Kraut FM (Friday 16th of May 2008 12:29:00 PM)
A peeve of mine. It's something to do with the radio. Last night I was trying to listen to one
of my favorite radio shows. Sadly, it was a clear night on a summery day, so several radio
stations from Germany (NDR 1,2 and 4, ...
(more)Weekend rant (Saturday 29th of March 2008 09:56:00 AM)
Since hardly anybody seems to read the entries I post on weekends, at least not within five
days or so, I thought I'd just blow off some steam this morning. I finally found out who or
what is behind all the hits I get from ...
(more)One New Year's Eve I care to forget (Wednesday 02nd of January 2008 12:44:00 PM)
Of all the holidays we celebrate during the course of a year, my favorite has always been New
Year's Eve. The staying up late, which I've always thoroughly enjoyed as a kid. The complete
disregard for my health when it comes to the fat foods. ...
(more)Godmen or the satans? (Saturday 13th of October 2007 09:03:00 AM)
Who is a Sadhu ? The one who practices austerity harnessing himself to the mission of
service to the people or the one who just boasts tobe a Godman claiming remedies for all evils
and ills on earth hypocritically claiming capability to play ...
(more)Jack Thompson Sets His Sights On Halo 3 (Monday 24th of September 2007 10:15:04 PM)
GamePolitics is reporting that anti-game advocate Jack tommy gun is seeking to have Halo 3
declared a nuisance to the public in Florida. He tried the same stunt with Bully, and failed
then too. "As with Bully, machine pistol clearly hopes the court will ...
(more)Book translations (Saturday 31st of March 2007 09:23:00 AM)
Another entry filed under 'despair'. It's about Dutch book translations in children's
literature. You see, my sister's pregnant (with a boy who will most likely be called Najib),
and my mom has started creating a library of books to read for when he gets ...
(more)My psychotic neighbor (Monday 26th of February 2007 12:56:00 PM)
One of my neighbors, a man by the name of Rinus (don't worry, no one else who knows him will
ever read this) , is a bit weird... He hears sounds at night that to him resemble someone
continuously opening and closing curtains. And... He ...
(more)Why? (Friday 22nd of December 2006 12:59:00 PM)
Why is it that even after all this time, people around me, and on the radio, etc., keep singing
"You were working as a cocktail in a waitress's bar", when the song "Don't You
Want Me", by the Human League is played... It got old ...
(more)Aargh!!! (Monday 18th of December 2006 01:38:00 PM)
Bad news: the library where I use the internet will start offering this service for free
starting in January! And, as with all freebies, there is a catch to this: You can only go for a
half hour at a time. The library works with ...
(more)Going out with a bang! (Friday 27th of October 2006 01:19:00 PM)
Yep, t'is the season once again. Two shops in Enkhuizen are now devoted to Christmas and
Christmas alone, there are toy sales, etc., etc. In about three weeks Saint Nicholas will
arrive to this country, by steamer from Spain, and he will then terrorize ...
(more)Ritz Crackers, or: The Yanks Are Coming (Friday 27th of October 2006 12:49:00 PM)
Someone please tell me if I'm overreacting, but I discovered something in the grocery mart down
my street that worries me big time: Ritz Crackers. Added to this the arrival of Oreo Cookies
back in March, and Ocean Spray fruit juices... I mean, a lot ...
(more)Montreal (Friday 08th of September 2006 05:54:01 PM)
The flight across the big pond took about seven hours. Compared to my previous trans-Atlantic
experiences, on board Iberia, Martinair, and Delta Airlines, the food was half-decent, but
drinks were just as sporadic... maybe two espresso size cups of coffee, ...
(more)London Heathrow (Friday 08th of September 2006 05:54:00 PM)
Although it said on the papers from my travel agency, that the flight would take over an hour,
it couldn't possibly have taken even so much as 45 minutes, and the plane even had to take a
longer route to get around a thunderstorm. The ...
(more)Sorry about my absence. (Wednesday 30th of August 2006 02:05:00 PM)
My apologies about my absence. I'll give you all a full report of my fortnight's stay in
Winnipeg, as soon as I feel up to it, which is probably next Saturday. As a kind of
continuation of my previous entry, there has been more airline ...
(more)I survived 9 hours at Heathrow, and all you get is this stupid blog entry!! (Sunday 13th of August 2006 12:21:00 PM)
Hm... on my way for 48 hours now, and still not where I want to be... Waited nine hours
yesterday to get from London to Montreal, and missed my connecting flight to Winnipeg by ten
minutes! Dehydrated and what have you, I somehow managed to ...
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