Sunday, November 19, 2006

Bullied

The peer pressure had been building up for months. Finally we caved in. Only now, a week later on the 19-Nov-06 is the tree on our backyard really in its autumn colors. It took less than a week to turn from a green-leaved tree into this bright yellow sight you see in The Snack. We were bullied into releasing the previous picture prematurely! By my little sister, of all people! Maybe she should play Patience and learn it too.

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It is just in time as here in Bochum they started the Christmas market earlier than normal. We went for this year's first Christmas Glühwein yesterday. Although there's no snow, just the decorations and crowds of cheerful people put you to a Christmas feeling. You'd have to be a cynic not to enjoy it the first time. I'm sure that after a week or so, everybody's had enough of Christmas and it won't even be December by then! Here's a small panorama from two years ago.

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The first review of Chapter 5 "Rules" arrived yesterday. I'll be finish writing Chapter 4 "Technique" before tackling the issues raised. That gives some time for other reviewers to finish their task, too.

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We tried "Architekton" yesterday. A nice, little and quick two-player tile laying game.

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For fun, I googled my aunt and found out that she's just won silver in the Finnish Championship in bowling!

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Suomeksi: joulumarkkinat alkoivat ennenaikaisesti, puukin kellastui lopulta. Pelejä on pelailtu, postia vastaanotettu ja tällä hetkellä korvissa soi J.Karjalaisen tunnelmallinen "Hulmukka" Vanhaa Rautaa-levyltä. Joulumarkkinoiden aikaan olisi tosi kiva saada vieraita Suomesta. Nyt täällä Bochumissa on oikeasti jotain nähtävää. Hei te kaikki siellä Suomessa, ensi vuonna tulette käymään marraskuun ja joulukuun vaihteessa. Näette jotain suomalaiselle ainutlaatuista. Saksan mittakaavassahan tämä ei ole sen kummallisempaa kuin muuallakaan, mutta teille kyllä. Tervetuloa!

Vetoomus: Pihlalle pasianssikortit joululahjaksi!

Myöhäiset, mutta julkiset onnittelut Virve-tädille sekä syntymäpäivän että keilahopean johdosta! Hieno suoritus, melkein Suomen mestari!

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Auf Deutsch: Endlich wieder Weihnachtsmarkt! Fast elf Monate habe ich nur auf diesen Tag gewartet.

Meine Tante hat Silber in der Finnischen Meisterschaft im Bowling gewonnen!

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