As usual I'm way behind on my podcast listening, so it's probably no surprise that I only just got around to the December edition of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, from Winnipeg in Canada, and one of my favourites for years (look for their SandwichCast! and SoupCast! episodes, which are second to none).

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Part of my weekly shopping trip today was getting all the ingredients together for our private Burns supper on Saturday. Well, the most important one – the haggis – is already “chilling” in our freezer, thanks to Kilts and More, general importer here in Germany of Macsween's finest and deserving of a shout-out for dependable and speedy service – I'm not affiliated with them other than as a happy customer. I picked up the haggis from the post office last week, and spending a night there in its space-blanket-and-styrofoam-noodle packaging didn't seem to have hurt it; it was still frozen quite solid when I brought it home.

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Today's blog entry (in German) is over on the FSCDC e.V. web site. Read all about the Australian Ladies and the Royal Scots! Plus, a brand-new video.

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Today Donald Trump, convicted felon, cheater at golf, all-round douchebag, and menace to democracy and the rule of law, was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. People who still labour under the delusion that the guy is an astute businessman should note that, among all his other dubious accomplishments, Donald Trump is probably the one and only person in world history who managed to bankrupt a casino. Three times.

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After a successful (if I say so myself) SCD workshop, a day of rest seems to be in order. But even so there are a few little projects to take care of …

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For today's blog entry I'm deferring to Marie on the Frankfurt SCD Club e.V.'s site. It was the 20th FSCDC e.V. Tea Dance, with dances by, for, or about the late Malcolm Brown, and we had a lot of fun.

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I'm taking the afternoon off today – I have easily enough OT for that – for a spontaneous visit to Eva (where “spontaneous” means “organised the day before yesterday”) to deal with some computer issues and generally have a chat, which we didn't have an opportunity to do since before Christmas.

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Another “team week” day – this one was full of meetings to a point where slotting in some productive work was a bit of a challenge. But to be fair, some of the meetings were quite productive! And we went to dinner in a nice restaurant/bar in Darmstadt later, so that was OK, too.

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Every 4 to 6 weeks my colleagues and I come to the office for a few days – for a “distributed” development team with members in the Rhine-Main area, in Berlin, and elsewhere it is good to sit around the same physical table every so often, instead of only communicating via Microsoft Teams (argl).

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Today's blog entry (in German) is over on the FSCDC e.V. web site.

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