City with a twist

Winter Returns to the City

2010-02-10T16:24:00.005-06:00

February 10th, winter returns to the city. After missing the predicted Snowmageddon some days earlier which put Washington DC under a fat layer of snow, New York got its equal share on Wednesday. Here are some impressions from Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. Enjoy.Catching some snow balls on the dog runDotted camouflage on Ave ABlue and white serendipityThere's more yellow in the city

I ♥ New York: Rats

2010-02-05T19:31:00.002-06:00

On rats, ha. Or mangafied. Or in trees. Or traffic lights. Nevertheless: I ♥ New York

I ♥ New York: Mangafied

2010-02-05T19:30:00.004-06:00

Mangafied pasteup on newspaper box.

I ♥ New York: Hearts in Trees

2010-02-03T12:09:00.004-06:00

The city of hearts in trees, or elsewhere

Watergate stationary - yes, the Watergate

2010-01-30T21:48:00.004-06:00

Look what we found in a drawer of my father-in-law:More about the Watergate complex where infamous events took place. So what? Now, if you have to tell me something interesting, you can do it in style! Just click the picture, print it, write on the print and scan it. Then you (e)mail it to me.

xmasstressed

2009-12-13T23:02:00.003-06:00

I feel just slightly stressed out. Schreibt ein Freund: "Du hattest schon immer viel um die Ohren. "Yep. Die letzten 3 Tage:4 Uhr morgens - vorher nie ins Bett,1 Buch fertig gemacht,2 Jazzkonzerte besucht ("60 Jahre Birdland": Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian & The Microscopic Septet at Barbès [Brooklyn & Australia])1 Lesung im Bowery Poetry Club besucht,2 Blogeinträge

60 Birdland Years

2009-12-11T10:17:00.015-06:00

It has been a good year for Lee Konitz: Just four years after starting his professional career, he just had teamed up with the Miles Davis group to record Birth of the Cool, he started out as a band leader on his Subconscious-Lee on Prestige Records. The thing he reportedly regrets: He turned down an opportunity to work with Benny Goodman. Now this year comes to an end. On December 15, 1949,

Our house - 1920!

2009-12-06T14:23:00.004-06:00

Yeah, time's flyin'. Just found our house in a picture from 1920! It's the little white one just left and behind the smokestack in the foreground. It's just a magnified crop from a picture of the P.S. 122 on E 9th St & 1st Ave. This picture was taken in 1920 and is available through the New York Public Library's Digital Collections. What a treasure box.

Google streetview censored again?

2009-12-06T14:14:00.004-06:00

Looking for a picture of New York's smallest Pakistani Deli, (Lahore @ 132 Crosby St.)I switched to Google streetview - and found this:Check out this streetview and you'll find out why.

Guess Where in New York? - THE MOVIE

2009-12-03T20:55:00.003-06:00

The movie of the book. Here you see a complete preview. For the solutions (the disclosure of the locations, aren't you curious?) you need a hard copy of the book which you can order here @ Blurb.com.

Only in New York

2009-11-24T14:44:00.010-06:00

Aaaah, this city is wonderful! Stories over stories. And they are just awesome. The numbers of good New York blogs is too high, but here some good picks:Only in New YorkThe category in the City Room Blog of the New York Times covers the uniqueness of this city quite well. Written by Sam Roberts, who also published a book titled “Only in New York: An Exploration of the World’s Most Fascinating,

I ♥ New York: Straight ahead

2009-11-09T09:34:00.004-06:00

New Yorkers don't fuzz around. They are often straight ahead and outspoken. No time for silly games. This one I saw in SoHo. Thanks, bro, and have a nice day.

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-28T20:18:00.004-06:00

The Day After

Wähl - mich - jetzt! / Vote for me!

2009-07-24T23:49:00.005-06:00

Ok, what do we have here after completely overhauling my book "Guess Where in New York?": 80 full color pages, several new exposures and last not least an ISBN. So, let's go a) in the book shops and b) in Blurb's competition Photography Book Now.Thanks to Blurb there is now a preview for the whole book. If you are patient you will get rewarded with a nice and complete preview. So if you like it -

Airborne

2009-04-06T10:22:00.028-06:00

Überraschung! Ich sollte nicht erfahren, wohin es zu meinem Geburtstag ging, deswegen Augen zu und los. Ab zur U-Bahn auf den 6 train, in Grand Central umsteigen in den Zug (aber welche Linie?) und schließlich exit im unsagbar hässlichen Pendlerstädtchen White Plains. Warum nur? Wo ging's hin? Umstieg in ein altes, kaum noch fahrtüchtiges ehemaliges New Yorker Taxi. In abgewetzten Polstern, mit

Endlich!!!

