In a previous post I talked about the porn at the gas station. We recently drove from Dordrecht to Heidelberg for our Global Marketing Meeting and this time when we stopped off to get gas I got some proof. Notice the ingenius co-marketing of the “Betty Boop” video right below the “Penthouse” DVD. Genius.
Monthly Archive: April 2005
Apr
24
What Is With All This Chanting?
I just realized that for the past three hours my apartment could have been mistaken for the residence of some chant-crazed Gregorian monks. This is a bit strange, as both Ann and I are devout atheists. The culprit is CNN, which we generally have on in the background at all times so we can keep …
Apr
24
I’ll Pencil You In4/25/2005 04:56:48 AM
The Dutch are big on advance planning. Your typical Dutch man or woman is indoctrinated into the tradition of “the agenda” at a very early age. Six or seven I think. They usually plan everything weeks in advance. I have a few people at work who I’ve tried to get together with for a movie …
Apr
19
Little Differences 4
So I’m in a car on my way to play frisbee in Groningen, which is in the north easternmost corner of the country. We stop after an hour at a gas station to fill up and get some snacks from the convenience store. Now we all can be thankful for the progress that has been …
Apr
18
Sophia Maranhao Guzik
Big news! Sofia Maranhao Guzik entered the world on April 18th, weighing in at 6lbs 15 ozs and 19.5 inches long. And with a head of black hair. Congratulations to proud parents Pete and Allie Guzik. Best wishes for the future. Love, Brian and Ann
Apr
14
My New Addiction4/20/2005 11:31:21 AM
I am addicted. There is somthing in these damn “Oven Roasted Chicken and Thyme” potato chips that is more potent than crack cocaine (not that I would really know, but I can imagine). I can’t stop eating them. They are so TASTY. They’re like an entire meal condensed into a single potato chip. Delicious. See …
Apr
13
Little Differences 3
Here’s an annoying difference between Europe and the States: dry cleaning costs a fortune here. Which is strange, because you’d think that since the average business dress code is more formal here than in the US, that more people would have dry cleaning to do and therefore the prices would be at least as low …
Apr
07
Frisbee UFO-Style4/8/2005 02:26:27 AM
So I’m on UFO 2. The second of four frisbee teams that Utrecht fields. We actually play under the name UFO 3 due to a naming mishap at the Nederland Frisbee Bond, the bureaucratic organization that organizes frisbee in the Netherlands (you simply cannot escape the bureaucracy in this country). Last weekend was our first …
Apr
07
Heidelberg & A Note On National Identity4/7/2005 03:30:04 PM
My company has a large office in Heidelberg, Germany, which I have been to probably six or seven times. Heidelberg is one of those quaint little European towns with cobblestone streets in the old part of town, nice gothic cathedrals, and a castle which overlooks the town from up on a hill. If you are …
Apr
02
Spectacle of Death
What is it about a slow, televised death that is so fascinating? I come home from MBA class, turn on the TV, and find out that what everyone has been speculating for two days is now official: Pope John Paul II is near death from advanced Parkinsons. Now, as the leader of one of the …