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(Deutsch) Schick mich in den Kongo!
Sorry, this entry is only available in German.
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OmmWriter alternatives for Windows
It’s been almost exactly one year since I first read about OmmWriter, a so-called “distraction-free writing environment”. The point of such a program is to cover the entire screen, so you will no longer be seduced by flashing icons, pop-up messages or other enticements in your task bar, but instead devote your undivided attention to…
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(Deutsch) Werners Index – das beliebte Latein-Wörterbuch ist wieder da!
Sorry, this entry is only available in German.
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One small step for literature – one giant step for the ego!
Tonight I attended the prize giving ceremony of the seventh Cologne short story competition that is annually hosted by the German department of the Cologne University and that I had participated in just for fun. After reflecting for weeks over what my story should be roughly about, I typed it down in two days at…
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Bonus, for God’s sake! Bonus!!!
In German, it is “der Bonus” and “die Boni”! It is not “der Boni”!!! Bonus = singular Boni = plural One “Bonus”, many “Boni”. Is that really so difficult??? MY GOD!!!
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The fairytale Muhlenberg myth-legend-saga
Urban legends – almost everyone knows a few. Most of them are so ridiculous that – provided you are blessed with an IQ higher than 50 – you can dismiss them as mental trash without further investigation of their truth content. The stories range from flesh-dissolving cola to a merely endless number of Eskimo words for…