Home Alone Again
TTAC is a 24/7 operation, spanning most continents (except Antarctica, but we are working on it.) Nevertheless, there are occasional gaps in our coverage, and such a gap is now. Our Dear Leader Ed Niedermeyer is on a secret mission this weekend, and he may not be able to log in all the time. Which means: Yours truly is alone manning the ramparts of TTAC. Even I may be interrupted, because my presence is DEMANDED by members of the German community in Beijing to cheer on the Teutonic team from a German restaurant owned by the former military attaché of East Germany. I have no idea about soccer (that’s probably why they expelled me.) I hope Germany will lose so that I can focus on more pressing matters.
Anyway: Coverage will be spotty this weekend. Writers: Don’t send your stuff to Ed, send it to me. Thank you!
(Might as well get used to the Ed-less weekends: His secret mission will extent through all of July weekends, or so he mumbled.)
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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Well Bertel, since you have nothing to do.......what do you know about the Peugeot RCZ? I just saw an ad for it in a Portuguese magazine, so I couldn't learn too much, but it sure looked nice.
Germany won, 4-0 (que pela les dieron). Have a good fiesta Mr. Schmitt
Bertel, So far I have rooted for the US and Japan... see where that's gotten me. I'm sorry that I didn't root for Germany too, so that way you'd have more free time! :)
China is the best. When Japan was still in, they all rooted for Japan. No team-passing, everyone wanted to score for themselves, and in the end noone did. car insurance quotes