Thursday, November 22, 2007
Big bug
I wrote about the discovery of a massive sea scorpion fossil yesterday for Spiegel ONLINE. The thing -- which died hundreds of millions of years ago -- was 2.5 meters long, and weighed 180 kilos. That's freaking huge.
Labels: prehistoric, scorpion, spiegel
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
My name in the news!
As anyone I've talked to recently knows, the plight of dollar-earners living in Europe is a sad one. I was quoted prominently in a recent Reuters article about just that this week. The dramatic headline: "In Europe, weak dollar wrecks Americans' dreams." While I'm happy to say it's not quite that bad, it's getting pretty rough.
"BERLIN (Reuters) -- Andrew Curry once loved going out for dinner and drinks in Berlin, feeling far wealthier in the German capital than he did at home in the United States.
"BERLIN (Reuters) -- Andrew Curry once loved going out for dinner and drinks in Berlin, feeling far wealthier in the German capital than he did at home in the United States.
With the dollar now worth about 20 percent less than when he first arrived in 2005, the 30-year-old freelance journalist has a leaner lifestyle..."
Labels: berlin, dollar, reuters
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Winter in Berlin
It's Nov. 10, and it's snowing and thundering outside.
It's going to be a long winter.
It's going to be a long winter.