2009-03-02T17:55:00.014-06:00

Gestern gab's (endlich) mal wieder Fisch - rohen Fisch. Wie (fast) immer am Sonntag abend. Wie (fast) immer beim besten fish joint der Stadt. Ausnahmsweise dieses Mal mit unseren britisch-chinesischen Freunden aus Brooklyn nebst Familie. Der Abend war nett, hatten wir doch vorher alle zusammen "Milk" gesehen und waren schwer begeistert. Der Höhepunkt des Abends aber kam erst noch - ganz leise und

East Village 1971

2009-02-15T17:55:00.005-06:00

Yep. So sah das aus. Und so sieht es teilweise auch heute noch aus, trotz aller Jammerei. Am Rande: Hier ist mehr vom West Village und Greenwich zu sehen als vom East Village. Aber es ist dennoch ein netter Streifen. Danke für diesen Tip, EV Grieve.

Trauer und Wut

2009-02-13T22:57:00.005-06:00

Das World Press Photo des Jahres 2009 von Anthony Suau. Detective Robert Cole, ein Beamter des Sheriff's Department in Cleveland Ohio, hat die unangenehme Aufgabe, Hausbewohnern die Zwangsräumung anzukündigen. Wenn Cole ein Haus findet, das schon leer steht, muss er sicherstellen, dass dort keine Waffen verborgen sind oder sich Hausbesetzer, oft Drogendealer, eingenistet haben. Zum Selbstschutz

US-Dialekt(ik)

2009-02-13T22:13:00.004-06:00

Howdy, whe're ya from? Whatchamacallit? Wer schon immer mal wissen wollte, wie sein Amerikanisch klingt, kann das jetzt online testen. Wie man an meinem Test sieht, geh ich zwar nicht als New Yawker durch (nicht genug Brooklynese in der Aussprache), aber für den Nordosten reicht's dann wohl doch. Muss ein wenig resistentes Schulenglisch sein...What American accent do you have? Your Result: The

Bye, bye, grey old lady?

2009-01-26T08:57:00.015-06:00

Alles begann mit der "Financial Page" in der Ausgabe des New Yorker vom 22. Dezember: Unter dem Titel News You Can Lose schrieb James Surowiecki über den merkwürdigen Platz zwischen Verleger-Himmel und -Hölle, in dem sich die Zeitungen seit Jahren befinden: Sie werden noch teuer auf Papier gedruckt, erscheinen aber in vollem journalistischem Umfang auch online - und zwar fast ausschließlich

Can't wait anymore!

2009-01-24T13:20:00.002-06:00

Hmm, das GPS programmiere ich schon, den Fishfinder ans Arbeiten zu bekommen wird etwas kniffliger. Aber dafür ist der Winter ja gut: Setz Deinen Kram instand und auf geht's im Frühling, raus aufs Salzwasser! In der Zwischenzeit hilft ein Blick auf ein paar nette Bilder in einem meiner Lieblingsphotojournalismusblogs

Kampfmaschinen

2009-01-23T18:13:00.010-06:00

Waffentragende US-Drohne. Photo courtesy of USAF, via Wired Blog (20 Killed in Deadly U.S. Drone Strike (Updated))Beängstigend, was P.W. Singer in seinem Beitrag Robots at War: The New Battlefield über den Einsatz von Kampfrobotern durch die USA beschreibt. Ich hoffe, immer auf der Seite derjenigen zu sein, die technisch überlegen ist. Ansonsten sehen wir in nächster Zukunft ziemlich alt aus, bzw

Happy Merry Ho-Ho-Ho!

2008-12-23T12:02:00.003-06:00

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!I took "Black is the new black" at the Christmas Market in Aachen, Germany, in Dec 2008.

Insane real estate market

2008-12-20T14:24:00.003-06:00

Über die Verschlimmerung der Lebensumstände in New York schreiben ja viele Blogger in New York, meist zu Recht und leider auch in einer deprimierenden Vielfalt. Genannt seien hier nur Jeremiah's Vanishing New York, EV Grieve oder Neither More Nor Less. Mehr in der Blogroll rechts.Als ich jedoch dieses Wohnungsinserat bei Craigslist sah, konnte ich es selbst nicht mehr glauben. You decide: Scherz

Christoph Keller @ art101

2008-11-14T11:47:00.014-06:00

"Launching a tornado", Christoph Keller, 2008Photoshop? Nein danke! Was hier zu sehen ist, existiert zwar nicht. Aber zu sehen ist es dennoch - genau so, what you see is what you get, unverfälscht durch Softwaretricks. Der Schriftsteller und Fotograf Christoph Keller, St. Gallen und New York, stellt derzeit seine neuesten Fotografien aus, und zwar in der Galerie art101 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,

Home Is Where Your Heart Is 2

2008-11-14T10:18:00.002-06:00

"New York is an ugly city, a dirty city. Its climate is a scandal, its politics are used to frighten children, its traffic is madness, its competition is murderous. But once you have lived in New York and it has become your home no place else is good enough!"Autobiography: Making of a New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, 02/01/1953By the way: Here is my first photo book. Guess about what?

