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2009

Ruler of Discworld

2009-01-08

Well, pro forma, the patricians – such as Fellmonsterchen – may be ruling Discworld, but the true power is, of course, in the hand of the Watchmen. So what does it tell us that I’m a Discworld Watchman according to this German personality test?1

Scheibenwelt-Test: Wache

And since Scheibenwelt.de lists the results so far next, I quickly made a clear pie chart – as you can easily see, us Watchmen hold the majority (ha!) ahead of Seamstresses and Undead:

Scheibenwelt-Test: Prozent
cowards, wizards, seamstresses, patricians, witches, assasins, dwarfs, trolls, watchmen, undead, librarians

  1. I’m leaving it to the readers to find the answer. ↺

The Ultimate Rock God

2009-01-08

Freddie Mercury Elvis may have be the king of rock’n’roll, but God, of course, can only be Freddie! :)

Even though an online poll among a meager 4000 fans (selected how? those who happened to come across the poll?) is anything but representative… a British tabloid had a brief report, Skiddle wrote a bit more about it, and Rockantenne mentioned it on the radio this morning. And I, being a Queen fan, have to write about it here, of course…

A spokesman of Onepoll (where the poll was held) said:

Everybody loved Freddie Mercury, his theatrical performances on-stage were incredible and set him apart from other rock stars.

Got nothing to add here – except for the Top 20, of course (taken from Skiddle). Queen guitarist Brian May also made this list:

  1. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
  2. Elvis Presley
  3. Jon Bon Jovi
  4. David Bowie
  5. Jimi Hendrix
  6. Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
  7. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
  8. Slash (Guns N’ Roses)
  9. Bono (U2)
  10. Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
  11. Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses)
  12. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
  13. Jim Morrison (The Doors)
  14. Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
  15. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
  16. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
  17. Brian May (Queen)
  18. James Hetfield (Metallica)
  19. Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
  20. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)

Projekt 52 topic 01: Your town

2009-01-06

The topic of week 1 in Sari’s photo Projekt 52:

Your town

That is, my town, not yours ;) – and since using one’s archives is explicitly allowed this year, I’ll start doing so six times:

01: My town

Topic 01: Your Town

Let’s have a look at the sky – and at this little collage: Pfaffenhofen town hall tower in the center, its spire in the upper left corner; bottom left: gargoyle on church steeple and May pole top; bottom right: small vane on a Main Square house and the golden vane on the church steeple.

Proportions are a little off, and the arrangement more than a little, of course. ;)


(I’d bet that this collage might fit a future topic even better…)

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