A Writer's Life _

Arrrgh!

2012-02-25T07:49:00.001+01:00

Arrrgh! Hospitals are boring, especially when waking up in one. I am hungry, in a lot of abdominal pain and definately very moody today, bored to death. My mind rebels at this site. Give me thoughts, let me out of my misery. Yeah.

Lunch :-(

2012-02-23T07:31:00.003+01:00

My family's "pls get well" gift, …

2012-02-21T15:21:00.001+01:00

… the famous Sandokan flag. Thank you. To all of you.

Breakfast ;-(

2012-02-21T09:28:00.001+01:00

Dinner :-(

2012-02-20T21:46:00.001+01:00

Taken at Klinikum Bremen-Nord

Sho cooked JBB!

2012-01-15T15:06:00.001+01:00

Team_Reinhold: This is what Sho made out of Achim's Jennings Bean Burger. Yum, yum – I would say …

Jennings Bean Burger

2012-01-15T12:15:00.001+01:00

With Wimpy in mind. Team_Reinhold: Before Joachim got sick he created a vegetarian bean burger, both Méxican and British (hello Wimpy) orientated. We're not giving out the full recipe, so it is up to you to experiment upon this delicassy finding your own style.

Kidney Beans, white beans, onions, pimento, mango-chutney, chili powder, flour, bread crumbs and a carrot.

All mixed, formed and baked at 225 C, then grilled and treated as a burger inside a bun. Enjoy, have one yourself and one for Achim. He is very sick and needs all our support. RM

The Shadows are Starting to Show!

2011-12-25T17:49:00.002+01:00

2012 will not only be the New Year but also see "Jennings, Erdprotektor" finally being published. With over TEN YEARS in the making, "Jennings" will take Scifi fans by storm, possibly even people who would never ever considered reading a scifi book. September 11th, terrorists, Stonehenge, ancient Earth, the Milkyway's hidden secrets and a story breaking almost every taboo to be broken. "Jennings" is a new era in modern Science Fiction and Joachim Reinhold, the book's author, is inviting everyone to enjoy the book. Which is just the beginning ... book one of seven. Yeah!

Audio File: So viel, so wenig, aber immer … keine Zeit!

2011-12-15T20:42:00.001+01:00

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Blog als Audio File (MP3). Enjoy!

So viel, so wenig, aber immer … keine Zeit!

2011-12-15T20:08:00.005+01:00

Mit "Jennings, Erdprotektor" bei meiner zauberhaften Lektorin habe ich mit "Hölle auf Erden", dem Arbeitstitel zu Buch Zwei der Jennings-Saga begonnen. Auch nähert sich die CRIMSON BEACH RESORT & SPA App für den iPad Appstore der Finalisierung. Aber wie immer bei mir: So viel zu tun, so wenig Luft dafür, aber immer keine Zeit, keine Zeit! Ach ja, und da war noch etwas: Weihnachten. Das Fest der Christen getränkt mit dem Blut der Festtagsbraten, nicht mit der Bibel im Einklang stehendem Tannenbaum und so weiter und so fort. Heute habe ich wieder Bettler in der Vegesacker Fußgängerzone gesehen. Ein paar Cent werden sie wohl noch für einen Glühwein für Weihnachten zusammenbekommen, während in blasphemisch überbestückt-geschmückten Stuben es nach im Ofen schmorenden Gänseleichen stinkt. Alle Jahre wieder. Ich glaube nicht, daß Jesus glücklich wäre, wenn er durch die Gassen der christlichen Städte schweifen und das menschgemachte Chaos sehen würde, daß aus seinem Lebenswerk geworden ist. Neulich hat mir sogar ein Bischof seinen SPAM geschickt und bettelte um mein Geld für seinen Dom. Ich werde ihm die Anschrift des Vatikans senden, die haben genug Geld um nicht nur seinen Dom zu sanieren, sondern auch die im Brief unerwähnten Armen und Kranken seiner Stadt zu speisen. Oder bin ich zu zynisch? Weihnachten war für mich früher das Größte. Bis ich merkte, wie weit sich das "Fest der Liebe" von Wahrheit und Glauben entfernt hat. Vielleicht mach' ich es wie vor ein paar Jahren in Frankfurt, wo ich kleine Geldbriefchen unter dem Armen im Schnee der Zeil verteilte. Na ja, schau'n wa mal. Und bis dahin: Begnadigen Sie Ihren Weihnachtsbraten – Sie können auch vegetarisch oder vegan ein tolles Essen zaubern. Das Abschlachten von Tieren um des Fressen Willens ist sicherlich das LETZTE, was Gottes Sohn mit seiner Ankunft auf Erden in Ihren Familien erreichen wollte. Geben Sie stattdessen das Geld für den mit seiner Schlachtung beginnenden Verwesungsprozeß Ihrer Festleiche einem Bettler oder der Bettlerin in den Straßen oder laden Sie ein paar bettelnde Menschen zu sich nach Hause und Sie (ja, Sie!) haben den Geist von Weihnachten und die Liebe Gottes endlich verstanden – verstanden, was es wirklich heißt, ein CHRIST zu sein. Mahlzeit!

