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The one guy had a Licence to Kill. I’ve got one for the racetrack. Part 2: Taxi rides, parts hunts, and electricity on instalments

A few hours earlier — Friday morning. Sitting in a taxi on the way to the track felt like some parallel universe. I was technically heading for a racing licence — something that should smell like control, precision, and “I’ve got my life sorted”. And yet there I was in the back of a…

The one guy had a Licence to Kill. I’ve got one for the racetrack

Part 1: Flat out towards PoznaÅ„ This racing licence thing wasn’t one of those “I fancy a new hobby” ideas. I had to do it. Because the autumn before, I’d made yet another one of my highly promising decisions — the kind that doesn’t fit into the brain at all, only straight into the gut…

Quo Vadis, Zurich? Kafka Would’ve Nodded. Shakespeare Would’ve Sold It as Drama.

A Drama in Nine Acts… A story that drove me up the wall a few years ago. I honestly don’t know whether this insurer simply has it too good — or whether the right hand genuinely has no idea what the left hand is doing. Either way, what I experienced as a customer had absolutely nothing …

Self-Portrait: Paint by Numbers — or Why I’d Rather Cut Off an Ear Than Make Anything Too Easy

I’ve Never Been Good at Simple Things. And I’ve never really trusted things that work on the first try. If something goes right on attempt number one, I’m not proud. I get suspicious. That’s when the doubts start — not about me, about the destination. Was it too small? T…

The Big Bang at the Petrol Station!

Since we’re told there are no coincidences in life, it must have been fate that a magazine ended up in my hands, sparked something in my head — and launched me onto a career orbiting a planet called Adventure . I haven’t left that orbit since. A…

I’m back!

Technically, I was never really gone — life just decided to do what it does best: rearrange everything when you’ve finally made a plan. So I kept postponing. Not dramatically. Just… professionally. You know the routine, right? “Maybe tomorrow.” “Next week…