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  • Funny Mess-Ups: ‘Pitons,’ ‘The Font Line,’ Davis Doubled

    We all make writing and other content mistakes, and sometimes funnily so. Certainly more fun, though, is catching others’ mistakes. Below is my running list of screenshots and photos of errors I catch — created

  • 5 Great Grateful Dead Covers

    Last year, I posted 10 incredible live recordings for the Grammys. This year, ahead of the music awards, which are scheduled for Sunday, I thought it would be fun to do another music-focused post. The

  • 10 Incredible Live Recordings: ‘The Weight,’ ‘Deal,’ ‘All Apologies’

    I know I’ve just missed the Grammy Awards, but I’m still going to use them as an opportunity to do a personal listicle: 10 of my favorite live recordings. Included are my top group, what

  • In Photos: Crazier COVID Times

    While going through my older iPhone photos, I realized quite a few were of our strange surroundings and circumstances from the strictest COVID times during 2020. May they not return. Bare shelves at a Publix

University of Florida Students Showcase Work from Berlin

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June 19, 2014 Travel & Culture

PHOTOS: Germans Celebrate World Cup Win Over Portugal

  Germany defeated Portugal 4-0 Monday in the Group G tournament of the 2014 World Cup. I may be wrong, but it looks like the fans are enjoying the shutout in Munich’s Olympic Park, where the game was televised. Enjoy! [...]

June 16, 2014 Sports, Travel & Culture

PHOTOS: Signs of Judaism in Today’s Berlin

(Scroll over each photo for explanation) The key marking of the Third Reich’s brutality was the systematic discrimination and eventual genocide inflicted on millions of European Jews. Today, much reverence is paid in respect of their suffering, and during my recent trip [...]

June 14, 2014 Travel & Culture

VIDEO: Jumping Off Buildings Ain’t No Big Thing in Germany

If you’re ever in Berlin and you catch a falling person out of the corner of your eye, don’t fear for them. Their harness should give a yank just before impact. “Base flying,” as it’s called, is offered from more than [...]

June 11, 2014 Travel & Culture

In Berlin, It Pays to Recycle

Being smart about waste has never been so green…environmentally and monetarily speaking. On the sidewalks of Germany’s capital city, Berlin, you’ll see women and men peering into trash bins with flashlights or pushing around buggies rattling with glass and plastic. Some also proactively ask for bottles and [...]

June 11, 2014 Business, Nature & Wildlife, Travel & Culture

This Is How Berlin Does Waffle House

If all the Subway, McDonald’s and Burger King restaurants in Berlin don’t settle your taste for fast, American munchies, there’s always Waffle House—at least in the name. At the southeastern tip of the Berlin Wall’s East Side Gallery section, along the [...]

June 8, 2014 Uncategorized