Thursday, January 06, 2022

Beers & Books CLXXXV – Maeve Brennan

"All we have to face in the future
is what has happened in the past.
It is unbearable."

Maeve Brennan  (6 January 1917 – 1 November 1993)

Laughing Lhursday*

In the year 2097 ...

* [For first time visitors]: Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Monday, January 03, 2022

Beers & Books CLXXXIII – J. R. R. Tolkien

It is no bad thing
celebrating a simple life.
  

J. R. R. Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973)

Friday, December 31, 2021

Same Procedure as Every Year

If counted well the Germans today can/could watch Dinner for One (The 90th Birthday) 13 times at different times on various TV-channels, and apart from the original in various German dialects, inclusive Schwiizerdütsch (Swiss German). Very strange folks, the Germans. Well, judge for yourself. 

Tiny tip-off: Be absolutely determined not to laugh. 

 

Dinner for One