JUST NATIONS OF LIARS AND COWARDS

 (Or Why Do We Lie through Our Teeth All the Time)

When was the last time you told a lie? Yesterday? Today?

Not me, you might say. I don't lie.

But you do. If you're anything like the rest of the Western society, you lie, and you keep on lying.

How many times did you ask somebody how they were doing today? How many times did you answer the same question? And how many times was the "I'm doing fine, thanks" truthful?

THAT BLANK PAGE STARING AT YOU

(Or the Why, What, and How of (My) Blogging)

It sounds like an easy thing, the blogging. Simply open the page… and write something. Anything you want.

You take a moment. And you sit down and write.

HEROES WITH BEHAVIOURISTIC PROBLEMS

(Or What Does It Say about Our Society When the Heroes Act Worse than the Villains)

For those who know the movies, this rant has to do with MCU, specifically our war-friendly inhabitants of Asgard. With Thor the Dark World (and somebody explain to me why the German title is Thor the Dark Kingdom. That is so very German. Right. Makes perfect sense). I just have to rant about that because certain aspects of the movie (and the two movies involving Thor that came before) pissed me off beyond belief. I won’t go into details and discuss the plot; there is tumblr for that, and I’d be in danger of throwing up. Instead, I want to talk a little about how the plot reflects our society.

AND A PIECE OF AMERICA FOR ME, PLEASE

(Or the Little Things Foreigners Won’t Know Because Nobody Happens to Mention Them)

The movies, the books, even the music. Nowadays, almost every aspect of pop culture has something to do with America. Still, it’s impossible to know everything. Some things people just don’t tell you. Funny thing is, those details seemed to have stuck to my memory the most. So, what can an inexperienced tourist expect?

NO, 'RUNE' IS NOT THAT WORD YOU USE WHEN YOU CAN’T COME UP WITH ANYTHING ELSE

 (Or Why Must Authors Keep (Mis)using It.)

Yes, I am going to ramble about runes. Because I can. I like runes, I really do, even though I’m much too lazy to actually learn their meanings thoroughly and all… But at least I know most of them, and I know what runes are, and it annoys me to no end to see the expression tossed around in various works of fiction.