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Missed Out On

By Yashima, on March 22nd, 2004

If only I had started reading the Karlsruhe | ka.stadtblog.de | Wissen, worüber geredet wird earlier. I might have seen this post in time to go there:

Hilde Domin liest am morgigen Sonntag, 21. März, 11 Uhr, in der Volkshochschule, Kaiserallee 12e, Lyrik und Prosa aus ihren Werken, die ihre Aussage als Zeitzeugin belegen: . . . → Read More: Missed Out On

Karlsruhe Blogs

By Yashima, on March 19th, 2004

Now that blogging is so common and I found out with Geo Url that there are even more bloggers around my hometown than I thought, I think I’ll make a short round-up of all those blogging in my neighborhood.

First those I know personally

Limited Creativity, high quality blogging :-p from Daniel often a bit on the critical side towards whatever he is commenting on
Omatapete Patrick’s grandma-like look, rare and shortish updates, hopefully more soon once ‘M’ gets involved.
snoblind Alex’ rarely updated blog, he is still denying the existence of ‘worthy’ blogging tools in favor of separatism
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The Biggest Franchise Ever

By Yashima, on January 25th, 2004

And its not the fast food restaurant everybody is thinking of now …. I think it is a big conspiracy to keep everyone in the dark as to who is really trying to reach world domination. Not every city has a Burger King or MacD but most cities that have those have even more Irish Pubs! And many smaller cities that don’t have any fast food restaurants still have an Irish Pub.

Here in Karlsruhe are at least – and I am only counting those I remember currently: Claddagh Ring, Old Dublin, Scruffy’s Irish Pub, Flynn’s Inn, Sean O’Cacey’s, Treacy’s Irish Pub. I am sure there are more (at least one in Durlach and one in Ettlingen). This is Germany not Ireland but the next Guinness or Kilkenny (or Cider!) is never far.
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