"Same Procedure as Last Year"

A little known but delightful New Year's Eve tradition in Austria (as well as Germany) is to watch "Dinner For One," a brilliant but barely known British comedy sketch. As I recall, ORF (Austrian broadcasting company) plays it just before midnight. It has a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the most frequently repeated tv show of all time. Here it is, in English, with a brief introduction in German. Please enjoy. And Happy New Year.

No Juicy Fruit for Me. I've Got Delete.

I've washed my clothes in "Barf" detergent in Tbilisi, eaten at the "Puke" restaurant in Czech Republic, and now freshened my breath with "Delete" gum in Turkey.

Reeling from tragic news. Two friends, two violent deaths of their children.