Home Is Where Your Heart Is 1

2008-11-14T10:17:00.001-06:00

You know you're from New York City when...1.You say "the city" and expect everyone to know that this means Manhattan.2.You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.3.You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park at 3:30 on the Friday before a long weekend, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.4.Hookers and the homeless are

Dancing In The Streets

2008-11-05T09:24:00.000-06:00

Skepsis on election day's morning: Will he make it? The expectations are high - also on 2nd Ave on Houston.Since I was not (yet) allowed to vote, here I just hand over to my beloved wife Kate (I took the pics though):"With these pix [(c) Janko Puls] I hope you get a sense of the ecstasy we were experiencing in the wee hours of the morning after (no drugs, but perhaps a little wine was imbibed!;-)

Self Irony

2008-11-02T12:04:00.006-06:00

Isn' it remarkable, that parts of the battle about the next presidentship take place in a comedy show? Not only would the US system of selling a candidate on TV be unthinkable in Europe, this year's campaigns go to the extreme. Never was so much money spent on the campaign. Hardly ever so many Americans will probably cast their ballots, hardly ever this election is seen as a crossroads for

Some last good ones

2008-11-01T22:01:00.008-06:00

Well, Sarah Palin had a great start - as comic/tragic figure in comedy and on the internet. Just some days before the elections here some nice links. You don't have to be an enemy of Palin to enjoy the craze about her person - but you might turn into one.www.palinaspresident.usA really nice Flash animation about, well, what if... and if... Language isn't Palin strongest skill, you betcha. The New

Vote!

2008-10-30T13:18:00.001-06:00

Where to vote

2008-10-30T13:11:00.002-06:00

maps.google.com/vote

If you don't vote

2008-10-30T13:01:00.002-06:00

Alternativen 2

2008-10-10T13:33:00.002-06:00

Na gut, dann mache ich es eben selbst!Hier gibt's das Video! KLICK - MICH - JETZT - !!!Hier gibt's das Video! KLICK - MICH - JETZT - !!!Hier gibt's das Video! KLICK - MICH - JETZT - !!!Hier gibt's das Video! KLICK - MICH - JETZT - !!!Hier gibt's das Video! KLICK - MICH - JETZT - !!!

Zwo mal in eigener Sache

2008-10-09T16:19:00.007-06:00

Ad 1) Ja, ja, ja! Endlich ist das Fotoquiz Tudor City oder SoHo? bei FOCUS online erscheinen - auf der Grundlage meines Buches Guess where in New York?. Gleichermaßen eine Vorschau zum 72seitigen Buch - und ein Rätsel mit 10 Bildern. Danke, liebe Kollegin, nach MUC!Ad 2) Dazu eine weitere gute Nachricht: Die Druckqualität des Buchs ist gerade erheblich verbessert worden. Eine Vorschau und die

Alternativen 1

2008-10-08T19:15:00.007-06:00

Kann man nicht doch noch etwas ändern? Ist das wirklich das letzte Wort? Hmm, vielleicht überlegt Ihr es Euch ja noch- bei diesen Alternativen:www.michaelpalinforpresident.com

Wo geht's lang?

2008-10-07T09:15:00.004-06:00

Ok, da sich inzwischen fast die gesamte US-Presse über Sarah Palin lustig macht, will ich dem nicht nachstehen und zwei meiner Lieblinge der letzten Tage nachreichen.1) Sarah Palins kleines DebattenhelferleinThank you, Aden! 2) Palin is a post turtleWhile suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a

...und nun ins Hinterland

2008-10-06T16:25:00.005-06:00

Drill, baby, drill! Der Präsidentschaftswahlkampf zeitigt Alpträume und die Wirtschaftspolitik lässt uns schlicht heulen und Zähneklappern. Da lockt ein Blick in ruhigere Gefilde. Das hilft zwar nicht, beruhigt aber insofern, dass wir sehen, dass es anderen Menschen hier noch viiiel viiiel schlechter geht als uns arroganten intellectuals (bäh!), liberal commie friends (igitt!), Ostküsten-Snobs (

... und noch eins

2008-10-06T09:20:00.004-06:00

Nein, wir machen hier keine großen Videospielereien. Nur der Vollständigkeit halber das zweite "Tina Fay as Sarah Palin Video" aus Saturday Night Live. Diesmal eine Rekonstruktion des Interviews mit Katie Couric. Hoffentlich ist dieser Alptraum bald vorbei.

Wahlkämpfe

2008-09-19T10:38:00.010-06:00

Hatte ich bisher gute Gründe, mich zum Irrsinn des Wahlkampfes nicht zu äußern, breche ich kurz mit meiner Regel, um zwei Videos zu präsentieren. Eines ist bitterernst, obwohl es auf mich zuerst wie eine Satire wirkte, das andere ist Satire, die man ebensogut für die reine Wahrheit halten könnte. Was für ein bizarres Land!The Honorable James David Manning speaks to the media about Bristol Palin.

East River blau

2008-07-05T19:23:00.005-06:00

Alles Gute zum 4 Juli - Unabhängigkeitstag in den USA! Wir genossen das atemberaubende Feuerwerk mit direktem Blick über den East River auf die Südspitze Manhattans - von Barb's Dachterrasse in Brooklyn Heights! Ich habe mal wieder viel zu viele Bilder aufgenommen, um sie irgendwo auf dem Web zu publizieren...

P.S. 122 - gestern und heute

2008-07-05T12:00:00.007-06:00

Danke, Virtual Earth von Microsoft, für die Bird's-View-Aufnahme.