“Schlank in Aphorismen” heißt das Lebenswerk des Diätologen Dr. Dr. h. c. Dr. Knut Werson (1776-1999), auf dessen Grabstein steht: Ich habe Vorschläge gemacht, Ihr habt abgenommen. Als Titel für sein Buch war ihm auch eingefallen: Da purzeln die Epi-gramme! Aber das hat er sich nicht getraut.
Monthly Archive for March, 2010
I never knew this before, but now that I see it before me, I realize that for my whole life, I have always wanted to own a business card that identifies me as a small salad plus main course: »»»»
Yesterday, I went from Munich to Bochum and back by train. When I got on each train, announcements greeted travellers in German and in English, »»»»
Do you remember how Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland was first shown in cinemas, back in — what was it? — 2010? That’s almost three decades ago, and the movie has lost none of its original charm. »»»»
Amir and Khalil, both anonymous, have started a fascinating new webcomic (which I found via Fredrik Strömberg’s blog Sekventiellt; thank you!). Amir writes, Khalil draws, and their Zahra’s Paradise is a fictional account of real events: It invents the story of a disappeared protester, and in doing so formulates a factual but complex reaction to the historical protests that followed Iran’s elections in late 2009. Please go and read it. »»»»
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