Another book I guess I never read

VERBOTEN

October 12, 1810 -
The first Oktoberfest began on this date as a festival celebrating the marriage of Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen and Prince Louis of Bavaria (later King Ludwig I) in Munich, Germany.

Paris Hilton was permanently banned from Oktoberfest in Munich in 2007, because in the previous year she showed up trying to hawk a canned wine without making an arrangements with any of the local authorities. I don't believe even any of the remaining Nazis still living in Munich have been banned.

The more you know!

The Innocence of Children

Experience is Cheap

Today is National Vodka Day

Isn't life strange

This is one of my favorite pictures of my dad.  (I'm not quite sure why my cousin is covering his face.  He's not in the witness protection plan. Or at least I don't believe that he is.) My dad was dead a little more than a year after this picture was taken.

Today is the 25th anniversary of his death; my father, not my cousin, (he is happily still alive.) And I am a year older than he was when he died.

Miss you dad.

Meet our staff (cont'd):

And now we come to the head of our Human Resources Department, Herr Karl Juckende Hintern, an old school chum of mine (just don't mention the war.) Herr Juckende Hintern's door is always open for any problem you may have.  In fact, Karl will have already heard about any problem you may have, (just don't go see him after 4 PM; he has a mimeograph ink huffing problem, but we don't like to talk about it.)  New employees should remember that they will need to submit their request for suicide pills in triplicate into the HR office within the first 30 days of the start of your employment.

A fun fact: the Oxford Dictionary credits Karl with originated the phrase, 'the beatings will continue until morale improves', except in the more encouraging original German - 'das dchlagen fährt fort, bis moral verbessert!'