This reminds me of when I brought Liam on to the Pigeon Detectives. Liam was a British boy who appeared one day in our IRC chat. I was running a gaming forum back then and that's how he found us. Liam had a lot of questions, many of them about girls and sex. He had horrible spelling, but […]
Hubertus Hierl - Das Mädchen mit dem Kofferradio (Copenhagen, 1965)
when I finished my professional training all the apprentices had to come together on the same day and take a written test about everything they had learned in the past 3 or 4 years. I met a girl there who I knew from college. she was hysterical. she had only […]
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skyline of Cologne as seen through the smudgy acrylic glas of an alarmingly rocking ferris wheel cabin
roomie and I took a walk to the botanical garden, but it was overcrowded. we saw the nearby ferris wheel. "we'll go on the ferris wheel and then have waffles! it will be a PERFECT Sunday!" she exclaimed. I reluctantly agreed. on the first turn in that fully […]
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🇰🇷✨ Why Does South Korea Celebrate New Year Twice?
It’s not just luck — it’s a century-long cultural journey!
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my roomie will have her thyroid gland removed next week. it's pressing on her airway. and it's probably responsible for some wild mood swings. I have taken the day off to be with her, although I'm not sure I'm gonna be much help. hospitals freak me out. #klife
I replaced the battery on the tracking tag in my #motorcycle. it also needs an inspection and oil change, but it's way to cold and snowy to ride right now, so this will have to wait. #klife
❄️ Ever wondered why Koreans drink iced Americano even in the freezing cold? It’s not just a quirky habit, it’s a full-blown culture.
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it's the white swan from Mazzy Star's album cover "Among my Swan" on the back of a blue hoodie Mazzy Star used Time New Roman by the way
says Portishead at the top of a reactangle that contains a big fat P letter
I bought an old military jacket at a flea market today. Now I'm considering what to print on the back. The Mazzy Star swan that I traced in Inkcape a few years back and then printed on a sweater (which then mysteriously got lost) would work nicely. Its […]
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I built bluetooth headphones into my motorcycle helmet and went on a little ride down Alte Römerstraße north of Cologne, where the warm summer air smells of Brussels sprouts growing in the fields. I was listening to Radio Zodiac and they played Fleetwood Mac and G'n'R. So that was nice. #klife
I was 6 years old and watching a James Bond movie when my acting father figure explained to me that cutting the break lines won't really make a car unstoppable, even if it's rolling down a steep cliff road. You can just downshift and use the engine break, then […]
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once I was at a cemetery for sad reasons, but one thing brightened that day: it was a #goth girl, heading straight for the mortuary, obviously on her way to work. and I thought: she's found her niche. that was nice. #klife
@hannah we went on a school trip and one of the girls who was very esoteric clung to me the whole time for some reason. she said a lot of strange things like "this can do so much" while pointing at a flower or an ornament. things like that. but only years later did I realize what she meant when […]
@sundeck few years back I went longboarding on a hot summer day and ended up at an excavated lake. bathing isn't allowed, but it's been used for that forever. they had newly barricaded the usual entry though and I had to find a path through the underwoods. I hadn't planned on bathing but I was […]
tonight I willed pizza and beer into existence
we were at a restaurant that has nice outdoor seating, but they were serving inside only, due to the previous rain. I said we'll see (silently). and we sat outside. then I asked if we could order take-away? sure, no problem. great, I'll take a beer […]
【Amazonセール】2025年最新！首掛けクーラーで猛暑を乗り切る！ #ネッククーラー #ペルチェ素子 #KLIFE
2025年最新モデルのネッククーラーで、猛暑を快適に過ごしましょう！ペルチェ素子冷却技術と大容量バッテリーで、-17℃の冷却効果を実現。現場作業から通勤、レジャーまで、あらゆるシーンで活躍する携帯扇風機をご紹介します。
I met a friend the day before, a beautiful young lady, who recently became single. Over a few drinks she explained some of her dating etiquette: For example she expects the guy to pay for the evening, because she figures that she's paying a lot more to get herself ready than he does. She […]
many years ago I trained my chatbot on IRC. I had written AIML to teach and correct it while conversing on the channel with others. I taught it slang phrases from the 1920s, thousands of catch phrases and even a text adventure with 3D location data. it was a lot of fun. I read about Turings […]
a guy who works at my favourite pizza place reminds me of Posdnuos. I have a lot of good memories of De La Soul, so it always puts a smile on my face when I see him. have to remind myself that I don't really know this guy. he's just a rando look-alike, stupid kolya, might be an asshole, for all […]
My earliest childhood memory happened when I was 2yo. This Berlin apartment we lived in had a kitchen chamber where my 5yo brother and I slept in bunk beds, me on top. One evening while we were talking I tried to turn on the floor lamp to no avail. My brother suggested I should check the bulb […]
