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Live
What the heck does »Odradeks literarische Butterfahrt« mean? – Well, it means: four friends and yours truly live on stage in Cologne.
A Kid’s Kurious Kareer Kraze
Why the blog author, had he a liking for plaster busts on his desk, wouldn’t opt for Goethe or Schiller, but for one of Mr Litfaß.
By the Pond
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Tenyears
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Songs in Ink (19)
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On Good Terms
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Norton
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One Rule
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Klondike
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Hiker’s High
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My 2023 Reads
Paul and Jesus remade; the first century of the Turkish republic; surrealism galore; some short fiction, some more not-so-short non-fiction – and a book for the paper bin.
Folded
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Par Avion
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Mermaid (Intergalactic)
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Bodmer
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Pebbledon
A tale of the modern city dweller’s troubles. Demonstrating that the contrary of lack of beauty is not necessarily just beauty.
Lexi & Pi
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Club of Duellists
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Treats
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Asteroid Pity
The intensity of relief and joy at leaving the cinema well before the end of the movie is proportional to the critics’ praise of said movie.
Noo
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Clothes Make the Man
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Janda
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Riding the Lion
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Let There Be Images
Trying to figure the drained net weight of what the internet has given us since it went pictorial.
Songs in Ink (18)
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Electro
For once, the blog author goes musical. Well, sort of …
One Small Beach Towel
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Way Up North
About one who loves winter and blogs on it.
Kayaks and Umiaks
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Letter to the Unknown Mobber
To all the mobbers out there. And to all of us who mix up words and appearances with thinking and acting.
Miller
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My Best (and Other) Reads in 2022
Cycling; AI, big data and the implications; two novels that provided mixed or no pleasure; and a motley pile of more non-fiction books about this and that.
Riposte
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The Next Generation
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Being (Very) Serious
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The Appliance
A narrative that might be read as a cautionary tale (though the humble author, regrettably, could not spare the time to further elaborate on the lesson to be learned).
Hilleman
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Still Life
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Copykid
The blog author looking back on the only time in his life when he held an office. His tenure, though, was similarly successful as his career as a precocious novelist.
Connected
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Arcalís
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17 June
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On the Street
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Judging the Past
After having read this little article the reader might feel inclined to say: »OK, blogger« – or not.
Quietude
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Selenicereus Grandiflorus
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Non Scholae …
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Songs in Ink (17)
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Sid
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Another Seventy
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My Best Reads in 2021
Short novels; the world of fungi; a glance into the human mind; and on mudsills, crackers, and rednecks.
Ecce Homo
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Rae
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Wintry Sketch
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The Teacher – A Novel
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Math and Myth
The very true account of a business trip, demonstrating why a businessman should not be swayed by legend.
Egner
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Righter (Than You)
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Sacapuntas y Azulejo
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Toning Exercises
Musing on a very beneficial kind of mediocrity.
Giro del Mondo Dantesco
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DJ Wurstmeister
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PS
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Songs in Ink (16)
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Beam-o-Matic
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Photo Session
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Reading is …
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Roaring Again?
Some musings on history: in what way it will most probably not repeat itself. Or will it?
Seventy
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Le Savoir-Faire
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B.
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Cuckoo!
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My Best Reads in 2020
A literary discovery, a couple of modern classics (or novels that should be considered so), three lives, and just a small dose of pure history this time.
Music in the Air
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Seven
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Space Port
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Donné par Maman
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Job Opportunity
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Inches
An edifying and instructive conversation between two persons not to be further specified which was transcribed with due diligence and accuracy and with deep-felt reverence for the art and tradition of Socratic dialogue.
Lupus
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Popper
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Bull
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Sparks
Summer is nearing its end. A good time to sit down with a cup of coffee for a casual minute of contemplation and retrospection. – On what makes us and what draws us close to each other: not our opinions …
Just Routine Work
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Gilgi
Raving about a novel from 1931 that has blown me away.
