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Author Archives: Stony Grunow
Home Sweet Flatshare
I’ve been ‘pants’ about uptdating my blog (a very British expression), but I have been busy. I’ve been away from London for a week to Tunisia, my first time in Africa, and this last week I’ve been flat-hunting, which is … Continue reading
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No more Bikram Yoga
Looking around for a gym, I ended up joining a Bikram Yoga studio. I figured this was just one more variation of yoga, and had no idea what I was getting myself in for. The studio was 105 Fahrenheit, and … Continue reading
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Living in London
I moved here. I was kinda-here before, but noncommittal, like a toddler eyeing a distant relative. I knew I liked this place when I got out of the tube last week, smelled the air, and thought, I like that smell. … Continue reading
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I C U P
God-knows what my neighbors thought had they looked out the window this afternoon. I was walking around the outside of my garage, peeing on it. And not just one place – I peed in half a dozen spots before my … Continue reading
Employedesque
It’s a new word, meaning “In a state or manner similar to being employed, but not actually being employed”. I think it describes my prospects when I get back to the UK, as I have a company that has offered … Continue reading
Bend, Oregon
I flew out with friends to Oregon. It was a mini-reunion, like the old days from college when we were on the crew team together, though the welcome addition of laughing children to the mix reminded us we were not … Continue reading
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Burning the Fat . . . Candle
I spent New Years in Vermont, celebrating with a few friend. Intent on getting as much time on the mountain as possible, I went to bed early on New Years Eve so I could be the first on the slopes … Continue reading
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Seeing Rabbits
Going through my photos, I remembered the party I was at in Berlin where I got so drunk I thought I saw a bunny rabbit hopping around the room. Especially surprising as I had only had 3 beers. No, it … Continue reading
Germans Design Dual Mouthwash / Toilet Duck
This German cleaning product sure looks like it is meant to be held upside down and squirted into your toilet bowl. But no – it’s mouthwash, in a small ceramic bottle. Truly strange people.
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German Lessons Abandoned
On day four of my German class, the teacher asked us our professions, and one student replied a chef. If you are learning English, chef is pretty easy, like most nouns. Plurals and definite/indefinite articles follow basic rules. That’s it. … Continue reading
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