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Columns, commentaries and thoughts on various topics that influence our day to day lives.

Playing the Ace: An asexual coming-to-terms

My contribution to the first International Asexuality Day is... my coming out, I guess. Or rather: A coming-to-terms with something that has been a beautiful part of me for most of my young adult life.

Tom Weber Society & Politics 2 Comments 6. Apr 20216. Apr 2021 11 Minutes

My articles on RTL Today! (Update)

Brief update and info about where to find some of my future articles!

Tom Weber Literature, Society & Politics Leave a comment 22. Jul 202022. Jul 2020 1 Minute

When the Poet looks for Happiness – Part 2: My own path to contentment (The Corona-Files #06)

In today's post I talk about my personal search for happiness, my complicated relationship with love, and the basis of my contentment today.

Tom Weber Literature, Society & Politics, The Corona-Files Leave a comment 6. May 20206. May 2020 11 Minutes

When the Poet looks for Happiness – Part 1: The Hellish World of “happily-ever-after” (The Corona-Files #05)

In this first part of my series on "happiness" we discuss the confusion of life and a popular idea of happiness. Do you dream of happily-ever-after? Find out today, why your idea of heaven might be a hellish nightmare in disguise.

Tom Weber Society & Politics, The Corona-Files 1 Comment 13. Apr 202013. Apr 2020 6 Minutes

Scheduling in Daily Life (The Corona-Files #03)

We all know our bad habits, but did you know that we can actually easily transform them into good ones? Let's learn how in today's post!

Tom Weber Society & Politics, The Corona-Files Leave a comment 30. Mar 202030. Mar 2020 5 Minutes

How Not to be Useless (The Corona-Files #02)

Organising your days is hard. Especially in the Corona-Age, we are sometimes just overwhelmed by the goals we want to accomplish. Let's learn together how to set up a proper schedule in today's post!

Tom Weber Society & Politics, The Corona-Files 3 Comments 23. Mar 202022. Mar 2020 5 Minutes

The “Bolivian Election Fraud” Fraud

Two MIT researchers confirm what some already suspected: the Bolivian elections in October 2019 were not rigged. Let's look at what exactly happened and discuss why we should finally respect the decisions of people outside of western societies.

Tom Weber Society & Politics Leave a comment 2. Mar 20202. Mar 2020 7 Minutes

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Most Recent Posts

  • Playing the Ace: An asexual coming-to-terms 6. Apr 2021
  • First place for my upcoming poetry collection at Luxembourg’s National Literary Competition 2020 18. Oct 2020
  • My articles on RTL Today! (Update) 22. Jul 2020
  • When the Poet looks for Happiness – Part 2: My own path to contentment (The Corona-Files #06) 6. May 2020
  • When the Poet looks for Happiness – Part 1: The Hellish World of “happily-ever-after” (The Corona-Files #05) 13. Apr 2020

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It's become somewhat of a tradition for me to have blossoming tea on Christmas Eve. Besides just the joy of it, I like the metaphor of ending a year by anticipating the blossoming of the next one.
If you pick up a 'Tageblatt' today, be aware that my giant noggin will jump out at you on page 9 (I had no idea it would be this big 😅)
what a lovely mess we are ✨💜
The labour of the past two years… 😭
Some ten years ago, I wrote my first poems. Last Saturday, I was given the opportunity to read some of them at the 'Marché de la Poésie' in Paris, as part of a panel on 'Voix fraîches de la poésie luxembourgeoise' ("Fresh voices of Luxembourgish poetry"), which I had the pleasure and honour of sharing with Alexandra Shahrezaie and Mario Velazquez.
So, it's been a while since I was able to say this:

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