International Book Fair @ Frankfurt / Main

2011-10-13T17:54:00.001+02:00

OMG – it has changed. At least in my very own private opinion. Crowded as always but a lack of almost all that interests me. I talked to some publisher, gave a couple of interviews due to having written one of the first books featuring the terrorists of September 11th inside a fictious novel. The market is there, even in the Islamic world. But as the story goes I am not satisfied about what is offered to me. "Jennings, Erdprotektor" is solid rock holy shit crafted in one of the first books of its kind, bravely written with my head on the block for more than just one side. So, I didn't sell. I am not publishing without some control over what comes then and certainly NOT for (as the Germans say) an apple and an egg. Even if it means publishing it by myself or by my very own Spukhaus Group. Anyway, I am on my way back home. Happy about an exciting day, seeing really cool books and even more cool girls. He, he.

Workaround 4 FarmVille Problem

2011-09-15T14:26:00.001+02:00

English below. Ab und zu werden Teile des "Teilen" Fensters durch die Grafik überdeckt, so daß nur eine Aktualisierung der Seite weiterhilft. Mit der Konsequenz, daß man das Item leider nicht mehr teilen konnte. Ich habe festgestellt, daß wenn man oben rechts über dem Farmfenster auf den Button klickt, über den man seine Geschenke und Requests abrufen kann, dann poppt das Fenster (manchmal, seufz) wieder in den sichtbaren Bereich zurück und das Teilen wird ermöglicht. Probiert es einfach mal auf. Meine Kontonumme rlautet ... haha, viel Glück!

If you want to share you are sometimes prevented from clicking by the client as the main graphics are overlaying the "share" window. If you click on the upper right button (the same allowing you to collect your gifts and requests) you have a fair chance for the "share" window to come up in front again. Try it, and if you like it, my account number is ... haha, good luck!

Miss Littleverse

2011-09-13T08:29:00.001+02:00

She is beautiful, no doubt. From Angola, great choice for the planet. But what I dislike is the "Universe" in the title. The self proclaimed "Crown of Creation" simply neglects the fact that the visible known universe is about 220.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 stars, not speaking of what dark energy / matter might still have in store for us to discover. I am just giving an educated guess how much cosmic beauty might get upset about this tiny pale blue dot in space claiming the title for Miss Universe above them. So, what's next? Miss Omniverse? Miss Multiverse? Miss String-Theory or just ... Miss Theory of All? Good night Littleverse, you are just one of many, are you? *lol* (For Achim by Team Reinhold).

September 11th, 2001/2011:JENNINGS HAS COME!

2011-09-11T21:44:00.002+02:00

By »Team Reinhold«: Finally it has arrived! Joachim Reinhold's Gold Master "Jennings, Erdprotektor" also known as "Die Hüter von Stonehenge / Guardians of Stonehenge". His contribution towards September 11th, 2001 when (once again) the human race revealed their face. Book One of Seven, against oblivion, about the question to what humans are capable of and ... what higher powers might think about us. The race to publish "Jennings, Erdprotektor" during the International Book fair at Frankfurt, Main has begun. The Earth Protector's race to save the planet! Join us before the Extermination Fleet has arrived! Or mankind's days are numbered.

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WTC photo used under permission, shot by Michael Foran (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixorama/239262070/in/pool-29934416@N00/)

Shit happens!

