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My Journey to 500K: Running Challenges and Consistency
Ever since I started running again in 2020 during the Covid shut down I have been struggling to keep the momentum going over the year. I had set my yearly target in Strava at 500k but there always seemed to be something to make me ‘stumble’ and stop running for a while. So last year…
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Life Lessons from Feynman: Laughter and Compassion
‘My mother taught me that the highest forms of understanding that we can achieve are laughter, and human compassion.‘― Richard Feynman
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Wondering Feynman
‘I wonder why.I wonder why. I wonder why I wonder. I wonder why I wonder why. I wonder why I wonder!‘― Richard Feynman
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Nickel and Dimed. On (not) getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich (ISBN 9780805063899, Henry Holt & Company)
I finally read this book last week after it had been sitting on a shelf for a decade. Ehrenreich is a journalist who got asked by a publisher to write a piece about the living conditions of low wage workers in America. She decided to find out by getting such a job herself and mimic…
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Understanding Government Attitudes Towards Competition
‘Don’t steal, the government hates competition.‘― Bumper sticker
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Why Science Embraces Its Failures
‘Science is always trying to prove itself wrong, because thqt is the quickest route to finding out what is actually going on.‘― Helen Czerski
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Traveling Long Distances with Electric Cars: My Experience
Last year we had our first experience with going on vacation with our electric car, an Audi Q4 Eton. We didn’t travel too far, maximum 550km and drove relatively slowly on the highways in France. The experience with finding charging stations along the way and on our destination was quite positive and this year we…
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Dining at Altes Backhaus in Bleialf
During our recent stay in Herresbach we went for dinner in Bleialf in a restaurant called Altes Backhaus. The host of the B&B where we were staying recommended this as good quality with typical regional food for a good price. I can confirm it was a good tip. The place was packed and we didn’t…
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Authentic B&B Experience in Herresbach: De Eifelhoeve
Last weekend we had to drop off our son for a scouting camp in Wirtzfeld so we decided to go for a few walks in the area and stay a night. We picked B&B De Eifelhoeve in Herresbach based on the location, the price and the ratings. A B&B typically adds a bit of authenticity…
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Rediscovering El Padre de un Soldado by Flaco Jimenez
When I was a teenager one of my uncles used to give me music tips every now and then. On one occasion he gave me a tape with songs of Flaco Jimenez that he liked. Until then I had never heard of Flaco Jimenez and it was not the kind of music I was listening…
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