Here's a great idea for anyone who loves books and doesn't have enough apartment space or a Kindle: a "secret staircase" made of English oak

Includes recordings made between 1971 and 1987. Books excerpted on the box set include JUNKY, THE SOFT MACHINE, THE WILD BOYS, NOVA EXPRESS, CITIES OF THE RED NIGHT and NAKED LUNCH. THE BEST OF WILLIAM BURROUGHS was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Boxed Recording Package.

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Best wishes to Cara who´s just broken her wrist roller blading and will be out of hospital soon. We take this opportunity to totally deny the ugly rumours that she failed a breath test and will be prosecuted for roller blading without a prüfung

wow! has anyone checked out the new song on the Another country myspace player! It is sooooo beautiful....

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Every Saturday night at 9:00 pm (21:00), doors open at 8:45 pm.

Above Spirit Yoga Berlin Rosenthalerstr. 36 (the Rosenhöfe) Entrance G: Ring the door-bell for Spirit Yoga, go up to the 3rd Floor (elevator or stairs), come in and enjoy the show.

Tickets are only 7€ general admission / 5€ students

All seats are General Admission and are only available at the door. For advance sales or group sales, call Brian Kapell (0173) 649 0106.

Australian Man Gunned Down in Driveway by Killer Robot

"New ideas pass through three periods: it can't be done, it probably can be done, but it's not worth doing, and I knew it was a good idea all along!"

• Arthur C. Clarke

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Dune gets a third chance, maybe we will get a good film this time.

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By Craig Whitlock and Shannon Smiley Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, March 14, 2008; A01

BERLIN, March 13 -- Americans with PhDs beware: Telling people in Germany that you're a doctor could land you in jail.

At least seven U.S. citizens working as researchers in Germany have faced criminal probes in recent months for using the title "Dr." on their business cards, Web sites and r¿sum¿s. They all hold doctoral degrees from elite universities back home.

Under a little-known Nazi-era law, only people who earn PhDs or medical degrees in Germany are allowed to use "Dr." as a courtesy title.

The law was modified in 2001 to extend the privilege to degree-holders from any country in the European Union. But docs from the United States and anywhere else outside Europe are still forbidden to use the honorific. Violators can face a year behind bars.

Ian Thomas Baldwin, a Cornell-educated researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, has stopped calling himself "Dr." ever since he was summoned for interrogation by police two months ago on suspicion of "title abuse."....Read the complete article here

Improv Everywhere Berlin has 80 members so watch out for an Undercover Mission near you! Also there is a world freeze being planned for April 1 at 6pm our time for 5 min. Anyone up for setting up a bookshop group to freeze somewhere near the shop. Lets talk. WORLD FREEZE We are planning a Freeze (if enough people are interested) at the Marheineke Markt Halle at 6pm for 5 min. We would meet at 5.30 at the bookshop and go over. Let us know if you can come and participate.

I loved the Grand Central Freeze (SEE BELOW) but it looks like it has been beat by LA with |Can I get a Napkin Please.

Phone for the fish knives, Norman As cook is a little unnerved; You kiddies have crumpled the serviettes And I must have things daintily served.

Are the requisites all in the toilet? The frills round the cutlets can wait Till the girl has replenished the cruets And switched on the logs in the grate.

It's ever so close in the lounge dear, But the vestibule's comfy for tea And Howard is riding on horseback So do come and take some with me

Now here is a fork for your pastries And do use the couch for your feet; I know that I wanted to ask you- Is trifle sufficient for sweet?

Milk and then just as it comes dear? I'm afraid the preserve's full of stones; Beg pardon, I'm soiling the doileys With afternoon tea-cakes and scones.

Ok, I know this is suppose to be a English language website but sometimes I need to pass on some important German words that you might need living here in Berlin. This has to be the best German word I have learned since I have lived here. I do not know how I have got alone without knowing it, and will be looking for every chance I can to work it into conversation.

eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher

for those that have not worked out what this word means I have provided the video below.

A collection of interesting items for the lover of English usage...

an gan heor te larn te taak Geordie

The Final Countdown by the Latvian Symphony Orchestra