Neko:
is Japanese for "cat" and she's my little mouse. She was the runt of the litter - the vet wasn't sure if she was gonna make it - but what a fighter she turned out to be!
But after only 11 short years, she lost the fight - to cancer that attacked the pancreas, the liver and the lungs.
Ralf's Birthday is always easy to remember - 2 days after Kalle's.
Enjoyed a nice dinner, grilling in their garden. Ralf and Monika, as always, are the perfect hosts - but the new cat that just decided to adopt the family a few days ago stole the show!
see more pics on our website, here.
What a surprise!
Since the weather is so nice, Christophe and Carmen (our neighbors downstairs) invited us over for dinner.
Not expecting more than some steaks or sausages on the grill, Kalle was instead surprised with a birthday party: Alex and Monika and the boys were there as well - the boys each handing over a flower with their birthday wishes and then everybody singing "happy birthday" - and they even baked a homemade birthday cake!
Have a look at all the pictures on the website here.
changed the corporate identity a bit - we couldn't agree on the dark dots in the background.
we're proud of the results -
Ein erster Versuch, mit einem (für uns) neuen Programm Filme zu basteln.
Been busy uploading pics on our website (http://www.mark-kalle.de) - have now added Amsterdam, Istanbul, and Key West on the holiday pic side, plus three baroque monestaries... have a look! Will keep adding whenever I get the time... so many more to add - Italy, Spain,...
We bought a crayfish for the aquarium a few months ago- he started out small, but is growing... quickly! Quite the little bugger, ain't he? He's fairly peaceful, too: doesn't attack the fish as long as he gets his tablets to munch on... and even when we forget, he leaves the quick-swimming healthy fish alone. The others, well, let's say they're learning to swim faster when he's out. But most of the time he hides in his corner and tries to look innocent....
If you can't laugh about yourselves and each other - then I am very sorry for you. I laughed myself silly over both sides of the story. (Warning - takes a few minutes to load)
"Hey Democrats: Pick One!"
"Why would anybody want a Democrat in Office? They can't even make their damned minds up who they want to run!"
"Democrats in the office are like
"Should we bomb Iran or should we not bomb Iran...?"
".....I can't make a decision..."
".....But it's such a historic decision...."
"....It's such a historic decision that I can't make up my mind...."
"Look: the Republicans had a bunch of crappy candidates, too - and we all hated each other, too - and the headlines said "Republicans tearing their Party apart"
But, finally, we all came together and we said "Aw, fuck it: McCain!"
(Normally I'd tell you to watch your language right there but that pretty much sums it up). "See: Jackie and I have no love for McCain but here we are giving him helpful, profane campaign slogans..."
"That's right - see we picked a candidate and get right behind him - He might be terrible for the country, but at least we made a damned decision!"
"See: the Republicans all came together: all the Mexican-haters and the Muslim-haters and the Oil Executives and the Gun-Nuts and the Gay-bashers and the Home-Schoolers and the Clinic-Bombers and we put aside our differences..."
(Well, all except for the Ron Paul-Whackos)
"... and we said, 'I can't stand to look at these Sons of Bitches for another day - let's just go with the oldest.." (Yea!)
"So now all you Democrats out there:
You need to gather up all your Homosexuals and your Atheists and your Elitists and your Baby-Killers and your Tree-Huggers and your Flag-Burners and your Socialists and your Communists and your Undercover-Islamo-Fascists and your Screen-Actors' Guild and the last living members of the Weather Underground - Throw up a bunch of pictures of Obama and Hillary, grab one and GO WITH IT!"
"Aw hell, just turn and look in a mirror real fast with Hillary and Obama and the first one who catches your eye...just to get rid of it"
"Democrats: Pick one and hurry the hell up"
"Good Lord: Make up your minds - I need to know who the hell I'm gonna vote against!"
Since I've sent this link to you guys, and don't know if you stopped by or not:
drumroll..... ta-dah!Our new lounge is finally finished -
Welcome to our chillout lounge!
We have 2: Neko and Gato. They're brother and sister, born 30 Aug 1998 in Hamburg, Germany.
Da heutzutage internet-basierete, online weblogs (auch liebevoll "blogs" genannt) als Beweis dafür dienen, dass man nicht nur in der 21. Jahrhundert angekommen ist, sondern auch damit klarkommt, haben wir uns entschieden, einen eigenen Blog auch zu erstellen.
Since these internet-based, online weblogs (lovingly known as "blogs") have become more than a requirement as proof that you and living in - and coping with - the 21st century, we thought we'd give it a try as well...
