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Lunch Bunch
Lunch Table Retrospective
Before attending the Lunch Bunch Round Table in Vienna on Fridays, I thought that the American way was consensus. While attending, I started to use internet. Upon seeing how Town Hall and the National Review online ridicule those who do not share their political views, I had my doubts. After having experienced […]
Posted: November 3rd, 2009 under Text, Dossier, Stories.
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Naturkost Brunnader
Kutschkergasse 29, A-1180 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 402 43 68 - Fax: +43 1 406 21 55 e-mail: naturkost@brunnader.at Öffnungszeiten: Montag - Donnerstag 9:00 - 13:00 Uhr und 15:00 - 18:30 Uhr, Freitag 9:00 - 18:30 Uhr, Samstag 9:00 - 13:00 Uhr
“Concerning the family who bakes and sells produce, you […]
Posted: September 24th, 2009 under Aktuell, Stories.
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Seeing Doris Again
Herbert Kuhner
She had made the break. She said that the distance had been too great. Yes, there had been an ocean between us, but I had crossed it, and I was looking for a way to solve that problem.
Now distance was no longer a problem. Here she was. I was listening to her and we […]
Posted: August 13th, 2009 under Stories, Short Fiction.
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Very Topical
His Oyster and My Iron Maiden
I’ve never prided myself an intuition. There was my friend the small-press publisher, Don the nice guy, Don with the baby-blue eyes and meek look, Dan who gave me the Judas kiss and published a pack of lies in a human rights magazine. Don the turncoat pal, and all that […]
Posted: July 7th, 2009 under Polemics, Aktuell, Dossier, Stories.
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Suspenders Aren’t Necessarily Braces
We were staying on the Isle of Wight with my wife’s aunt. There was a scandal at the time which was on page one of the broadsheets, as well as the tabloids. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had been caught in flagranti having an extra-marital affair with a beauty who was outspoken.
She showed no remorse […]
Posted: May 1st, 2009 under Text, Dossier, Stories.
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A Family Way
Herbert Kuhner
Concerning getting to be in a family way, she had said, why bring one more unhappy person into the world? That was exactly my point of view. I had been pushed into the world. If I’d been asked, I certainly wouldn’t be in it.
She was indeed attractive, but her good looks were of the […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2009 under Text, Stories, Short Fiction.
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Short Pieces on Film
Herbert Kuhner
De box looks at vun fellow, and de box says
“Yes, dot vun is for me!”
It looks at annoder, and it says, “Nawww!”
- Akim Tamiroff, as related by Orson Wells
Larry, Marilyn, Vivien and Noblesse Oblige
He could speak Shakespeare’s lines as naturally as if he were actually thinking them.
- Charles Bennett, English playwright
Larry was the […]
Posted: April 3rd, 2009 under Materialien, Stories, Film.
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