The final countdown

14:53 mareku 0 Comments

The iPads are shipped - so with only a couple of days to go we have to make sure everything is ready for our new baby... So I was very pleased when I got this very nice hardgraft iPad sleeve from Marijn.

Ever decreasing circles

17:43 mareku 0 Comments

I really am a fan of Richard Briers. Ever since "The Good Life" his unique humor makes me laugh out loud.  Now with the complete DVD collection of "Ever decreasing circles" from the late 1980's he is doing it again. In it he plays Martin Bryce who lives in a quiet suburban close with his wife Anne (Penelope Wilton). He like organising everyone and runs umpteen different societies. Paul Ryman (Peter Egan) his neighbour, is everything Martin is not – adventurous, laissez-faire, flippant, witty, handsome and charming. Also hilarious are Howard and Hilda (Stanley Lebor and Geraldine Newman), neighbours of Martin's who share some of his obsessiveness while having plenty of quirks of their own (such as always wearing "his and hers" matching outfits)...

Halv åtta hos mig

17:29 mareku 0 Comments

Jag titar ibland på TV4 programet "Halv åtta hos mig". Det är ett matlagningsprogram där amatörkockar får visa sina färdigheter vid spisen och inte svårt som att förstår. En central roll i programmet har den humoristiske och lätt sarkastiske kommentatorn, skådespelaren Helge Skoog. Lyckosam ochsa: det är undertexter...

Spring has arrived - and now I cannot see clearly anymore...

17:23 mareku 0 Comments

During the dark (cold!) days of winter you really don't notice that the visor of your helmet is actually full of scratches. With the first rays of sun it became clear that I had to change to a new pair. So I did and the world it looking so much better now!

17:16 mareku 0 Comments

My new Z1000 is getting rave reviews all around the globe. Ultimate Motorcycling, MotoMagazine, Motociclismo etc. They all agree: this is the ultimate naked bike... :-)

Hero of the day: Nancy Pelosi

11:24 mareku 0 Comments

OK Barack came up with the idea - but it was Nancy who realized it. She relentlessly chased her fellow democrats and tried to keep of the jumpy frogs into the bucket. And it worked!
See a nice time line of health care politics in the NYT here.  

Barack did what he does best and had a nice speech to celebrate:
“In the end what this day represents is another stone firmly laid in the foundation of the American dream,” the president said. “Tonight, we answered the call of history as so many generations of Americans have before us. When faced with crisis, we did not shrink from our challenges. We overcame them. We did not avoid our responsibilities, we embraced it. We did not fear our future, we shaped it.”

Blogger template editor

10:35 mareku 0 Comments

Blogger just released a new feature with which you can change the blog template - so I did... :-)