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--> Most recent Blog ![]() Comments Policy DSGVO Impressum Maths trivia Search this site ![]() Eunoia, who is a grumpy, overeducated, facetious, multilingual naturalised German, blatantly opinionated, old (1944-vintage), amateur cryptologist, computer consultant, atheist, flying instructor, bulldog-lover, Porsche-driver, textbook-writer and blogger living in the foothills south of the northern German plains. Not too shy to reveal his true name or even whereabouts, he blogs his opinions, and humour and rants irregularly. Stubbornly he clings to his beliefs, e.g. that Faith does not give answers, it only prevents you doing any goddamn questioning. You are as atheist as he is. When you understand why you don't believe in all the other gods, you will know why he does not believe in yours. Oh, and after the death of his old bulldog, Kosmo, he also has a new bulldog, Clara, since September 2018 :-)
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Sunday, April 20, 2025
An Atheist EasterLast thursday, Valentina, who is an Orthodox christian, asked me how we Atheists celebrate Easter. Easy, we don't. But we have other excuses to party. This year, for example, Good Friday is the 70th anniversary of Albert Einstein's death, so we have to celebrate the great man, whom we know existed. Saturday was when my wife SWMBO celebrated her 80th birthday, so she invited a dozen friends for an excellent lunch (prepared by Mrs. Brand in Dalheim and I get to foot the bill). Sunday is the Fuehrer's birthday, carefully ignored by all in Germany. And Monday 21st of April is when Rome was founded, back in 753 BC,Zero, ab urbe conditae by Romulus and his brother Remus. Another excuse to celebrate, all the toasts having to be in spoken Latin ;-)
CopCar's husband HH died recently and whilst clearing out his possessions she showed us on her blog some of his books he had been reading.
Surprise, surprise, two of them were on my list of books to be read by me, before I (80) shuffle off this mortal coil too, but which are difficult to obtain here in Germany.
So I offered to buy them, subject to the postage not being TOO expensive. But Tom, knowing we are both pensioners, offered to pay the (iniquitous) US postage, an offer not to be turned down. So many thanks to Tom too, very generous.
So your package arrived safely, not even being inspected by the local customs office, and avoiding(?) any tRump tariffs. See how pleased I look.
I have covered your return address, keeping it private. Here, return addresses are on the back of the package. The books are in excellent condition, like new.
Back Story : The paperback is Spy Handler, written by Viktor Cherkashin, a KGB spy handler. So it will interesting to see things from the other point of view.
The translation is excellent, very seldom that russian grammer shows its face.
I have another (UK) friend who was GCHQ's communications officer in the UK Embassy in Washington DC, so when I have finished it, I will ask if he wants to read it too.
So it is an autobiography, some black and white photographs included, but I recognised noone, unsurprisingly.
The hardback book is a novel, Flight of the old dog, by Dale Brown. He flew for many years as a navigator on a B52, a US (nuclear) bomber, so doubtless there will many technical details which I hope will not detract from the (fictional) story.
CopCar once wrote "HH made a few similar flights (NOT over USSR!) as navigator, back in the day." which is probably why he read this book.
And so, the bedside pile of books to be read has now reached 13 books in height, so should I ever become bedridden I still will have plenty of entertainment. Thanks again to CopCar, Tom and posthumously HH.
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