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Oct.19.2012 - 5:28 am
A Letter to a Former German Teacher (touching upon a very small portion of the language learning process)
Vaterland?
Sehr geehrte Frau M. Barkey, I’m writing to you because I want to make sure you know that you never actually taught any German in that class about twenty years ago. All you did...
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May.13.2011 - 4:10 pm
My Own Personal "Heat Death"
Reflections on Pamela Zoline's "The Heat Death of the Universe" This is the kind of story that only comes around once. Like the chaos of the universe. Once it’s...
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Mar.17.2011 - 5:42 pm
Watching things float away
    It's always easier to think of those things that were a tragic loss. Where letting go was not easy. Like that balloon when I was five. The one that my brother convinced me...
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Feb.25.2011 - 10:55 am
A Tale of Two 3Gs
My Ancestor?
Okay, so I’ve been lax or lazy or whatever about writing these blog entries. I won’t use my move to Germany as an excuse, or the fact that my wife is nearly nine months...
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Poem: The World as We Know It (Kind of Joking, but not Really)

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Oct.25.2012 - 3:56 pm
In response to: Memories or impressions of Paris
A little tip
Make your own new fresh blog post, instead of replying to this one. :-)
Oct.25.2012 - 3:52 pm
In response to: LANGUAGE AT THE SPEED OF SOUND
Earworm...
...from the Käse's music? Talk about synesthesia. That's great that you had such a helpful travel agent. I knew...
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About Allan

Allan is the creator of the magazine, Fog-eared, a weekly online comic strip, Metalepsy, and some short films. Now he is translating German screenplays that are meant for English speaking productions, and seeking representation for his first kids' story. In...
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Allan’s Favorite Books

Of Mice and Men, The Catcher in the Rye (G-ddammit), Flatland, Midnight's Children, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, The Amazing...