Update
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Para o Brasil!
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Polyglot
The blog author rambling on languages, »miracle learning«, the joy of real learning, and on smiles versus emojis.
The Amnesia Project
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Hallstein
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Resurrection
There are things you like and things you love. The author has put a thing he loves back online.
Musical
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Spring, Revisited
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Roth
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Mr Kratz
Should you consider yourself a person without problems, chances are that you just haven’t yet met the right man.
Hip Quarter
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Vanity
Spinoza copied the blog author’s thoughts. – Or did he …?
Failed
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Certified
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Fold Me Now
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My Best (and Other) Reads in 2019
My favourite books in 2019 – the story of a ship and two classics, a novel and a philosophical essay. And other books I want to mention.
Rock’n’Roll
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Paraphrase Lost
Trying to rescue one’s language from the limbo of poor variance – supposed or real – might land us right into the middle of hell proper.
Henriques
What has a seafarer of Sephardic origin to do with the famous Spanish treasure fleet? And how do these two relate to a discussion on stereotypes (of the friendly kind)? – Article ahoy!
Córdoba
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Autumnal
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Catherine
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Future
The blog author lets his thoughts ramble from old sketches over his earlier predilection for science fiction to the question what has become of Utopia.
Come and See
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The Barton Fink Feeling – A Lullaby
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Lest we forget
The humble blog author is being in a philosophical mood. Looking back to a former colleague, to the old days of kopozky.net, and … – well, old things.
Perspectives
A golden age might look not quite as bright for someone viewing it from a different angle …
Connolly
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Dicktenstecker
For Michael, 1963 – 2019.
Crowman Outside
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Things Tangible
Another post card from my collection triggers another fulminant written speech. On friendship and why as a society we should aim for the attainable.
Gabi
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Light
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Ease
How art can profit from absence of mind.
Exultation
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Bummi
How can a little yellow bear be political? And what does it have to do with May Day and Bratwurst?
Ria-Rumpelbein
Life’s too short for being shy about singing and kidding around.
In the Garden'
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Songs in Ink (15)
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On Zealots
Pondering on the good and the seemingly good. About zealots, sticklers and bigots.
Through the Smokehole
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White
A wintry childhood memory of the author.
Nunavut
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Explorers
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My Best Reads in 2018
My favourite books in 2018 – a brand-new novel, a classic from 1930, and two eye-opening non-fiction books.
Retrospection
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Yet Another Book …
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Rest
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Songs in Ink (14)
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A Change
A gruesome tale exemplifying how abruptly and totally »isms« can affect hard-working people’s lives.
Scribble for the Kale Trip Strip
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The Kale Test Trip
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My Best Reads in 2017
For lovers of literature and lists.
Thrill of Christmas
A highly topical mini-drama illustrating circumstances that can make it advisable to skip a holiday. Involves yoga, artificial fragrances, and liquor.
Songs in Ink (13)
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Geiger
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An Autumnal Co-Production
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A Short Story
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Twain & Bierbaum
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Churchill
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The Coach
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Songs in Ink (12)
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Songs in Ink (11)
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Songs in Ink (10)
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Songs in Ink (9)
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Songs in Ink (8)
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Songs in Ink (7)
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Bigwigs: Friedrich Ⅱ
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Bigwigs: Екатерина Ⅱ
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Bigwigs: Napoléon
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Bigwigs: Victoria
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Bigwigs: Wilhelm Ⅱ
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Bigwigs: Louis ⅩⅣ
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Coffee
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In the Morning
Thou shalt not ponder in the morning …
Songs in Ink (6)
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Songs in Ink (5)
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Songs in Ink (4)
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Songs in Ink (3)
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Songs in Ink (2)
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Songs in Ink (1)
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Houdini
About a flatmate into whose shoes you could hardly put yourself.
Sand
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My First Lightbox
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Praha
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Spring
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First Kopozky Sketches
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