http://backend.userland.com/rss092 http://schwicky.net/ News from Schwicky.net, Jean-Pierre Schwickerath's Website rssmaster@schwicky.net rssmaster@schwicky.net Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0200http://schwicky.net/Dear all. I haven't put anything new on here for a while. I hereby officially request Christmas to be put back for at least a week. It's the same crisis every year. Every year you swear to be better prepared for the upcoming Christmas, but there is no way around chaos - no matter what you do. Each and every year it's the same. That's why I find the following poem so appropriate. Merry Christmas to everyone! When the snow falls wunderbar And die children happy are, When the Glatteis on the street, And we all a Glühwein need, Then you know, es ist soweit: She is here, the Weihnachtszeit Every Parkhaus ist besetzt, Weil die people fahren jetzt All to Manor, Mediamarkt, Kriegen nearly Herzinfarkt. Shopping hirnverbrannte things And die Christmasglocke rings. Merry Christmas, merry Christmas, Hear the music, see the lights, Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht, Merry Christmas allerseits... Mother in the kitchen bakes Schoko-, Nuss- and Mandelkeks Daddy in the Nebenraum Schmückt a Riesen-Weihnachtsbaum He is hanging auf the balls, Then he from the Leiter falls... Finally the Kinderlein To the Zimmer kommen rein And es sings the family Schauerlich: “Oh, Chistmastree!“ And then jeder in the house Is packing die Geschenke aus. Merry Christmast merry Christmas, Hear the music, see the lights, Mama finds unter the Tanne Eine brandnew Teflon-Pfanne Papa gets a Schlips and Socken, Everybody does frohlocken. President speaks in TV, All around is Harmonie, Bis mother in the kitchen runs: Im Ofen burns the Weihnachtsgans. And so comes die Feuerwehr, With Tatü, tata daher, And they bring a long, long Schlauch, and a long, long Leiter auch. And they crying - “Wasser marsch!“, Christmas is now bös im - Eimer..! Merry Christmas, merry Christmas, Hear the music, see the lights, Frohe Weihnacht, Frohe Weihnacht, Merry Christmas allerseits... http://schwicky.net/State of emergency in Langnau downtown: it's Jazz-Nights. The Jazz-Nights are receiving the culture price of the canton Bern. As usual, it's Junior Jazz Meetings and catering on the Viehmarktplatz and concerts in the Kupferschmiede afterwards. Let's hope we don't get all too wet this time. http://schwicky.net/Today is Live Earth Day. Don't forget that global warming is an issue and that every one of us can help and must help to limit the consequences. Earth will survive climatic changes - the question is whether mankind as we know it will. Maybe we should concentrate on war against global warming instead of putting all energy into war against terrorism. http://schwicky.net/I've been visiting London in April this year to meet a long time friend from Los Angeles who was taking vacations on this side of the pond. I've put a few pictures online. Enjoy! London is a city you should have seen, like Paris (where I haven't been yet). Depending on who gets elected President of France I might go sooner or later. http://schwicky.net/I wish everyone out there a happy new year and hope you can enjoy the few free days left from this holiday. Let 2007 be even better for each one of us.