If you are coming to the Frankfurt area to work, you might find Oberursel to be the perfect place of residence for you and your family.

In addition to lots of surrounding nature, clean air, traditional buildings and a small-town atmosphere, Oberursel is also home to Frankfurt International School, one of the top international schools in Europe.

I took this photo three days ago – Oberursel old town (Altstadt) is one of the nicest places around the area. At least, this is what our out-of-town visitors always say.

Oberursel Altstadt

A palindrome is a word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward.

Here is a list of words:

3 letters : dad, did, ewe

4 letters: Anna, deed, kook, noon, Otto, peep, sees,

5 letters: civic, kayak, level, put up, radar, refer, rotor, sagas, sexes, shahs, solos, stats, tenet;

6 letters: Hannah, redder

7 letters: deified, race car, repaper, reviver, rotator

Just learned this from indiegogo.com a.k.a. The world’s funding platform:

London-based French designer, Oscar Lhermitte has invented a piece of polyester that once inserted in a book, will forever bookmark your page without you even blinking. This new kind of bookmark is gorgeously simple, reminding us of the traditions of reading.

What a simple, but yet very effective little piece of polyester. Watch the one-minute clip from indiegogo.com to see how it works. I found it amazing, mostly due to its simplicity.

Albatros Bookmarks

Frankfurt International School is expanding. Plans have been made to build another sports center without comprising the local forest and Schutzwald (protected wooded area) nearby.

Graham, from AllThingsGerman.net, attended yesterday’s town hall meeting. To learn more about this meeting and its conclusions, read his post Finding the Right Place for Frankfurt International School’s new Sports Centre.

With the article Government Agencies, Colleges demand applicants’ Facebook passwords, I was again reminded how we need to be aware of all our potential readers. This message I also need to make clear to one of our teenage kids who writes as if there is no tomorrow.

The article list several cases where government agencies and colleges demanded applicants Facebook passwords. Whether this is legal and/or constitutional is not for me to decide.

But please remind your children to use modesty when posting. One of the earliest memories of online posting, was when I asked one of the kids on what to reply to someone’s post. I even asked whether I had to reply and whether silence was considered rude. There were so many things to learn. And instead of getting the occasional sigh from them for my ignorance, I asked the internet. The best answer was: Write as if your mother were standing behind you and reading every word of it.

I thought that was excellent advice.

Not everyone adheres to this,  I have seen some vulgar language on Facebook.

Be careful with your words, you might just have to eat them someday. That is, if you have trouble getting a decent job, because of your Facebook Past.

Read the article: Government Agencies, Colleges demand applicants’ Facebook passwords.