Joe’s Curiosities ⁉️

Foods with Surprising Histories
Josef Essberger
Think again about chocolate and pizza

How to Really Search the Web on Google
Josef Essberger
The little blue links are not finished yet

Electric Car
Editor
A simple cartoon

Eric Clapton – This Has Gotta Stop
Josef Essberger
Legendary rocker Eric Clapton’s latest song following severe reactions to his first and second Covid-19 jabs – with lyrics

One by One
Josef Essberger
Everything goes full circle sooner or later

Mortal, Immortal or Eternal?
Josef Essberger
The dream of immortality haunts the barons of Big Tech today.

January 20, 2021 a Special Day for USA
Josef Essberger
Why 20 January 2021 is a rare and special day in the USA

Stuck at Home?
Josef Essberger
Here’s something you could do if you’re stuck at home, in a single room.

To Panic, or Not to Panic? That is the Question
Josef Essberger
What do YOU think?^^

Santa Comes a Cropper
Josef Essberger
Santa (proper noun): short for Santa Claus; another term for Father Christmas to come a cropper: (informal British idiom) fall heavily; suffer a disaster

English to Remain Official EU Language
Josef Essberger
EU diplomats have decided to keep English as an official and working EU language. So even if the home of English goes, the language of English will stay

Non-Smoking Flight
Josef Essberger

Emancipated Marionette
Josef Essberger
Picture by my talented Viennese cousin Univ. Prof. Dr. Peter Heilig, who writes: Marionette (from the French meaning little Mary): We all function sometimes like marionettes—under the control of a marionettist. Depicted: emancipated marionette—free from control, free from bondage, free from any influence—just free—on its own… marionette (noun): puppet controlled by strings function (verb): work, operate […]

The Laughing English Teacher
Josef Essberger
I’ve got an English teacher, he always takes our class A fat old jolly red-faced man, he gives us all a pass He’s too kind for a teacher, he never has a rule And everybody says he is the happiest man in school. He laughs when giving homework, he laughs and doesn’t teach He laughs […]

Autophagy of a Black Hole
Josef Essberger
Picture by my Viennese cousin Univ. Prof. Dr. Peter Heilig, who writes: “The story goes back to the days, when the experts proclaimed: ‘Nothing escapes from a black hole’. So I put this statement in question. In a thought experiment a blacke hole might engulf itself – like the legendary ourobouros – of course it […]