Ann and I took the Eurostar high-speed train to London last weekend. Sadly, there were no more seats available in coach, so we had to go first class. I have to say, it was pretty damn cool. On the way there we had breakfast, which I slept through, but which Read more…
The bathrooms here in the Netherlands always have full floor to celing doors. All of them. Even the public ones (which you have to pay fifty cents or so to use). I don’t get how on the one hand you can have a sophisticated quality-of-life improvement like fully-contained toilets, but Read more…
After many frustrating crashes right in the middle of posting for no apparent reason I have decided that Blogger.com, quite simply. Sucks balls. Looking for a replacement, but it’s hard to find good free services. I am hoping my buddy Mark Lorenc will hook me up and install some blog Read more…
I’m feeling pretty good about myself. For the longest time I was trying to get the headlines from my blog to show up automatically on my website. I started by figuring out that Blogger.com had a setting that allowed you to publish an RSS feed for your blog. Then I Read more…
Tom’s Tourney 2005 – Part 2 So we left off with me at the Brugge train station trying to get to the fields. It’s 10:15am. The tournament started at 9:30. I hopped a cab and the driver luckily knew the sportpark. I get to the fields and they are just Read more…
It’s uncanny. The courts must have read my blog. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050507/ap_on_hi_te/digital_tv_piracy
Oh, and before I lay my head down on the keys and go to sleep, I have to share with the world what a freaking AWESOME show “Deadwood” is. It’s on HBO (and also available illegally through the wonders of BitTorrent) and it is quite simply the best TV show Read more…
All this talk about TV, and the hour being so late, reminded me of the fact that it’s been months since I’ve seen an episode of “Blind Date”, my late night, eyes half-closed, staple. 🙁
I miss American TV. I miss the shows. I miss the networks and cable. I even miss the commercials. It’s hard to explain the “minor league” feel to the TV ads that you see in Europe. I guess small TV markets are a disincentive for people to spend a lot Read more…
I should be studying for my MBA class. Or sleeping. Or learning a new song on the guitar. Or sleeping. But in an attempt to make myself fall asleep at the keys, I will instead tell you the story of my tournament this weekend in Brugge, Belgium. So I’m on Read more…