2011-09-09T08:17:00.001+02:00

Vor 6 Tagen hatte ich gepostet, daß ich bis zum Release von "Jennings, Erdprotektor" jeden Tag ein kleines Schmankerl für Sie hier hätte. Leider nein. Mit dem Buch ist alles ok, es ist beim Editor aber ich liege flach im Bett. Etliches hat sich kulmuliert und zugeschlagen, bin froh, wenn ich zum Bad komme ;) Oder es im Eimerformat zu mir. Alles, was ich sagen will ist dies: stand by! Wir haben 10 Jahre auf Jennings gewartet, da kommt es auf ein paar zusätzliche Tage nicht an, oder? Auch wenn der 11.September 2001 sich jährt, viellleicht blogge ich was via Mikrophone, tippen ist zu anstrengend für mich. #Team_Reinhold übernimmt meine Jobs hier bis ich fit bin. Rüdiger, Sho? Singapore? Good luck. Und DANKE SCHÖN. ACHIM.

My coffee friend and me

2011-09-04T10:04:00.001+02:00

Have a great sunday!

Was leckeres, FERNSEHTIP

2011-09-01T21:17:00.001+02:00

http://mediathek.daserste.de/sendungen_a-z/799280_reportage---dokumentation/8... - wohl bekomm's. Wobei ich der Überzeugung bin, daß die hier gezeigten Leckereien nicht nur Geflügel, sondern auch andere Tierehaltungen betreffen. Weltweit. Ist es nicht schön, ein Mensch zu sein? Die "Krone der Schöpfung", "Gottes Kinder"? Denken Sie mal drüber nach. Bitte.

09/11: Eleven Days to go

2011-09-01T05:08:00.001+02:00

New Countdown! Just eleven days between us and the tenth memorial of September 11th's atrocities: Time to wrap up the last 2-3 chapters of "Jennings, Erdprotektor" before it goes BANG (public). From now until September 11th, 2011 I will try to come here every day and talk about my book. But I will publish all in German first as there is no date yet set for international distribution. Stand by! There is a BIG BANG to come. And Thomas Jennings right in its centre.

Vegetarian Crabs / Vegetarische Taschenkrebse

2011-08-26T18:32:00.001+02:00

Yumi, Ayumi!

Nicht mit mir verwandte Halbschwester meiner Halbschwester, my half-sister's half-sister, not related to me?

2011-08-25T15:40:00.001+02:00

Frage an alle: Nehmen wir mal an, ich hätte eine Halbschwester, gleicher Vater, andere Mutter. Diese Mutter hatte aber noch einen anderen Mann und mit dem ein weiteres Kind. Wie steht (wenn überhaupt) die nicht mit mir blutsverwandte Halbschwester meiner (halb)blutsverwandten Halbschwester zu mir? Gibt es dafür einen Namen?

Question to all: Let's say, I have got a half-sister (same father, different mother). This half-sister's mother had another man and got pregnant from him. The result was a girl, who is related to my half-sister's mother by childhood but not to me. What is the term (if any) for such relationship complex, having a half-sister's half-sister not related by bloodline to my own humble one. Any thoughts?

Mom A + Dad A = Me AA

Dad A + Mom B = Half-Sis AB

Mom B + Dad C = Half-Sis's Half-Sis BC

Wie nennt man das Verhältnis AA / BC? What do you call the relationship complex AA / BC?

Vizualize.Me - Joachim's profile

2011-08-25T07:59:00.001+02:00

Check out this website I found at vizualize.me

Looks like something new, I like the approach. What do you think?

Loriot tot

2011-08-23T15:58:00.001+02:00

"schmeckt der auch nach korken? -- worauf sie sich verlassen können". es ist so brutal wenn menschen von uns gehen, mit denen wir groß wurden. bei manchen hatte man stärkere gefühle als seinen eigenen verwandten gegenüber. wie, eine welt ohne RUDI oder VICCO? eigentlich kaum vorstellbar, der verstand weigert sich. so so schade und wieder ist unsere welt ein wenig grauer geworden. ich schalt jetzt meinen dvd an, trockne meine tränen "und mach uns ein paar schnittchen". Loriot, danke und ... gute reise, schöne grüße an Evelyn, wir vermissen euch.

Liars? Liars!

2011-08-22T06:30:00.001+02:00

I am good hearted, forgiving, I love and support so many, still these people cheat and lie. I give, they take, and I am still giving although they don't deserve anything – yet, they keep lying. And I need to ask myself, why? Why does the human species have so many cheaters and liars amoung them giving so much pain towards others? I don't know. Really. Do you?

