• Into the life

    This morning when I opened my Feed Reader, I stumbled on this quote from the movie Into The Wild: I understood what he was doing, that he had spent four years fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty of graduating from college and now he was emancipated from that world of abstraction, false security, parents, and material excess. – Carine McCandless (Jena Malone) Having read Pino’s review yesterday, I make a mental note of it as…

  • Mockenrue, stealer of dreams

    Comparing the DVD-edition of IQ‘s Subterranea Concert to the VHS-tape I already own for several years, I am disappointed to discover that the included bonus material adds not much value to the content included on video tape. Although I cannot complain about the price (actually the DVD was offered to me as a gift) it would have been better to search for a review before putting it on my wishlist. So I can only confirm…

  • Autopia

    As my swedish cruiser needed its next service at 80.000 km on the odometer, ten days ago I decided to arrange a time and date by using the mailform at the website of the best-known and biggest Volvo dealer in Luxembourg. The first time I’ve heard of this possibility to schedule a service at their garage was sometime back in 2006 on a bill. At that time I thought that it would be easier to…