Saturday, February 28, 2009

The Reformation of Wolfshausen

Teil Neun
To hear this week's story, click on Elizabethkirche on your right.







To read this week's part, come the castle.

This week in The Prattler, Low Batteries.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

The Reformation of Wolfshausen

Teil Acht
To hear my mother read this week's story, click on Frau Braun's dream to your right (and turn up the volume.)





To read this week's part, come to dreamland.



This week inThe Prattler, Finding Abel.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

The Reformation of Wolfshausen

Teil Sieben
Today is a holiday, so OC and Quilly are doing the reading and the theme is death.  Click on the graves to listen.
To read, the news, click on the picture of Luther shared by Weirsdo.

This week inThe Prattler, Love Under The Democrats (and Republicans.)

Don't forget Ogre Day is tomorrow.  Punch a child.

And a Valentine's Day joke, translated from the original bad German: 
One day, a demon in hell said to the Devil, "My King, yesterday was Valentine's Day. Shall I go to receive all the men who will arrive on this morning's train?"
And the Devil answered him, "Dear God!  I forgot again!"

Saturday, February 07, 2009

The Reformation of Wolfshausen

Teil Sechs
To hear Weirsdo capture the speakers, listen to the walrus and the carpenter.


To read, come in out of the rainstorm.
The Prattler is up for this week. Sort of a hiatus with the normal number of words.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

The Reformation of Wolfshausen



Teil Fünf
To hear Terry read, pay a mouse-click to Jakob Fugger, the righteous at your right. Fugger was the main lender to the Archbishop of Mainz whose agents were authorized to collect indulgences.





For the printed version, check the bushes by the Lahn river.

The Prattler made it to another week.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

The Reformation of Wolfshausen

Teil Vier
To hear my father read, kneel before Albrecht von Brandenburg, to your right. Note there's about a minute of silence at the end of the recording. Both Dad and Albrecht require indulgences.










To read the story, stand for Philip I of Hessen.

The Prattler is back, too.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

The Reformation of Wolfshausen

Teil Drei
Come to the Brauhaus to hear TLP tell the story. As with Monika, pay attention to the pronunciation (in case we do a civil war epic next.)




To read the story, come inside where it's slightly brighter.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

The Reformation of Wolfshausen

Teil Zwei
Elizabeth's Church and Marburg are to the right. Click on the photo to hear the story.








To the left, the remaining wall of St. Elizabeth of Hungary's hospital. Click on the photo to read the story.

Saturday, January 03, 2009

The Reformation of Wolfshausen

Teil Eins
To the right, a tower at the Wittenburg Church, with the words "A Mighty Fortress." Click on it to hear Minka begin the story. Pay attention to the pronunciation.








To the left, a statue of Martin Luther with the explanation "Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise so help me, God." Click it to read the first part of the new story.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

The Mayoralty of Macedon

Episode X
Listen to Chiron, children!.










Or read the end of the story on the abacus.
Happy birthday (tomorrow) to TLP and TSDUFF! Saturday stories will return in the new year, Insha'llah.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

The Mayoralty of Macedon

Episode IX
Listen to Diogenes, children!.






Or read the inscription on the flattened bodies of the boys.

Cartoons from Diogenes and The Bad Boys of Corinth by Wilhelm Busch

Saturday, November 15, 2008

The Mayoralty of Macedon

Episode VIII
Never click on a naked old man unless you're willing to hear a story.











And stay away from dogs unless you can read.

Saturday, November 08, 2008

The Mayoralty of Macedon



Episode VII
Listen with the new mayor.














Or read a map of the heavens with Orion

Saturday, November 01, 2008

The Mayoralty of Macedon

Episode VI
Come listen by the ancient plumbing











Or hop up and read.

Two other things: First, Rabbit Rabbit!

And you might have noticed some, uh, contained enthusiasm here.  I think Waking Ambrose will continue until after TLP's birthday for one more Rabbit Rabbit and then go blank for the rest of December.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

The Mayoralty of Macedon

Episode V
Suffer the torments of Tantalus by listening to Teiresias











Or hop up and read the prophesy

Saturday, October 11, 2008

The Mayoralty of Macedon

Episode IV
Listen by the campfire












Or if you can read, come to the bacchanal.

Saturday, October 04, 2008

The Mayoralty of Macedon

Episode III
Listen to the flood.











Or read on tour with Orion.

The Mayoralty of Macedon

Episode II
To listen, submit your mouse to Teiresias.









Or tickle Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt to read

Saturday, September 27, 2008

The Mayoralty of Macedon

Episode I
To listen, click on Herodotus, this week's moderator.









Or flip a Macedonian coin to read this story.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Orpheus And The Blind Prophet

The Mayoralty of Macedon
Second Prelude. Click on Lyra to listen.










Or take a trip across the styx with Orpheus' lyre and your mouse's clicks.