What to do to warm up and start the weekend? Here some suggestions:

1) Jagertee (advanced)
Put one part red wine, one part orange juice, one part strong black tea and one part Slivovica (I used Rum, though..) in a pot.
Add cinnamon-sticks, cloves, (lots of) sugar and one slice of lemon/some lemon juice.

Heat _slowly_ to not more than 65 degree or the alcohol is lost.
Enjoy hot while the night is falling, then go have fun (we danced till 4:30 – sono managed to locate some underground dnb club – yay! ;)

2) Glühwein (easier)
Heat red wine with cinnamon sticks and cloves in a pot, add some lemon juice and sugar. Don’t make it too hot (see Nr. 1)
Use high quality wine to avoid nasty hangovers. ;)

3) Grog (easiest)
Heat water, add Rum and sugar.
Easy, isn’t it? ;)

Old saying from Northern Germany: “Rum muss, Zucker kann, Wasser braucht nicht.” (Rum is essential, sugar may, water is not neccesary.)

Looks like we can drink from 1 > 3, as the recipes are getting easier while progressing ;)

This December I donated to the WWF, to SomaFM, my favourite (listener supported) radio station, today I gave some money to Wikimedia Foundation…
That’s just.. I don’t know, probably because I life exactly like that.. I pay for what I think deserves to be paid money to. And I refuse to pay for things which I would not miss if they were not there anymore, tomorrow.
Something good, something that works without gouvernemental control, without economic pressure.. free stuff!

It’s amazing how many things are out there that are entirely free.. and not “free of cost” – free of any intellectual property, free of charge, free like freedom.

the list is long.. The Wikipedia, my favourite music stations on the web, Linux..
If more people start thinking out of the box, look away from mass consumption and entertainment, TV and cheap music.. maybe we have a chance to turn this mess into something that can be called “civilization” again.

(Ok, I pay my taxes because I accept the system that we have as it is.. all the alternatives are worse, to be honest :P )

The Wikimedia foundation managed to raise 730000 Dollars of foundations in mere weeks.. all individual donations by… people. People that want to help sharing the knowledge of the world.. for free! Move your ass and give money to them. One beer less next weekend or buy less firecrackers for new year and help the knowledge of the world to remain freely accessible for everyone.

God, how I love to see that I am not alone with my terribly naive optimism. ;)

Sometimes I just love to be a part of this crazy world.