Raising Cane

Archive for February, 2010

After watching Tiger Woods yesterday on TV I realize that I too should apologize for some of my actions over the last year.

Over the past year I realize how much I have offended some people because I have forwarded some inappropriate pictures and jokes to friends who I thought shared the same sense of humor, or that they had friends who would enjoy being forwarded said same piece.

Unfortunately this wasn’t the case and I seem to have upset quite a few people who have accused me of being sexist, crude and shallow.  If you were one of these people, please accept my sincerest apologies.

From now on I will only post or send e-mails with a cultural or educational content – such as classical art and architecture, nature and other interesting topics.  Below is a picture of the Pont Neuf Bridge in Paris .

It is the oldest bridge in Paris and took 26 years to build.It was completed in 1604.

Damn! Where did she come from?

Not that many years ago. Well it was before the advent of the internet being available on a cell phone or perhaps the internet was not available at all. My guess is that this memory is from the mid 1990’s.

I was being driven across the German countryside by a good friend named Klaus Wenske. Klaus knows that I like German sausage, and many times he would introduce me to a new wurst. Germany has the best wurst. That day it was Bockwurst. We stopped for lunch at a roadside diner and enjoyed some Bockwurst on a bun with mustard. It was great lunch which included a Bock Beer. I asked Klaus if Bock Beer and Bockwurst had the same origins. He was not sure. He explained that the Bock Beer got its name from the male deer with antlers on the bottle (we say Buck and they say Bock).

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