:..Musical Munchkins..:
(tags: halfass vienna wien childhood music education)

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So I’ve had much to say, but not much time or motivation to write them. I wanted to tell my tens of readers some endearing and adorable Maple stories, and I wanted to provide my tens of readers with pithy vignettes that demonstrate the mild culture shock and slight buzz that I feel being an “expat” and working at such an international place. And I hoped to do some expository writing on various topics such as Vienna, and meeting new people, and even blog about work.

But in the end, I’m left with some unattached, unrelated observations for you, the reader.

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Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | It was almost a night in Vienna …
Brigitte Timmermann does justice to a filmic masterpiece with her hotchpotch study, The Third Man’s Vienna, says Simon Callow
(tags: halfass books vienna wien)

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MOCCA CLUB
Must. Try. This. Cafe.
(tags: halfass vienna wien coffee cafe)

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IKEA Transport and Montage Service
My German is sucking right now, but I think this means you can pay IKEA to bring your forest-depletion materials home for you and put them together into stylish places to sit or sleep.
(tags: halfass ikea furniture vienna wien)

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Doc Around The Clock Vienna
24 hour house calls by M.D.s in Vienna
(tags: halfass vienna wien medical)

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privat-kindergarten.com
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One of the first restaurants we tried in our temporary neighborhood was a local pizza place just a half block from our apartment. We like it for the simple and satisfactory dishes, while Maple is in love with the waitress.
We were enjoying our dinner, when Maple started exclaiming “thank you danke schön!”
Being typical parents, we [...]

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Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

We had a great Saturday in Vienna. We figured out which apartment we’re going to live in, enjoyed the best coffee we’ve had since we’ve been here (and in a no-smoking cafe just down the street from our new [...]

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Column from PC Magazine: Will Apple Adopt Windows?
With a totally false statement in the first paragraph, and fallacious logic throughout, this prediction by Dvorak seems way off the mark. The driver argument is stupid; why would driver/OS compatibility change due to chipset? And Linux vs. Mac? Silly stuf
(tags: halfass geek mac apple windows dvorak)

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For the first time in my Vienna-dwelling history (half a year previously and now a couple more weeks) I saw the mythical train inspector from Winer Linien.
For those not in “the know”, Vienna’s public transit system works on the honor system. You do not need to stamp or swipe anything in order to [...]

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Mr. Sun!: Don’t be afraid .. be READY!
Dick Cheney Face-Shooting Threat Level Advisory
(tags: halfass funny)

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Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

out of the blue, we got word of this very beautiful apartment. It’s a relatively inexpensive, spacious option in a nice building just a block away from a huge park and half a block off of a major shopping [...]

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BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Smoking ban in all pubs and clubs
The Libertarian in me just hates this type of law. But when Atlanta enacted this type of legislation, and when I hang out in NYC or California, my lung love it. Would Vienna ever consider such a thing?
(tags: smoking ban halfass [...]

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Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

This is an amazing apartment in an amazing location. It is just steps away from Neubaugasse (a great shopping street), and close to Mariahilferstrasse and commute options for me. We get a really good vibe off of the landlord, [...]

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