This human body is killing me

2011-08-22T04:14:00.001+02:00

Really, fellow folks, how do you cope with such a vehicle as the human body when there is always pain? My back hurts due to evolution still in progress fixing it for upright walk and my front muscles are in uproar since the "mongers" of Slaughterhouse North removed my sigma. Since my arrival 44 years ago this shell has provided me with nothing but agony and I ask myself how much suffering is still to come? I wish I could wake up as trietratic Wolling or Twin-Tripple or in my original format of pure energy but this will stay a dream until mission is over and day of depature can be set. I just can't understand how 6.8 billion primates can cope with this funny, creepy shell. I cannot. And hence … I go back to sleep. If this flesh of your's will let me, that is :)

13. 10. 2011: Frankfurter Buchmesse

2011-08-21T18:21:00.001+02:00

Und los geht er, der Rummel rund um "Jennings, Erdprotektor" – mein Roman zum 11. September 2001. Noch laufen die Verhandlungen, nur so viel vorab: ich bin am 13. Oktober 2011 auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse und treibe dort mein Unwesen. Buchungen für Lesungen usw. kann ich aufgrund des engen Terminplanes nur im absoluten Ausnahmefall akzeptieren, ansonsten stehe ich für Rundfunk- und Fernsehinterviews nach Absprache zur Verfügung. Es ist geplant, "Jennings, Erdprotektor" anläßlich einer Pressekonferenz dem interessierten Publikum vorzustellen. Näheres ab sofort gegen Email via http://www.spukhaus-productions.de – Wir sehen uns!

Sandokan

2011-08-17T21:50:00.001+02:00

Who can tell me on which islands the original Sandokan movie featuring KABIR BEDI was shot way back in the seventies? Which island was used as location for Mompracem? I really need to know. Please help an author in need ;)

Spaghetti alla Carbonara

2011-08-17T19:11:00.001+02:00

Vegetarian version. Pork skipped for delicious pekan nuts. Enjoy. Oh, one more thing: don't use cream. Use raw egg yolk if it's the Italian way of life that you prefer!

This week is really hard

2011-08-12T13:14:00.001+02:00

Just if you thought I might be gone again, please be informed I am still alive and kicking. This week is really hard, with just 30 days to go until Jennings hits Gold and (as the Germans say) Null Bock to everything. My back aches, I am listless but wrestle myself to survive. On this little planet of your's.

The Sound of Tibetian Bells ...

2011-08-09T13:36:00.001+02:00

... just echoed through my house at 11:01:43 am as they did on August 6th, 08:16:03 am (both times given in local Japanese time) to mourn the dead of Hiroshima and (today) of Nagasaki. To all mankind, wherever you are on this planet, please have a compassionate thought for all suffering beings on Earth, past, present and future. This shiny pale blue dot floating in space could be a paradise. So stop looking or praying for it, build it! To all of you, have a very peaceful day.

Nagasaki Memorial Online

2011-08-08T23:26:00.001+02:00

The second part of my memorials is now online, this time mourning the dead of Nagasaki. May peace be with them, now and forever.

Good night, Nagasaki

2011-08-08T16:20:00.001+02:00

Different town, same tragedy. In memoriam of your sad losses my website will change from Hiroshima to you tonight. Your people are not forgotten, too.

Monday, why isn't it a Friday?

2011-08-08T04:53:00.001+02:00

Good question, really. And a sad thought, too. But then, we can't change time (yet), so let's skip this for five days and hope for a post from me in due time, simply saying, "Thank God, it's Friday" and hope my name was changed to protect the innocent. Hi ho, have a great week – and don't despair despite lots of workload ahead.

Aftermath or "I am still so full"

2011-08-07T15:27:00.001+02:00

Yesterdays memorial driving me to prepare Okonomiyaki for Katrin and me has brought a huge problem upon us: after I finished cooking dinner and was ready to serve, Katrin looked at me and told me what I also had in mind:

I AM STILL SO FULL ...

So dear readers (and readerInnen ;)), anyone care for lentil soup, Arabian-Indian Style? And a cup of tea? And a bisquit?

Hiroshima Day – Part Two

2011-08-06T16:26:00.001+02:00

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Okay, here it is, Okonomiyaki – Hiroshima Style, totally vegetarian and ruined by Mr Spukhaus himself: Achim :)

Hiroshima & Nagasaki: May peace be with you, always and forever.

Hiroshima Day – Part One

2011-08-06T14:21:00.001+02:00

Let's make a Okonomiyaki, Hiroshima Style – fully vegetarian and changed to fit my mood by your's truely. Shall we? Everything you see on the photo is vegan or vegetarian, even the squid and the prawns, they are really cool imitations made in Taiwan (remember my evening out at the Vegefarm?). I hope to get back to you with the finished Okonomiyaki, but please: Don't hold your breath! Right? Okay, let's go.

