What I don’t know of war I never want to know. Yet …
Last night, the Boy and I attended the final performance of "Secondhand-Zeit. Das Ende des roten Menschen." at the Musikbrauerei.
Rants & Raves
In my box (2024).
My thoughts are a scary place.
This is not Reggie Watts
After a night with the disinformationist, I AI him.
The Hunter in the garden
I don't want the hurt to make me smaller. I have a generous heart. There's room for more, I repeat, I repeat. I want to believe in the enduring power of love.
More than our demons
Watching the last episode of #TheExpanse was bittersweet. But watching it with U. was fantastic. There was a scene towards the end where Clarissa gives Amos a pin, a replacement for one he’d lost and, in that moment, symbolic of their bond. So I scoured the ‘net to find this for U. Alongside the dive
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Week 5, in which I enjoyed art and political confrontation
I biked to Mitte to check out an exhibit at KOW featuring works by Jens Jensen, Barbara Hammer, and Tobias Zielony.
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Tammi’s V-Day tip: never regret love.
This is definitely not my typical post. I admit to being an unrepentant romantic. And it’s the Hallmark Holiday! So… …a virtual
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My first canyon
About Walnut Canyon...wow. My photographs will never do justice to what it was like looking over into that canyon.
Books, Movies, Etc.
A romantic weekend … in Spandau?
Beloved U. and I had long planned to see HEILUNG again in concert at the Zitadelle Spandau (Spandau
Might as well smoke then
The more pressing dangers of corporate culture deserve more scrutiny.
The elephant in the room
Ivory is more than a material.
Tammi’s news roundup, October 18, 2021
“Unconscionable,” “inexcusable,” and “insane.”
Poor people don’t have money for budget meals (and other “no shit, Sherlock!” observations)
My personal experience with government-cheese poverty carved a hole in my humanity that will never be filled.
Essays & Poetry
Square muffin
There is something in routine alone that is the essence of love.
Street sheets miss the point
I think I have always been rather suspicious of consumer-driven donation drives. Buy more and feel good about it? Um, okaaaaay.
My favorite Syrian lesbian is an infidel named Tom
Those damn Western infidels!
ModernHumorist.com
When you care to send the very worst.
Tea with a vodka chaser
That translates to “stupid lost American,” in case you’re guessing.
How do you monetize charity? Maybe you shouldn’t, Dan Pallotta.
Currently making the nonprofit rounds is this TED Talk delivered by Dan Pallotta, “The way we think about charity is dead wrong” (video, transcript). Some of you will remember Dan as the
Random AF
Back to School.
Peter makes funny faces, growls and jumps out the window to emphasize to make his points. Auf, mit, an, durch. Prepositions, boys and girls, in case you are guessing. But no more Peter. He is soooooo last week. That is,
With a side of humble pie, please
I've been enrolled in a German class at Die Neue Schule. To my German friends when they ask, I call it My Weekly Humiliation.
Stumbling in RL
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Travel Stories
Release me
NSFW, so act accordingly.
Tammi’s news roundup, October 11, 2021
Y'all should take a look at this.
Wagner? Nope, I got nothing.
What I know of the German composer Richard Wagner is what I
Das Leben ist gut
It’s a good life, Tammi. Quit your whining.
Berlin at 25 degrees
Late summer, September, can be quite the delight!