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This is what we, in the business of explaining comics, call foreshadowing. It's when you subtly hint at something that will become relevant later. For example, I might be getting …

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This party was supposed to happen more than a month earlier, but we had to postpone it because Anna got sick. That didn't change the fact that it was a huge success. Everyone had …

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Okay, this one is a bit hard to explain to people who aren't from Germany. Long story short: There was a beached whale, people somehow thought it could be saved even though …

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Anna and I are working on a project (well, mostly she's working on it) to make it possible for me to spend a night in her bed without ending up with two days of back pain …

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Anna and I had one of our fantastic “let’s do a bunch of neat little activities around the city” days. I’ve been back in Hamburg for more than two years now, and I’ve only just …

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I’ve never really swum before. I know how to swim, breaststroke only, but I’ve always used that skill exclusively to not drown, never to actually work out. Last year, I went to an …

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There’s this funny little dynamic between my father and me where we try to gauge whether the other person actually needs to go to the bathroom or is just trying to sneak off and …

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I love that we both noticed the same thing and immediately wanted to share it with each other. It could hardly be a smaller moment, but maybe those are especially important to …

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Will this be the year I buy myself a second or even third pair of workout clothes? Will it finally put an end to the constant juggling of my laundry schedule and workout plans? …

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This was a lot of fun! I wouldn’t say I’m particularly happy with the perfume I ended up with, but I understand the process much better now and already have a hunch about what I …

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To be fair, that woman doesn’t seem to be having the best time in Hamburg at the moment and wishes she were back in Sweden, where her family has a house and apparently spends most …

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Not only did I get surprise pastries, they also came with a surprise visit from Anna. I can’t imagine anything better happening to a day that, until then, hadn’t offered much in …