on piste in eighteen and counting

by Dave Wed 10 February 2010 @ 22:01
Continuing on from the last post, I was telling you about Christmas in Ireland.  After we came back from the North, we settled in for an icy and snow-packed holiday.  I’ve never seen Ireland... [More]

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once more…

by Dave Wed 25 March 2009 @ 13:25
Okay so I'm back, and I've got coffee. I’ve no real excuse for not posting except for being really busy.  That and the inevitable blog-apathy that comes in early every year.  If you could gr... [More]

training wheels off!

by Dave Tue 3 March 2009 @ 19:59
Today I started a new German course.  I guess its official that I’m not actually a beginner at this language anymore.  This course is for middle tier students, which is pretty cool when you ... [More]

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once more into the breach

by Dave Fri 15 February 2008 @ 14:16
So, I went to enroll in another German course today, but they were all full with the exception for one which was too far away to be viable.  So, I'm going to enroll for one starting in Apri... [More]

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wow

by Dave Mon 12 November 2007 @ 21:20
After my course today, we went to the cafe downstairs, and practiced our German.  We talked about the weather in Germany, and how we couldn't speak the language well enough, and languages in gene... [More]

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old but great

by Dave Mon 5 November 2007 @ 19:44
The song playing on my music player right now is Billy Jean, that wonderful melody by Michael Jackson. Remember the video to that? The one before that was Queen's We Will Rock You. While I booted ... [More]

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interesting month

by Dave Wed 24 October 2007 @ 19:34
My German classes end on Friday.  We're doing an exam in the morning, and then taking the time to discuss it afterwards.  Its going to be interesting, as we have been mostly concentratin... [More]

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German and D-Bahn

by Dave Tue 23 October 2007 @ 21:02
My German course just got harder. We're studying the Genitive case, and its turning out to be bloody hard. I STILL haven't gotten a handle on word gender in the different cases yet either, and that's ... [More]

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demotivated

by Dave Thu 15 January 2004 @ 04:08
I could not get motivated earlier to do my German homework. Did you know I've been studying German for the last few months? That shows you how much of an impact it has made on me. But tonight, I... [More]

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course cancelled

by Dave Fri 22 December 2000 @ 10:00
Going go Germany today. As usual, Anna is a nervous bundle of energy who wants to leave NOW (3 hours before we need to), and who wants to know how we're going to handle the luggage NOW ;-) She h... [More]

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New keyboard installed and pulling sensor data to sideshow app from Everestawesome fun coming up...WendelsteinAt the WiesnOktoberfestThe view over Munich