The secret lives of Arab men...

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The photographer Jeroen Kramer has done a "study" on how Arab men interact with each other and guess what? They are far more intimate then we Western guys are... :-)

Leo Vroman

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One of my favorite writers and poets is Leo Vroman. Even now in his middle 90's he writes and makes jokes as usual. He is also a famous biologist in the USA, where he and his wife Tineke (whom is a character in many of his books). My favorite book so far: "Het carnarium". But now he has published his biography which as many ingredients to make it a sure winner. E.g. Vroman fled as a Jew the Netherlands before WWII to the Dutch Indies only to fall into the hands of the Japanese a little bit later...

All time Box Office

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According to the boxofficemojo website if you adjust the box office top ten of all time with inflation you get a surprising different chart.

Time website top 50

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Of all the best 50 websites of the year lists, I think that the Time's list of coolest websites is probably best. I liked yelp, The9 and Burb as new websites on this list that I did not know yet.

Last Xmas dinner

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Yesterday we had the last of the Xmas dinner series: with "the girls". We had an excellent dinner at The Grand (yes again...). Mother Mien is getting a new hip in April and she is already starting to worry about that. I guess that when it is done she forgot what the worry was all about :-)

Xmas dinner

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After a quiet day we had dinner with No&Go and kids. I had prepared traditional fare with a modern touch (Lobster warp with cocktail sauce, Turkey burgers with cranberry sauce etc.)
We had a great time. We had bought little presents for everybody: here you see Mike with his new Abercrombie T-shirt.
Unfortunately I have the cold right now, so things are not running as smoothly as I want them to... :-|

Mickey

14:12 mareku 0 Comments

While watching the Jane Mansfield DVD collection, I keep on thinking of her husband: Mickey Hargitay, former Mr Universe... I don't know why :-))

Xmas with funda

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Last Thursday we had Christmas dinner with the funda team at The Grand. It was a great dinner, good food and even better company.