Reading (For Dummies)

Pardon me

Forgive me for not updating enough lately. My wrists have begun to feel something similiar to Carpal Tunnel I guess. I'm trying not to push them too hard. I guess it's been too much typing, too much playing guitar, and too many manual overrides (and yes, I am doing a lot of math even in the first week...plus I love that book).

So I probably won't be making another entry for a few days. Sorry about that, but I'd rather save my wrists. Guess this means I'll have to cut back on the guitar time too. Sigh. I did find some English language bookstores here, though, so I can go read.

So what's news? More pictures of course!

A church at the Altmarkt. The moon is off to the right

This one I call Moon Reflecting in Window

Dresden definitely is a great city for night photography. Tons of old Baroque buildings with floodlights attached. I really need to get a tripod though.

And, I finally bought a phone...

My new cell phone

For those curious, my numbers are: At home, (0351)7991618, mobile, (0179)7771139. If you are calling from outside Germany, you dial the international code for germany (which I forget), and don't dial the leading 0 in the area code. I must say cell phones are, I think, cheaper than anything in the US. I signed a two year contract (chuckle). The phone costs 8 euros a month. With that, you receive as many calls as you want, for as much time as you want. You have to pay between .07 euros - .30 euros a minute for outgoing calls, depending on who you call (these fees are while you're mobile). When you're with a half a kilometer of your house, your cell phone switches phone numbers (see my "At home" number above) and then it's cheaper to make calls (.03 euros - .07 euros a minute). I never owned a cell phone in the US, but this seems to be cheaper....Oh yeah, and this allows 150 free text messages a month, after that it's .07 per message.

Anyway, reading my friend Doug's blog as I often do (we've linked back and forth between each other more times than I've had sex. Well okay maybe not.), I came across this entry. Looks like a cool idea. Too bad I live in Germany, where that sort of thing would be pretty pointless(?). Doug has a serious fascination Vietnam...I wonder why he never talks about the Gulf of Tonkin incident, though? That's something I've thought about ever since September 11th, 2001...and the reason I'll never trust a politician. Well, okay, if Doug became a politician I'd probably trust him. But only for a few years. Like I said, political office is like the One Ring, corrupting all who even try to wield the power for good.

Posted by reid at October 18, 2002 03:56 PM