recent lessons

I have learned quite a bit in my days here in charming New Windsor:

Peeling, grating, and frying 15 pounds of potatoes takes a long time & leaves one not wanting to think about spuds ever again.

The library system in Kent, Ohio does not stock R rated movies. I have no intention of ever living in Kent, Ohio.

It is 99% certain that I will be in Serbia starting in October.

The Brethren chuch is anti-alcohol and, in some circumstances, anti-dancing. I wanted to adjust the joke about the Mennonites [Why don't Mennonites have sex standing up? They're afraid it might lead to dancing.], but I didn't think it would go over well.

'Feminist' is a dirty word in Germany as well as in the US.

Horses sleep on straw. They do not eat it.

I am the only one here who does not have a personal relationship with God.