http://blackcatwhiterabbit.com/blackcat Going not gentle into that middle age. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:35:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Michael and I went to the new exhibit of paintings, drawings and sculptures by Henri Matisse a couple of weekends ago. The exhibit, at the Bucerius Kunst Forum, focused on his portraits. [caption id="attachment_125" align="aligncenter" width="382" caption="Matisse Ticket"][/caption] So, what did I see at this exhibit? In the words of the immortal ... http://blackcatwhiterabbit.com/blackcat/?p=124 ...Wednesday evening, F, the 12-year-old neighbor kid from across the street calls up for help with his English homework. We discussed where the adverbs never, always and often go in the sentence (directly before the main verb), as in "I don't always know what I'm doing" (my example, not his). ...Thursday ... http://blackcatwhiterabbit.com/blackcat/?p=106 I couldn't wait until summer for fresh basil (Basilikum). So I strewed some seeds on potted earth a week ago. This is what I am rewarded with today: [caption id="attachment_121" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Basil Babies"][/caption] ««« §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ »»» http://blackcatwhiterabbit.com/blackcat/?p=56 My friend minkymomo raved about the nutritional qualities and general tastiness of pumpkin seeds. So I stopped at a well-stocked health food store and picked up a package of shelled pumpkin seeds. But they looked grey. So I put them back on the shelf. But she said I should get ... http://blackcatwhiterabbit.com/blackcat/?p=54 I recently found this ad in my local newspaper. It's for a new restaurant called Megaschnitzel. It entices you with this promise: Offer: Whoever can eat the XXL-Hamburger/Cheeseburger in 50 minutes, gets it for free! XXL experience in food- and drink- related matters. Be one of the first! Book a reservation! Sigh. The Germans ... http://blackcatwhiterabbit.com/blackcat/?p=47 My friends Andreas and Eva recently gave me a book, Vorsicht Supermarkt! Wie wir verführt und betrogen werden ("Beware Supermarkets! How We are Misled and Deceived"). It is a wonderful tour through the various departments of a typical supermarket (the authors are describing German supermarkets but the descriptions sound just ... http://blackcatwhiterabbit.com/blackcat/?p=42 Redzilla writes one of my favorite blogs. She has an Attitude. Her Bullshit-O-Meter is finely tuned. She hates Bush. (Are those last two sentences redundant?) She makes sweaters to keep her hairless cats warm in the winter. I enjoy almost everything she writes. But.One recent post raised my hackles and ... http://blackcatwhiterabbit.com/blackcat/?p=41 New Cat Hummel:Hummel's list of the things I can do for her:1) Pay attention to her either at 4:00 in the morning while I'm trying to sleep or at 1:00 in the afternoon while I am in the middle of trying to do some work on the computer so that ... http://blackcatwhiterabbit.com/blackcat/?p=38 Thomas asks some interesting questions in his comment to my post on This Delightful German Language. "Does the structure of the language influence the structure of the thoughts? When German is such a complicated language can there be any easy thinking for Germans, or are Germans inherently more trained to ... http://blackcatwhiterabbit.com/blackcat/?p=36 For the amusement of English speakers who haven't had the pleasure of learning this excellent German language, I present a prime example of how much information a German can pack into the subject of a sentence, before he has reached the first verb. On Sunday I was scrolling through the ... http://blackcatwhiterabbit.com/blackcat/?p=35