A blog, a tree No, no Douglas Adams tribute, although his ingenious work would be worth it, nevertheless, here it is just the number of postings for this blog I publicised yet (some of them are in storage), not the meaning it has in the books. You all know the chliché for things you have to do in your life, you should plant a tree is one of it. So why shouldn't this count for blogs as well? ^^ Wir pflanzen einen Baum für dein Blog!  Jeder kann helfen. Manchmal ist das ganz einfach. Mit unserer Aktion "Ein Blog, ein Baum" kannst du zusammen mit I plant a tree und ITSTH (Autor von Outlook Sync Software) ganz einfach deinen Beitrag zum Umweltschutz leisten: Schreibe ein kurzes Posting in deinem Blog um deine Leser zu informieren. Verwende einen der unten stehenden Buttons in deinem Blog (z.B. im Sidebar) um Flagge zu zeigen. Sag uns bescheid (runterscrollen). Fertig. Wir pflanzen (und bezahlen) den Baum für dich. (Das Unvermeidliche: Nur 1 Baum pro Blog. Maximal 1000 Bäume s...

Today I'll write about a motion picture I watched recently that impressed me. Schultze Gets the Blues. Schultze - he is called like that all over the film, never by his first name - goes into retirement and all of a sudden, he does not know, what to do with his great amount of free time. All his life he was told what to do and now there's nearly nothing left. The motion picture has its own athmosphere. The camera is very special, you get the feeling you were watching some static photographs, no tracking shots in the first half, the sky is nearly always grey, the whole environment is sort of dismal and nothing ever changes, like living dead. Even the retirement present reminded me of a tombstone (an electric light made of salt stone). But then he discovers something new. Music... american music! But he never liked that when he was younger, he even visits the doctor because he felt so flabbergasted and confused. The play of Horst Krause is outstanding. His mimic when he listens t...