Mittwoch, 13. März 2013

Where is my toast?

A week ago I bought a new bag of toast. I stored it in the freezer. Today I wanted to take it out there, so that it would be unfrozen by tomorrow and it was gone! But where could it have gone? I don't have mice or other vermin in my flat. Except for myself nobody eats toast in this household.
Why you ask? Because this is a one-person-household. So who ate all that toast in the last week? I did. Without realizing it, I sort of inhaled a whole bag of toast. Gaaaaaah!! Unbelievable.  Well, I'll survive and I was going to go grocery-shopping tomorrow anyway. So there is no harm done.

Yesterday I was a very good girl and completed the text for my corruption-thesis. And I learnd something very interesting:
Last year Italy made a law against corruption. I must admit, that I would not have thought that possible. But it happened.
Yesterday I learned, that Germany did sign the UN-Convention against Corruption in 2003 (!!!)  But as yet, 10 years later, it has not ratified it.
That is really astounding. German politician have not seen a way to make a law against corruption in a country, where there are some very good laws (and some stupid ones, but I think, that is in any given country the case).

However: I would have thought, that german politicians nowadays where to righteous NOT to make a law against corruption. They seem to be - on the contrary - to be too corrupt do make one. That is really embarrassing.
But it is a lesson: one should not go by what one is used to and assums to be right. One should go by what one gets as a fact. And the fact is, that I have every reason to be ashamed of the politicians in my country.
Well, there is an election coming in my country this Septembre. So I just thought, that I might write an e-Mail to every party in Germany, that is in the parlament and ask it, what it intends to do, to get a law against corruption through.

I am very curious as to what the answer will be.

Meanwhile outside it looks like it is snowing again. I know, I wrote it often: I do love snow. I have to qualify that now, though. I love snow in WINTER.
And to me it was already spring. Not just because it is march. Also because I could smell the spring. And hear it in the birds. And feel the spring-sun on my skin. If winter holds on, then spring might be longer, summer as well and it will be AGES until we get to my personal favourite in seasons: autumn! Anyway. Since it is the way of nature, I won't give up on spring. There is a saying in english that goes: March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Or was it the other way round? I hope not....
So we hope for a spring-lamb like this...

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