Reading (For Dummies): German brief

October 15, 2003

German brief

I remember I was at party in the Sachsen Haus (Ferri's fraternity in Dresden), talking to the German version of a Sorority Chick. I was quite drunk at the time, in fact that was the first and only time I've vommited due to alchohol consumption.

Anyway, I argued with this chick that Germany didn't have free speech. I was quite the gadfly when I said, quite loudly, "Yeah, when's the last time Germany had a neo-Nazi rally? Do you think you could say 'Seig Heil' on the streets and get away with it?"

I flirt with people in the strangest ways, and it usually gets me in trouble.

Well, I was reminded of this Reid-in-Germany anecdote by this story on my usual "Oddly Enough" run (taking a break from coding).

And on that note, does anyone know where I can find a copy of this book in the US? I might as well learn German for real.

Posted by reid at October 15, 2003 06:34 PM | TrackBack

Comments

Use the InterLibrary Loan system (thats what its there for). They can usually find any book that you can think of, although it might take a week or so.
http://illiad.syr.edu/

Posted by: Henry on October 15, 2003 10:13 PM

Why would you want to read it? What the hell is this book about? And don't say Saxonian history.

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Posted by: dfc on October 16, 2003 03:01 AM

Hey Doug -

It's about Saxon History :).

It's the standard book of history for the region. Everything from Karl Mae to Fritz Weissner to Augustus the Strong.

Anyway what sort of question is "what's the book about?" If you know what it's about, why read it? ;-).

Posted by: Reid on October 16, 2003 03:47 AM