Food for Thought
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I am a technical communicator – and this site contains the things I like most: thoughts and ideas, some background information on some of my hobbies, poems I like and sayings I endorse. Hope you find it of interest, entertaining or even helpful…
Whatever you do – have a nice day!
Cultures differ not only in things like dress, in former times especially. Or their language(s). People’s outlook on life is determined by the culture they have been brought up in to a great extent. The culture we live in – or with – later has a powerful influence too, though. When I was still rather …
Ever since ‘panic’ was defined in ancient Greece, it also was clear that it is a powerful emotion. To this day, the root of some of the most tragic events and results of large group gatherings is panic. What is Panic, Exactly? ‘panic (noun) – Sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour.’ …
Continue reading “Emotions, Panic, Humans – and ‘Ol’ Siggi’…”
In these times I’d like to remind all of us of the ancient saying that stems from the Habsburg monarchy, meaning the tradition of the dynasty not to make war, but love, you might say: that is, they married smartly throughout Europe in order to tie bonds of kinship with courts all over Europe, to …
Continue reading “Tu Felix Austria – Lucky Austria, You… In Spite of Corona…”
This section is about selected movies. The ones I like or consider special. A movie actually was starting point for my little site: ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ also called ‘A Midwinter’s Tale’ by Kenneth Branagh. It had been unavailable from any kind of broadcast or digital sources. So I digitised my VHS copies and put a description online… find that here, too. By and by I will add a few of my most liked movies as a small reference.
I am a technical communicator – and I like to do things that are related to technical matters just as much as I like dancing, writing, cooking, knitting, crocheting, thinking, watching movies, reading, listening to music, doing nothing…
I hope this little site provides some information or food for thought, entertaining insights – or just plain fun.
If you like it, leave me a comment, if you don’t – constructive criticism is also welcome!