Whenever I tell somebody that I served in the army, I always explain that it was the German army and that the German army isn’t a real army. I used to think that the US Marine Corps certainly would be the most professional of all armed forces worldwide. Because it at least seems to be […]

Triathlon is asteroid #10346 and also known as 1992 GA1. Triathlon is an asteroid of the Phocaea region of asteroid-families. Triathlon measures 3.8 km in diameter. Triathlon’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.36 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.21, a period of revolution of 1’322 days, and an inclination of 24.3 degrees. […]

If you stand on one foot and then in front of it lower the other foot until this other foot touches the ground with only the toes and the ball of the foot, then you’re assuming a neko-ashi-dachi (猫足立ち) or Cat Foot Stance. Translated correctly would it rather be a Cat Leg Stance. It’s in […]

Vierkant is asteroid #233967 and also known as 2010 BN4. Vierkant’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.75 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.02, a period of revolution of 1’666 days, and an inclination of 5.2 degrees. Vierkant measures 3.4 km in diameter. Vierkant was discovered by the German teacher and amateur astronomer […]

Two rivers, the Whanganui in New Zealand and the Ganges in India, own themselves. Two sacral buildings, the Stephansdom or St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna as well as the Cologne Cathedral or Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, too, own themselves. This means that they are artificial persons and as such have some rights! (But robots […]

Veteraniya is asteroid #2011 and also known as 1970 QB1. Veteraniya’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.39 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.15, a period of revolution of 1’348 days, and an inclination of 6.2 degrees. Veteraniya was at least three times precovered and is a member of the Hirayama-family Vesta. Veteraniya […]

I sometimes use the blog (in German) of a German computer scientist as a source for my blog. (Although I could daily debunk some nonsense, which he is spreading.) He not too long ago complained about butter. He was buttering a bread and thus squeezed water out of the butter. This wasn’t what he had […]

Wabi-Sabi is asteroid #10585 and also known as 1996 GD21. Wabi-Sabi’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.21 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.09, a period of revolution of 1’205 days, and an inclination of 3.3 degrees. Wabi-Sabi was discovered at the Kitt Peak Observatory during the course of the University of Arizona’s […]

Xíng-Yì-Quán (形意拳) has a unique way of stepping. After my first lesson in xíng-yì-quán (形意拳), neighbors had complained about the noise. The stepping method of xíng-yì-quán (形意拳) indeed causes at least as much noise as training in falling. The complaints about the noise were the true reason why I never got a second lesson in […]

Uedaseiji is asteroid #4676 and also known as 1990 SD4. Uedaseiji’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.40 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.08, a period of revolution of 1’359 days, and an inclination of 9.0 degrees. Uedaseiji measures eight kilometers in diameter. Uedaseiji was discovered by the Japanese amateur astronomers Fujii Tetsuya […]