Author Archives: Andrea

Around the world in a car

BBC: Gunther, Christine and Otto. “How a man met a woman and they set off on an epic journey across six continents in one amazing unbreakable car.” Article with photos, short video sequences and an overview of the 215 countries visited and 898 280 km (558 165 mi) traveled in 26 years.

Otto’s Journey:

“An incredible journey all around the world: Gunther Holtorf has visited 215 countries, regions and territories, covered 900,000 kilometres in the same car and been on the road for 26 years. A story of freedom, happiness, adventure and a great love.”

Ottos Reise:

“Eine unglaubliche Tour durch die gesamte Welt: Gunther Holtorf hat 215 Länder, Regionen und Territorien besucht, ist 900.000 Kilometer im selben Auto gefahren und war 26 Jahre lang unterwegs. Eine Geschichte von Freiheit, Glück, Abenteuer – und einer großen Liebe.”

Rezepttipps

Ich lese nur wenige Kochblogs regelmäßig, und aus noch weniger Kochblogs koche/backe ich Rezepte nach. Chili und Ciabatta ist die große Ausnahme, und bisher war alles von da mindestens so gut, wie es auf dem Foto aussah.

Passend zum Herbstwetter: Linsensuppe mit Gemüse und Wurst, koche ich immer mit Würstchen in Scheiben sowie Gemüse- statt Fleischbrühe. Sehr lecker, wärmt so richtig in der kalten Jahreszeit und lässt sich gut als doppeltes oder dreifaches Rezept zubereiten, so dass man ein paar Portionen auf Vorrat einfrieren kann.

Als Dessert, passend zu jeder Jahreszeit: Falscher Aprikosen-Käsekuchen im Glas mit Shortbread. Man kann das Rezept leicht variieren, indem man andere Früchte verwendet. Beim ersten Versuch habe ich Kaki/Sharonfrüchte statt Aprikosen genommen, das würde jetzt jahreszeitlich passen. Aber auch mit Erdbeeren stelle ich mir das Dessert im Frühsommer sehr lecker vor.

Und das Shortbread aus zwei Teilen Mehl, einem Teil Reismehl, zwei Teilen Butter und einem Teil Zucker ist eine Wucht! Das schmeckt auch pur zu einer Tasse Tee.

Zum Knabbern muss ich unbedingt mal das Rezept für Zitronen-Thymian-Sesam-Butter-Cracker ausprobieren.

It’s all relative

Washington Post: This high school student just won $250,000 for his film explaining Einstein’s theory of relativity.

“Ohio high school senior Ryan Chester became the inaugural winner of a new college scholarship on Sunday night, winning $250,000 for his 7-minute film that uses simple props and hand-drawn graphics to explain Einstein’s special theory of relativity.

Besides winning that money for himself, Chester also won $100,000 for a new science lab at his school in the Cleveland suburbs, North Royalton High, and $50,000 for his physics teacher, Richard Nestoff. […]

The scholarship is the newest award in the family of Breakthrough Prizes, which are meant to celebrate the importance of science and recognize brilliance in the fields of math, biology and physics. Founded three years ago by Silicon Valley giants […] the Breakthrough Prize offers awards ranging from $100,000 for promising early-career achievements to $3 million for scientists who have made fundamental discoveries about the world.”

IFL Science: Teenager Wins $400,000 For His Video Explaining Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.

Here’s the video on YouTube: Breakthrough Junior Challenge: Some Cool Ways of Looking at the Special Theory of Relativity, by Ryan Chester.

More than a century

The Washington Post: Meet two amazing women who are still working at the age of 102. Yes, 102. “Everyone asks the centenarians: “What’s your secret?“ The answer is pretty simple: work.”

Of my grandparents, my grandmothers died at ages 88 and 91, one grandfather died in his seventies of diabetes and his unwillingness to take medication for it, and the other grandfather is still alive and quite well at 92, so we’ll see how long I’ll be able to make it. The women in the article are certainly people out of whose book I might take a leaf.

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Happy 30th Anniversary, Calvin & Hobbes!

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the first Calvin & Hobbes comic by Bill Watterson.

International Business Times: Calvin And Hobbes Anniversary 2015: Best Strips By Bill Watterson, 30 Years Later. (Warning, ad video with sound will automatically start playing.)

ABC 11: ‘Calvin and Hobbes” turns 30! Here’s what you didn’t know about the iconic comic strip.

Time: Calvin and Hobbes First Met 30 Years Ago.

Huffington Post: Calvin And Hobbes Started Adventuring Together 30 Years Ago Today.

If you’re looking for a specific Calvin and Hobbes comic, may I suggest the Calvin and Hobbes Extensive Strip Search: C.H.E.S.S..

Here’s my favorite comic strip about teachers:

Previously on Serendipita.