Shackleton's Whisky (on the rocks)

14:30 mareku 2 Comments

Five crates of Scotch whisky and brandy belonging to the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered after more than 100 years in the ice. They were buried beneath Shackleton's Antarctic hut, his  expedition ran short of supplies on their long trek to the South Pole from Cape Royds in 1907-1909 and they eventually fell about 100 miles (160 kilometres) short of their goal.

Bicycle Train

10:06 mareku 0 Comments

Marc van Woudenberg won the Bicycle Mania Photo Contest with this very nice / sweet photo. He likes (amsterdam) cycles a lot as you can see at his blog.

Cartoons are ART - at least the prizes are...

08:12 mareku 0 Comments

At the recent Brussels Art Fair several cartoon drawings by Herge were on offer. Expect something to pay in the region of €200.000 plus. OOPS!
Herge is of course the most recognized artist in the world with TinTin But ohers like Franquin are catching up quickly. This original Spirou drawing is for sale for € 3500 at gallery 9.

Facel Vega FV2B

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Facel Vega are really betautiful cars and the nice thing is that you can actually buy nice restored ones even today at Amical Facel Holland like this FV2B cabriolet, 1956 (unfortunately sold...)

Nothing More - Nothing Less

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Michel Hania the candidate for the party student058 posed nude for the municipal election poster. To bad for the beer he holds in his hands and the rather skinny looks. The photo is taken by the way in the City Hall...

And the Oscar goes to... - the redux

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Now that the nominations are known - it's time to make my previous predictions a little bit more plausible:

My (adjusted) prediction for this years Oscars:
1) Best Film - Avatar
2) Best Director - Quentin Tarantino  for Inglourious Basterds
3) Best Actor - Colin Firth in A Single Man
4) Best Actress - Meryl Streep in  Julie & Julia
5) Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
6) Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique for Precious
7) Best Foreign Film - The White Ribbon
8) Best Animation - UP

The end of Don't Tell Don't Ask?

10:45 mareku 0 Comments

 
Obama made a pledge during the election and repeated it during his first State of the Union. Now it seems that even the military are working on a way to end the ridiculous "Don't Ask - Don't Tell" policy - will it finally stop? Then all there is left is the Supreme Court proposition 8 ruling :-)
We're making progress!

Amsterdam: the city with GAY shopping bags

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A couple a days ago a guy at the Spui Straat whom was carrying a shopping bag from Gays & Gadgets (from my friend Hans) was brutally attacked without any reason. In Amsterdam! See the security camera video:


Today Mayor Cohen gave Gay shopping bags to shoppers so for a while everyone was carrying a gay message - I like the reaction, but it is unbelievable that you are beaten up for the bag you have...
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