Before I start, I need to set a few things straight, for the record. Let me just say that New York is a fantastic city, full of fantastic things, fantastic people, yadda yadda yadda. Bottom line: it’s fantastic. I just want you to know that I recognize this about New Read more…
Adjustment period took less time this time. Probably because I was with Ann, and we were met at the arrivals hall by our good friend Mark. And the fact that I had been here just four weeks ago. It’s always good to come back to your home country. I’ve always Read more…
It was a strange night. First, we ran into some Springer and ex-Kluwer peoples in the bar and convinced them to participate in the pub quiz. Then it turned out that Ann had hit it on the head about the music round being devoted to Christmas songs (and it was Read more…
Let’s hear it for John E Jones III, whose ruling today helps beat back the tide of creationist crap flooding America’s school systems. Hopefully, one day even the kids in Kansas will get their science free of Christian fundamentalist propaganda.
I love this dude Ahmadinejad. He’s so nuts. He’s like a slightly saner version of the Taliban. He’s doing the exact same wacky things they did. Pretty soon he’ll be blowing up statues of Buddha in the desert. I can sympathize a little though. I’ve wanted to ban Western music Read more…
Okay. It’s ten to midnight. I just “handed in” my final exam for my marketing class. With nine minutes to spare. Damn I love technology. It allowed me to have a leisurely Christmas dinner, dominate all my friends at Puzzle Kombat, eat some ice cream, and then win a game Read more…
So we’re in the Ardennes. Thanks to the miracle of GPS technology we successfully navigated the wilds of Belgium to find “Le Vieux Chemin†in Anja’s new “monovolume†(which is how Europeans say “SUVâ€). Although we had some confusion with which house we had rented (Ann and Anja were emphatic Read more…
Ack! Another choke by yours truly and suddenly Guze has now pulled within two wins! Again, Guze picked a team that went over 100 and I picked some real duds. (Thanks a lot Payton Manning, you jerk.) 8-6. Starting to get a little nervous…
Wow. A great movie. Not much more that I can add than what the reviewers have said, other than that the style of the film is gorgeous and they really nailed the emotion in the Kong character. Ann and I saw it together on opening night here in the Netherlands Read more…