This pretty much explains the pickle the US economy is in. The thing that worries me is that it’s not like it is only affecting people in the US. No, it turns out it grows into this global thing, undermining the wealth and comfort of modern society.

The Empire of Debt by Dee Hon · photo by Renegade98 on flickr.com

The Perosn Who Doesn’t Make Mistakes is Unlikely to Make Anything.

vespa mistake · photo by jonshaft on flickr.com

Jon Shaft, one of my latest flickr favorite discoveries, writes as a citation for his “Happy Mistake”:

vespa mistake. this is what photographers call a “happy mistake”: I set up the xpan with the self timer set, and ran to sit next to erica, but forgot to change the timer from 2 seconds to 10 seconds. happy mistake.

Leider ist die Maklersprache wissenschaftlich noch kaum erforscht. Sie dürfte sich aber doch im Euphemismus-Grad von der allgemeinen Verkäufersprache etwas abheben. Mit ein wenig Routine lassen sich Systeme erkennen: “absolute Ruhe” bezeichnet meist einen Ort, an dem einander Fuchs und Hase Gute Nacht sagen. “Lebendige Atmosphäre” in einer “aufstrebenden Gegend” könnte Stress und Baulärm bedeuten, und “charmante”, “individuelle” Objekte ziehen ihren Charme eben häufig daraus, dass sie eben nicht für jedermann auf den ersten Blick interessant sind.

fm4.ORF.at / Wörterbuch Maklerdeutsch - Deutsch.

For all my German speaking readers who also suffer from lingual gaps between “Malkerdeutsch” (real estate agent German) and German. Worth a read!

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom (Bob Dylan, US singer & songwriter, 1941 -) 

Creating ‘The Path to 9/11″ · photo by dimsumranch on flickr.com

Read what people (on twitter) where doing the day two plane crashed into the World Trade Center (plus the one that crashed into the Pentagon) and had a huge impact on world politics. Funny how we all remember what we did on days like these.

Part 7 of The Ultimate Guide To College

When it comes to the point in life where you have to leave the nest-warmth radiating life as a high school student (with teachers kicking your butt in case you don’t get the necessary things done) - well I actually was enjoying the non-contradictable “life” (nice way of putting it) as a community servant, remember? - and jump into the big pond of university, it’s all about organization, people, organization.

Me being wissensdurstig

I most certainly have to get some things done (and it’s really alienating to know that nobody is going to kick my ass if I didn’t). Bearing that in mind, I know that nobody will kick my l-a-z-y ass (spelled the wrong word, didn’t I?). Picking a schedule, getting the apartment ready and some paper work.

However, I’m ready. I can totally take it. I have “wissensdurst” (thirst for knowledge). On the left, you can see my eager-on-studying grimace that emblazons my WU student ID. After taking 2 pictures I figured that nobody has to see my student ID. Which makes me wonder why I post this on the world wide web.

You did the figuring out: I signed up for classes at the WU going for a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in International Business Administration (followed by a Master of Science - MSc; no MBA offered at a university in Austria except for the ones where you pay a boogie-load of tuition).

So that’s it for today. Keep in mind: Organization. 

Literal Liberal translation of the quote below: Who hears butterflies laugh, knows what clouds taste like. Everyone who can hear a butterfly’s giggle, hands up? Anyone? Anyone?

I ran across this quote on the huge blackboard hovering over the food/drink distributing spots (okay, what would you call it? Bar where you can watch them cook?) at the Vapiano. A resteraunt I’ve “frequented” a lot lately! Best pasta (Linguini Pesto) and best pizza (Pesto con spinaci). But that is meant as a sidenote, I hope it still qualifies as A Picture A Quote entry, or should I - considering my unexhaustive talkiveness - rename it to A Picutre A Quote and A Buttload of Phil’s Senf (Senf is German for mustard; a proverb for someone’s - slightly cheap - opinion. English equivalent of to give/add my 2 cents.) Boom wacko (what a neat term for, woo, suprise,surprise), it just turned into a mini retro Lingo-Bingo. What would a psychotherapist say about this chain of associations? Massive and severe blogging deprivation. I guess.

Wer Schmetterlinge lachen hört,
der weiß, wie Wolken schmecken. (by Carlo Karges, 1951-2002)

Flying Yellow Butterfly · photo by M-Louis on flickr.com

Subtitle: Yet another American to show around. My friend Katy from CA visited me for 7 days to discover the mountains and cities of Austria. I took off from work and toured all (nearly, cough, cough) of Aushtria (The valley talk way of pronouncing Austria). Innsbruck, Salzburg, Krems, Dürnstein (even that little town) and Vienna were on oh-so-strict and oh-so-well-outplanned schedule. So yeah, pay a visit to the gallery of Aushtrian Summer 2008… Ask Katy, there was no time for sympathy for numerous blisters.

Soon I will publish a nice tour guide for Vienna. Planning on visiting for a weekend, you should read this including dining tips and specials you shouldn’t miss…

Finally, the devise for Philipp is BACK TO WORK (for 22 more days)…