August 6th, 1945 – 08:16:03

2011-08-06T01:23:00.001+02:00

At this moment, 66 years ago, the nuclear bomb of Hiroshima had exploded. My heart suffers from the atrocity done. Please pray for the hundred of thousands of people dying from it, even today. May peace be with you. Always and forever.

In Memoriam: Hiroshima, my Love …

2011-08-06T01:09:00.001+02:00

I am almost dead

2011-08-03T06:41:00.001+02:00

My past evenings out, two in a row, drained too much energy. Although I still feel stuffed like a duck, I have this feeling of no sleep at all. Which is contrary to my experienced reality, I even had more sleep than the nights before I chose to dine out. That is the tragedy of sleep apnea. People think they slept for hours, maybe even all night long, but oxygen de-saturation did torture the sleeping Achim so much that there is no benefit left. In fact, it feels like being hung, drawn and quartered. I know, we had this topic before so I close this shit here for the moment. And endure my time at work.

Vegetarian Tuna in Chili-Coconut Sauce

2011-08-02T19:49:00.001+02:00

Actually, I ordered vegetarian prawns with green beans in chili-tamarind sauce and rice BUT they mixed it up and served the vegetarian tuna. Very similar but not what I desired. Anyway, very delicious, too.

Hot Fense Salat with vegetarian Prawns

2011-08-02T19:43:00.001+02:00

Very tasty, indeed.

Vegefarm hello

2011-08-02T18:16:00.001+02:00

I am so tired. But before going home I decided to pay Vegefarm a visit and for their food: cool vegan / vegetarian cuisine with Asia in mind. I'll tell you if it's good but not today. So don't get hungry or hold your breath. Yeah.

Finally!

2011-08-02T17:03:00.001+02:00

The day is hopefully over, speaking of workload. I am really done for today, mentally and physically. So , let's go home. Good night universe, wherever you are. I am HERE. And you?

Good morning Earth

2011-08-02T06:54:00.001+02:00

Terrible night, apnea struck again. I feel hung, drawn and quartered but I don't know which torture came first to endure. Enjoy my pain, sorry, I mean your day ;)

Salento Classico

2011-08-01T18:34:00.001+02:00

From my point of view the best restaurant in and around Bremen. It featured best Italian cuisine, very fresh and delicious food – everything exactly as I would expect it from a 5 star restaurant, problem is, they don't have a star, but I think they do shine equally bright, if not brighter :)

Busy day ahead …

2011-08-01T04:30:00.001+02:00

I am already behind shedule. How can I get "Jennings, Erdprotektor" edited by my and my Editor in time for publishing on September 11th? I am feeling very dizzy now, yeah. ;(

Kit Curran Radio Show

2011-07-31T21:40:00.001+02:00

Anybody remembering this excellent but almost forgotten masterpiece of British Comedy? It was short lived, started in 1984 and had Denis Lawson as DJ Kit Curran doing the lead part. I loved the theme tune and the jingles, kind of Kenny Everett style. Now, guess what? I managed to find the vinyl record on ebay!!! Got it for under 10 Euro. Unbelievable but true. Good night everyone, wherever you are. If I die tonight, I may die as a happy man. Sort of ;)

Hongkong calling

2011-07-31T13:25:00.001+02:00

My god, it is almost a year ago I had a wonderful harbour trip onbord Hobgkong's famous AQUA LUNA. Time flies. This morning – a year ago – I woke up on Boracay, Philippines, went via Caticlan/Kalibo to Cebu and flew out at midnight arriving in Hongkong in the wee hours of tomorrow – again, a year ago. I think, I am getting old.

What a day!

2011-07-29T14:52:00.001+02:00

I thought I had found a new glitch in what sounded a very watery story. But in the end the people had got it wrong in the first place and confused me. That whole had been fixed a long time ago. So, apologies to the glitch!

So much to do …

2011-07-29T09:42:00.001+02:00

… and so little time left. 200+ pages are still awaiting editing before going to The Editor – he he. And in addition, business as usual but unfortunately more than enough. Over and out ;)

Hello again

2011-07-28T06:36:00.001+02:00

Yes, it is me, your's truely, the one and only Achim. Lots of stuff from me coming soon, BUT don't hold your breath :)