My wife, 4th from the left 2nd row, was elected to both city councils in our home town of Jesteburg. She’ll be deciding on important issues like school buildings, garbage pickup and traffic lights, exactly the kind of issues that need to be resolved to keep the far right out of power!
Jesteburg is still missing a precinct, but it looks like the CDU gets 6 seats and my wife makes it in (2nd place on the list). Greens won the mayor’s race by 49 vote (0.8%).
We’ve had solar panels for a while, and I always thought it would be nice to have our wallbox turn on only when the sun was shining. Too complicated, I thought. But talking to AI and finally understanding the hardware, it took 10 minutes to set up evcc. evcc.io/en/
We have a new Indonesian trainee scheduled to fly from Jakarta tomorrow. “Indonesia: Flights canceled as Anak Krakatau volcano erupts” www.dw.com/en/indone…
43rd wedding anniversary today. Celebrating by biking to the open house at our son’s gliding club. 😃
Germany’s military has a new recruiting tool: Kebab wrappers (Politico) www.politico.eu/article/g…
We were just visiting for two week, but the constant TV ads for Craig and Flanagan were more annoying than informative www.nytimes.com/2026/08/1…
When in doubt send the Marines www.youtube.com/watch
So Jürgen Klopp is meeting with the German football association at the TWA Hotel at JFK? Is this Catch Me If You Can? sports.yahoo.com/articles/…
“The only proof that I’m a U.S. citizen is that I was born here. My birth certificate names my parents but doesn’t say anything about their citizenship. Likewise with their birth certificates. That’s how citizenship in this most remarkable of nations works.” daringfireball.net/linked/20…
I won’t say that German sports media is dwelling on the surprise loss at the World Cup, but in the Kicker app one must scroll past 27 articles on the match, the team, the coach, etc. before one learns (surprise) the tournament continues without Germany
Our son came home from the German Gliding Championships (12 day competition at Burg Feuerstein, near Bamburg) with a trophy, an invitation to the national team, and an invitation to the Euros in Slovenia in 2028. #VizeMeister
This sun umbrella was my wife’s best purchase this year. Our patio catches evening sun from the south, and the umbrella creates a patch of shade perfectly sized for two.
We have an early Sunday morning sports sponsoring event, so we missed the last 20 minutes of the Germany game last night. Anything interesting happen?