Looking at
the Cup Half Full
since 1966

How do you pronounce that?

“Holzapfel” actually means crabapple (Holz = Wood, Apfel = Apple).

This is not German for beginners, though.

Just call me Klaus.

Conversation Starters

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Non-violent Communication

This is simply another way to make the world a better place. We can keep yelling at each other (online and offline) or we tone it down and try to understand what others are actually trying to say. For starters I highly recommend Marshall Rosenberg’s book on the topic.

Common Sense

Need to discuss common sense?
Does someone need a dose of it?
Are the principles unclear?
Doubting its benefits?
Please get in touch!

Empowerment

We are ALL so much better off with a higher level of empowerment. Women, minorities, immigrants: stronger together with a sprinkle of Ubuntu on top please!

Optimizing

One of my strongest realizations is how limited our time on earth really is. Therefore having a purpose in life and using it as a guide is of high priority for me. This is not necessarily the easy route. I keep challenging myself. My journey has ups and downs and many of them have been recorded on this blog.

Random Acts of Kindness

Buying a cup for someone else. Paying for someone’s groceries. Giving flowers to a stranger. Shoveling someone’s driveway. Generally this is not something we talk about a lot. It’s something we simply do. Beware: Once you know how good it feels one can become addicted.

 

Twitter musings from the past week

Twitter musings from the past week

Jun 14, 2009 1 min read

Just had a schnitzel the size of my 17″ Macbook. Supposedly the biggest ones in Cologne. Otherwise I will like Gulliver. Everything is small # Jose’ Samarago about Berlusconi: “This thing, this illness, this virus threatens to become the cause of the moral death of Verdi’s country.” # Here is…

Twitter musings from the past week

Twitter musings from the past week

Jun 7, 2009 1 min read

Did you know there is one Facebook employee for each 275,000 users? Good luck emailing.That is worse than a total of 47 restaurants in Hanoi # @tawnypress There should be an 800 number that let’s you choose whom you want to yell at. For Airlines please press 1,for utilities press…

Twitter musings from the past week

Twitter musings from the past week

May 31, 2009 1 min read

I’m wondering how Mr. Berlusconi (age 71) will explain his presumed liaison with an 18 year old this week. How about: She told me she is 19? # @LesBain I’d also be interested in the comments his (maybe) future ex-wife had to make. She’d put Al Pacino to shame ;-)…

Twitter musings from the past week

Twitter musings from the past week

May 24, 2009 1 min read

Sometimes life just sucks. And this not them time to spend a lot of time on Twitter. Sorry for my “unparticipation” these days. I’ll be back # Apparently the engineers at Mercedes can’t figure our how to stick 6000 laptop batteries in car. Therefore Daimler bought 10% of Tesla Motor…

Twitter musings from the past week

Twitter musings from the past week

May 17, 2009 1 min read

The Wall Street Journal plans to charge per article now. I am wondering when they will begin to charge per tweet. We should all do so :-) # @citygirlgvl But then isn’t Rupert Murdoch the guarantor for independent quality content himself?He has proved himself over & over again;-) in reply…

Twitter musings from the past week

Twitter musings from the past week

May 10, 2009 1 min read

30 years ago Maggie Thatcher took over as prime minister. Imagine being her husband for second – just don’t get stuck on a horror trip ;-) # A group of UN experts is dividing the North Pole: Russia, Canada, USA, Norway, Denmark are the poker players. Who gets Santa’s workshop?…

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