Ob-La!

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Jun 302012
 

Ever since I was a kid I had a real problem with this song. I think now I have made peace with it.

You have to wait till mark 0:14 for the thing to start, but it’s worth the wait.

Summer opening hours

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Jun 302012
 

opening hours

With Monday, 1st of July we changed our opening hours!

Yes, again! Good God! Looking from the other side it must look like .. “you guys, you really have nothing better to do than to change your opening hours.. .” Well, let’s just hope that we figured it out right this time.

Thank you! And see you soon.

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Alone together

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Jun 282012
 

We still have one last hardcover copy of her book. It can be yours for twenty euros. Just send us an email to reserve it. In the case that you are more into a pajama online party ordering life style, or if there are no decent independent bookshops in your area – you can buy it here. Good luck! Paperback edition is due in October.

Summer is here, so we should have some time away from our smartphones. The good gadget-related question is “Does it have a keyboard?” You know, like a real keyboard that you can actually do things with it. Do more than text, tweet and give away your password. Can you make a new web page? Can you write a story?

Passwords don’t change the world. Telling your story might.

Keisaku

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Jun 112012
 


Zazen is one of possible paths to enlightenment. Its core practice is meditation. Long hours of silent sitting.

Keisaku is one meter long staff made from oak wood. Keisaku blow is administered with great precision. It stimulates release of fresh energy and prevents sleep.

 

Thank you for your replies, visits, books you bought, books you ordered, questions, concerns, social network initiatives, everything.. Thank you!

Every morning you make Behemot rise again from the shadows of the night before. Thank you!

Here are two moments that I would like to share. Two moments that simply resonated with my inner workings.

One day Jan came to the bookshop. There’s a mistake in your way of thinking, he said. I was making some wrong conclusions. It’s easy to close. But it’s wrong. All I really have to do is to make a new step. And the only problem is: I am not able to figure out what this new step should be. He sent me back to sit and meditate.

Then, one day, a young girl stopped by. She bought two books: Žižek and Occupy. She told me she really cared about this bookshop. She gave me an unusually big tip and left quickly. Metaphorically, she administered a Keisaku blow.

Now I am awake. I am looking, searching. I am going to places I never went to before. Maybe I’ll figure out what the next step should be. Maybe we’ll figure it out together. Anyway, I believe there might be a way. I still don’t know if it will all work out in the end, but I do believe that this story is to be continued.