This morning I was in the best mood ever. What could be better than going to the courthouse to become an American citizen? Nothing, thank you very much! But there are always people who want to ruin your day. Take liberals, for example. I enter the courthouse checking the directory and the first thing I […]

Whenever I meet new people it doesn’t take long for them to notice my accent. Coming from a country that is said to be a nation of perfectionists I can honestly say that it used to bother me a little bit. Germans don’t like to display their flaws in public and they certainly don’t want […]

One thing I find quite fascinating: Americans -at least the ones surrounding me- are obsessed with lunch. It’s not breakfast, dinner or any other kind of snack time, it’s lunch! While I can go all day without food (and then raid the refrigerator at night time) I get the impression that if there were a […]

I don’t know why but I was totally calm today. Somehow I knew I was going to pass the test. Somehow I knew that this stupid test was not going to stand between me and my citizenship. I have been waiting for this too long!
After I swore to tell the truth and nothing but the […]

If you want to change my mood from grumpy to ecstatic, all you need to do is give me a big chunk of cheese. My favorite kinds are probably Gouda and Swiss, although I have to say that the holes in the latter bother me a lot. I don’t even understand how they got there. […]

If you live in the US you have to face a certain reality: Cockroaches live here, too. They are everywhere. No matter how often you have the exterminator spray poisonous chemicals throughout the whole house, it’s impossible to get rid of the annoying roaches. They come, they stay, they drive my Little Rib insane.
As far […]

It happened over there. So I guess I’m it.
Four jobs I’ve had in my life:
cab driver, blackjack dealer, stage hand, sign maker
Four movies I could (and do) watch over and over:
2001 - Space Odyssey - because I just don’t get it
Indiana Jones - all of them of course
Alien - all of them of course
Star Wars […]

My Little Rib demanded a cheesy Filipino for Valentine’s Day. Yes, I was confused myself when she made this unusual request, but I didn’t ask her to clarify because I was working on an extremely funny short-story and I was on a roll. I don’t like to be disturbed when I write. It only takes […]