Food for Thought – Honi soit qui mal y pense
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I am a technical communicator – and this site contains the things I like most: thoughts and ideas, some background information on some of my hobbies, poems I like and sayings I endorse. Hope you find it of interest, entertaining or even helpful…
Whatever you do – have a nice day!
I have posted before on the relationship between men and women, about patriarchy, images, perception and stereotypes… One wonderful German song exists since the 1980s, when the German pop culture had one of its highlight times: the “Neue Deutsche Welle”. Famous representative among others is Herbert Grönemeyer, and his perhaps best known song, “Männer”. Sharp-witted …
Continue reading “Herbert Grönemeyer – Song “Männer” – “Men” – English Version”
These days it seems that the world is a dreary place, when you look at news. Nothing seems to go right? Wars, greedy heads of state and their assistants, such as Trump, Putin and Musk: Buying votes, making even more money. Yet, although I’d rather avoid writing about it here and now, let’s remember: Elon …
Continue reading “News vs Life: There’s More to It Than Meets the Eye”
Epidemics and pandemics never were easy to get over. In the past we didn’t have the technology or the knowledge on how to protect or how to safe or how to vaccine people against viruses. There were times when viruses weren’t even known. Most of us know them now. The aftermath of a pandemic or …
Continue reading “The Economy, Experience and Resilience: Yes, We Can”
This section is about selected movies. The ones I like or consider special.
A movie actually was starting point for my little site: ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ also called ‘A Midwinter’s Tale’ by Kenneth Branagh. It had been unavailable from any kind of broadcast or digital sources. So I digitised my VHS copies and put a description online… find that here, too.
By and by I will add a few of my most liked movies as a small reference.
A Stranger Among Us – Sidney Lumet – The Beauty of Humanity
McFarland, USA – Life’s Beauty
Kenneth Branagh: A Midwinter’s Tale
12 Angry Men – Presumptions, Judgement, Error …
Variations on a Theme: Moonlight in New York – Frankie and Johnny
It’s a Wonderful Life – The Counterpoise Lights
The Lives of Others – The Eavesdropper’s Pain…
84 Charing Cross Road – Love for Books, Words and People
Keeping Mum – Black Humour in Full Swing
Hope Springs (2012) – Marriage Revisited – With Passion
The Big Year – Watch the Bird…
The Odd Couple – Oddities of Everyday Life With That Little Smile…
The Closet – The Elegant French Fun on Business, Bullies and Prejudice
The Remains of the Day – The Quiet Drama of Life and Love
I am a technical communicator – and I like to do things that are related to technical matters just as much as I like dancing, writing, cooking, knitting, crocheting, thinking, watching movies, reading, listening to music, doing nothing…
I hope this little site provides some information or food for thought, entertaining insights – or just plain fun.
If you like it, leave me a comment, if you don’t – constructive criticism is also welcome!