0x0a I Don’t Know Gregor Weichbrodt FROHMANN I Don’t Know Gregor Weichbrodt 0x0a Contents I Don’t Know .................................................................4 About This Book .......................................................353 Imprint ........................................................................354 I Don’t Know I’m not well-versed in Literature. Sensibility – what is that? What in God’s name is An Afterword? I haven’t the faintest idea. And concerning Book design, I am fully ignorant. What is ‘A Slipcase’ supposed to mean again, and what the heck is Boriswood? The Canons of page construction – I don’t know what that is. I haven’t got a clue. How am I supposed to make sense of Traditional Chinese bookbinding, and what the hell is an Initial? Containers are a mystery to me. And what about A Post box, and what on earth is The Hollow Nickel Case? An Ammunition box – dunno. Couldn’t tell you. I’m not well-versed in Postal systems. And I don’t know what Bulk mail is or what is supposed to be special about A Catcher pouch. I don’t know what people mean by ‘Bags’. What’s the deal with The Arhuaca mochila, and what is the mystery about A Bin bag? Am I supposed to be familiar with A Carpet bag? How should I know? Cradleboard? Come again? Never heard of it. I have no idea. A Changing bag – never heard of it. I’ve never heard of Carriages. A Dogcart – what does that mean? A Ralli car? Doesn’t ring a bell. I have absolutely no idea. And what the hell is Tandem, and what is the deal with the Mail coach? 4 I don’t know the first thing about Postal system of the United Kingdom. Please don’t talk to me about The Postcode Address File. I also don’t know about Postcodes in the United Kingdom. And I have never been to The London postal district. I definitely don’t know anything about Post towns in postcode areas covering London. Do people even go to London? I’m also not conversant with Arthurian locations. Camelot – how should I know what that is? Mythological kingdoms, empires, and countries are unfamiliar to me. Shambhala – doesn’t ring a bell. Kingdom of Saguenay – I don’t know how to begin. I haven’t the foggiest idea. Shangri-La, is that even a thing? I’m not familiar with Life extension. Sierra Sciences – I don’t understand that. What in the world is Cryonics? Wouldn’t know. I’m completely ignorant of Privately held companies based in Nevada. I don’t have any idea what Cashflow Technologies is. Where is Barton’s Club 93? I just don’t know about that. I also have no clue what 3G Studios is. I haven’t kept up on Video game companies of the United States. ESim Games – I don’t understand this. What, in the name of all that is holy, is Reaxion, and what is Industrial Toys anyway? Damned if I know. I also have no idea what UFO Interactive Games is. I also couldn’t tell you what Companies based in Sunnyvale, California are about. I couldn’t tell you about SearchFox. 5 I don’t know any Software companies of the United States. Brandlive – not my area of expertise. And I’m not hip to Companies based in Portland, Oregon. What’s up with CD Baby? And what is Glass Alchemy? I don’t have any idea. Stumptown Coffee Roasters – don’t know. Don’t ask me about Articles created via the Article Wizard. Don’t ask me what The Ryerson Index is. I’m also certain that I’ve never heard of Shaista Khan Mosque or what the deal with The Speckled Chub is. I haven’t the remotest idea. I don’t have any idea who Martin Heydt is. Concerning Australian websites, I am fully ignorant. Oneflare – I don’t know what that is. And what is Blackle? What the hell? I’m not well-versed in Energy conservation. I don’t know what Energy-Efficient Ethernet is or how I’m supposed to know something about A Low-energy house. I don’t know what people mean by ‘A Building’. Builders’ rites – not my field. Earthbag construction – I don’t even know where to start. No idea. I also know nothing about Construction trades workers. I’m sorry, did you say ‘A Plasterer’? Crafts are a mystery to me. The American Craft Council – never heard of it. A Craft – dunno. I can’t tell you that. And I don’t know the first thing about Educational organizations based in the United States. Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences? Doesn’t ring a bell. I surely don’t know anything about Slovak-American history. The Greek Catholic Union of the USA – I don’t know how to begin. 6 I’ve never heard of Rusyn-American history. What the fuck is Rusyn American, and what is The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese supposed to be? Can you tell me how to get to Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church or Saint Anne Byzantine Catholic Church? Doesn’t sound remotely familiar. Ukrainian-American culture in Maryland is unfamiliar to me. The History of the Ukrainians in Baltimore? How should I know? I don’t know about Ukrainian-Jewish culture in the United States. And I have no clue where The Alliance Colony was. I have no idea where Woodbine Brotherhood Synagogue or Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association Building is. I have no clue. And I haven’t the foggiest notion what Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey are about. Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saddle River and Ramapough Building, Richwood Methodist Church, Mays Landing Presbyterian Church or Rockaway Valley Methodist Church, is that even a real place? I’m not familiar with Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey. The Atlantic County Institute of Technology – I don’t understand that. I haven’t kept up on Public high schools in Atlantic County, New Jersey. What the shit is Hammonton High School? I’m also completely ignorant of Hammonton, New Jersey. What is ‘Plagido’s Winery’ supposed to mean, and 7 what is the idea with The Early November? I’m not conversant with American emo musical groups. I have no clue what Alesana is or what on earth The Hated was or what people say about it. What in God’s name is From First to Last, and what’s Mortimer Nova got to do with it? I just don’t know. Please don’t talk to me about Tickle Me Pink. I’m not hip to Musical quintets. Burning the Masses – what is that? What’s the deal with Datarock, and what in tarnation is Hinder? Search me. I have no idea what The Trinity Band is or what in tarnation Iwrestledabearonce is or if the whole concept makes sense to me. I couldn’t tell you what Death metal musical groups from California are about. Deeds of Flesh – doesn’t ring a bell. Concerning Computers and the environment, I am fully ignorant. Green computing – I don’t understand this. The Climate Savers Computing Initiative – not my area of xpertise. Couldn’t say. Power management – don’t know. I’m also not well-versed in Sustainable technologies. What is ‘Energy technology’ supposed to mean again, and what is A Windpump? Am I supposed to be familiar with A Geothermal heat pump? Come on. Don’t ask me what A Laddermill is. Ask someone who knows something. Environmentally friendly? Come again? Never heard of it. And don’t ask me about Heat pumps. Applications of the Stirling engine – I don’t know what that is. I don’t know what The Vortex tube is or what the hell it has to do with A Heat pump. Don’t ask me. The Stoddard engine 8 – what’s that supposed to mean? I’m clueless about that. Entropy production – not my field. I don’t know any Hot air engines. What about The Crookes radiometer? I also don’t know the first thing about External combustion engines. The Minto wheel – never heard of it. A Stirling engine – what does that mean? Not a clue. I certainly know nothing about Articles containing video clips. I don’t have any idea what Gertie the Dinosaur is or what The White-legged Damselfly is about. I couldn’t tell you about Lonchaeidae. I just don’t know. I definitely don’t know what people mean by ‘Black-and- white films’. And I’m certain that I’ve never heard of The Wedding Guest. I surely don’t know anything about American drama films. What the hell is Johnny Comes Flying Home, and what the heck is Woman Trap? A Rich Man’s Plaything – how should I know what that is? I just don’t know that. The Altar Stairs? Doesn’t ring a bell. I have no idea. How am I supposed to make sense of Broadway Lady? I’ve never heard of American silent feature films. What in the world is Bolshevism on Trial, and what the hell was Nice People? What’s up with The Face in the Fog, and what on earth is The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight? I haven’t the slightest idea. I’m sorry, did you say ‘The Cinema Murder’? Lost films are a mystery to me. What, in the name of all that is holy, is Moby Dick—Rehearsed? Films based on plays are unfamiliar to me.