Donald’s Snow Fight (1942)
Christmas cow
Almost an ox or even a bull (hello Taurus), if it weren’t for her udder. From a great stand just off Marienplatz, where I had fun bargaining with the salesman and came home with a bag of treasures. Now officially in a Christmas mood. If you need more snazzy stuff than cows to spend your […]
Blogwichtl aka Secret Santa
I found the following very charming “Secret Santa” or “Wichtel” in my in-box. Thank you so much, Unknown Wordler and Help-Shift-Happener (and thank you, Hollemann, for running the show): Liebe Anne, or should I say dear Anne? Your lovely Blogwichtel war ja schon ein bisschen estonished, als mir Dein Blog – I have to admit […]
Looking for online game plugins: Hangman and crossword
Hello, game builder. I’m looking for two very nice open source plugins for games to build into our CMS. I’ve seen Crossword Compiler, which would be perfect (fresh look, a pdf printout version and a user-friendly interface) if it didn’t cost €1500. Can anyone provide or recommend games for less (like: much less), at least […]
Gifts men make
Dave Barry collects gifts “For the Naughty” (Washington Post, 30 November 2008) – gifts to end gift-giving – and writes: But it is a fact that as the holiday season approaches, women are overpowered by the biological urge to buy bulk quantities of gifts, often without any clear idea whom a specific gift is for. […]
Christmas spirit
The MELTA Christmas party yesterday was so nice! If you’re teaching English this week, try this activity: A running “pictionary“. Divide the class into teams. Each team has to send one person to you to pick up a card with a word on it that they have to draw and let their team guess. No […]
Theresa Andersson
One woman wonder Theresa Andersson (Swedish, living in New Orleans) loops her instruments and samples herself using her feet, creating spontaneous yet choreographed performances. She recorded her album “Hummingbird, Go!” including “Birds fly away” in her kitchen, and the album, though it’s not her first, might be the first to really make a mark. It’s […]
