Food for Thought – Honi soit qui mal y pense
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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!
Since World War II, after dreadful events and crimes had been committed on and by millions all around the globe, a general question arose: How can this be prevented to happen again? Education by ‘perfect parents’ raising ‘perfect children’ so it seems to this day… The subject is not new to my blog but it …
Continue reading “Perfect Parents – Perfect Children…? Present-Day Western Rules of Education”
Afghanistan’s recent past and actual present are fraught with death and destruction, inequality, and crime against girls and women, alas. But there is more to the whole than just that. There are several reasons that I today treat this subject in some depth here, instead of posting somewhere else online: Afghanistan not only through the …
Super-models are and have been hotly discussed as a concept for decades, at least. Why? First and foremost, because, they sell: They sell an idea, glamour, the unattainable, a dream…and the latest fashion. Last but not least, the idea of sublime love… They seem to be the living image of all those childhood fairy tales, …
Continue reading “Super-models, Used Cars and TV-Shows – or: The Relativity of ‘Beauty’”
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!