http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/ en-us 2002-04-18T14:37:03-05:00 2007-09-02T19:21:33-05:00 So we're working on the next issue of the magazine, which is slated to contain a story on Salem, Mass., an article that was supposed to take a look at the town's historical wackiness in the context of its current tourism business (Because of the... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000011.shtml After a week or two of sunshine, the weather in Hamburg has turned nasty again (surprise, surprise), allowing me once again play my favorite game. The game doesn't actually require the sky to open up and dump a load of crap on my head --... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000012.shtml Weekly news round-up - a regular feature spotlighting things you probably already saw because, hey, it's not like I've been updating here: According to a 73-year-old Geneseo woman, employees at the Geneseo Wal-Mart store apparently felt that 50 cents was too high a price to... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000013.shtml Today was interesting. Foregoing my usual editorial duties (after spending yesterday translating a 1,500-word story from German to English, a process about which the less said the better), I actually got to play reporter again, doing interviews for the next issue of my magazine (Which... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000014.shtml Happy Easter! Yeah, yeah, I know that Easter was actually a few days ago -- but being away from the web on Friday and Monday meant I couldn’t convey my holiday wishes to you in a timely fashion. And why no web? Because I was... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000015.shtml I don't smile. Well, wait, that's not true. I do smile. But since I end up looking like a slightly inebriated satyr when doing so, I tend not to break out the big grin just 'cause a camera's turned my way. It's not an anti-picture... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000016.shtml So did you vote for your worker council representative today? If so, can you tell me who to pick? 'Cause I have no freakin' clue. Oh, that's right -- you don't have worker councils back there in the States. I know this because I was... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000017.shtml My leg looks like a chunk of raw meat that a particularly sadistic chef with a loathing of animal products -- a vegan Emeril with a hangover, if you will -- took a tenderizer too. But, dang, was it fun getting it in that shape.... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000018.shtml Somebody has to do something about the weather here. After going through my full share of German bureaucracy, I'm probably not the best person, but somebody should take on the task. I wander out to the street yesterday to be greeted by a beautiful spring... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000019.shtml The perfect pair of red shoes are out there. Or at least they by Sun-Pin better be ... (That's a little former-religion-editor pun for you. I'd explain it, but I think it'd be more fun for you to go to Google or something.) My sister,... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000020.shtml Hi. This is Brian Gibbons, Timothy's brother. Tim's out of town and off the net today, so he won't be updating. Figuring you'd be bereft upon logging in and finding nothing new, though, he asked me to post this note so you'd know what's going... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000021.shtml Weekly news round-up - a regular feature spotlighting things you would have read if you hadn't been captivated by my love of vegetables: European countries on Monday applauded a decision by Switzerland to join the United Nations after 57 years on the sidelines ... "This... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000022.shtml Mmmmm ... corn .... I've been eating more vegetables recently, mainly as a result of not cooking for myself. Restaurant meals come with salad, cafeteria food almost always includes some sort of veggie, and even German frozen pizzas are topped with corn. No, don't leave... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000023.shtml Quick site notes: The Guestbook is down, for some bizarre reason that I'm still trying to figure out. So if you have something to say, mail it to me, and I'll post comments when I get it back up. In happier news, the Links section... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000024.shtml I'm not really trying to make this wacky German week -- though I am curious to see how many people type the phrase "wacky German" into Google -- but once again I've been flummoxed by situations that just shouldn't be that difficult. I've been working... http://www.timgibbons.net/personal/blather/000025.shtml