Clouds Concealing the Lunar Eclipse
Re-establishing myself in Frankfurt. A randomized Epitonic archive and praschl’s Last.fm station provide an ample soundtrack to my grimly resolved attitud...
Author: Lorenz Lorenz-Meyer
Scarlatti Time
I’ve updated this blog to a newer version of WordPress and a different appearance. Meanwhile, its patron saint, Domenico Scarlatti, has had his 250th deat...
Crying in Restaurants XVII
This time after touching some fresh, pickled, bright red chili, which had beautifully covered a big fishhead, and then accidentally rubbing it right into my eye...
Switching Positions
The 10th floor of Guibin Lou Hotel (贵宾楼饭店), with a balcony looking down upon Chang’an Street and the Forbidden City was the appropriate location for a far...
Announcement
Another topic, another blog, another identity.
Don’t Mess With the Conductors!
Beijing public transport is sometimes scary. Especially in the rush hours you can see buses cutting into the bicycles’ lane, literally shouting at the cyc...
The Strange Attractor Theory of Turbulence
Sunshine has returned. After several days of heavy thunderstorms and frequent rain the summer shows its friendlier face. Recently I’ve been thinking a lot...
If it’s not in the Wires, forget it.
As an old fan of Beat Generation literature I was especially moved when I saw that the Culture department of news.sohu.com has dedicated an entire web special t...
Bottleneck
After many years of mental work I’ve come to acknowledge the fact that during nearly every solitary creative effort there is a bottleneck period. Subjecti...
Virgin Trip to Karaoke
On a weekend trip to the seaside with Q’s department I have finally celebrated my initiation into Karaoke, or K-TV, as the Chinese call it. There had been...