Miscellaneous

Economics

For the best explanation of the global financial crisis that I have seen so far click here.

Other stuff

I am seriously interested in table tennis (playing actively) and football/soccer (only passively but pationately). Below you find some information about my travails in these areas...

Table Tennis & beer:

I joined the finest table tennis club in Zurich: TTC Pinguin Zürich in 2007. In Switzerland you are classified according to your playing ability, starting with D1 (worst) and ending with A20 (best). I am currently C8. My worst performance since I moved to Switzerland 16 years ago! 

Maybe acquiring the Swiss citizenship made me complacent? Or was it the switch from regular inverted rubbers to long pimples on my backhand? Time will tell...Here is the link to a feature that allows you to assess my official match performance in real time (well, almost real time) and to observe the seasonal patterns in my performance.

Current setup (2023/2024 season):

My former table tennis club in Germany, TTC Gahmen, merged with TTV Preussen Lünen. The "new" club started operating early September 2010. 

Best beers (on average) I have tasted so far: produced by the Pilgrim brewery. 

Football/Soccer

I am a strong supporter (since the age of 5) of the best football (soccer) club ever: FC Bayern München. Being born and having spent the first 29 years of my life in Dortmund (BVB 09) that shocking fact gives you an idea why I became what I am now...