Some of the coolest people I ever met were when I was into the punk scene in Philly.

German mother, American father, raised in Germany since he was two. He is both American and German, not just one or the other.

I think the same thing plagues NFL replays. "Was the ball moving before he stepped out of bounds?" Slow the replay down enough and the ball ALWAYS looks like its moving.

I've been arguing for gumline technology forever.

When I was born my father got a call about it at his office and came by the hospital after work. When my daughter was born I was covered in blood and piss and shit and fluids and tears of joy. An expectant father whose natural impulse is to speak of a first-person pregnancy is HYPER-aware that he is not physically…

Actually, I think it's the last name that throws me. Whenever I read the name Pinkham, I immediately see this label:

Frankly.....

Or even more accurately: "We won't stop you from getting that stuff over there." Apparently the Czechoslavakia takeover was mostly to make the Poland invasion easier, though.

If you want to be real precise, Sudetenland.

Thank you for sharing your unique perspective!

The Haskell W. Harr books look great! I played some of the exercises and they seem to have a nice balance of challenge and fun for me.