Justin Lance Black Oscar acceptance speech
The award for
Sundays' Best: 10 Reasons to be cheerful, part I
While the world is in deep recession and everyone a bit gloomy I wondered: are there any reasons left to be cheerful?
After a quick moment I found at least ten..
1. You only get 1 life - so make the most of it
2. If you are in good health and shape - what's left to worry about
3. If you have the love of your live right next besides you
4. If your job is your hobby
5. If you are surrounded by people who care about you
6. If you can travel and meet other cultures
7. If you have everything to live a comfortable life
8. If you even have some unnecessary stuff too
9. If you do crazy things
10. Oh, yeh and always remember: there's no tno thing like a part II
Faces in (unusual) places
A great Flickr Group about (more then 10.000!) faces found in everyday places...
Smart shopping during these difficult times...
It seems that every retailer has one or the other discount action going on. Dicount stickers, discount shopping bags, no VAT or just an overall 15 to 20% off all items. What ever keepd the customers coming. If you really want a bargain, you might want to shop at portero were you can find luxery items for reasonable prizes like this Hermes Birkin bag for a mere $34074.00 (yes that's thirty four THOUSAND dollar - Oh yeh: and seventy four dollar...) Crisis: what crisis?
The end of Saab?
The classic Saab 99 is really one of my all time favorite cars. Rumor has it that GM is abandoning Saab after efficiently killing over the last decade. Let's hope for a miracle and that someone will save Saab. I promise if they survive and develop a non-Opel model, I will buy one.
The end of Pontiac?
Driving a pontiac used to be pure excitement, now it is pure frustration. So no wonder GM is killing this brand.
Birthday present - Thx Marijn :-))
As a present I could create my own Nike-iD trainers. I made these Sparqs. Let's hope they look as good as finished shoes...
Birthday Dinner
We had dinner at Lana Pura - Indonesian restaurant. They have this weird tradition to give you an orchid which you are supose to wear behind your ear. Left if you are free, Right when you are engaged. So we all had to wear the flowers on the right side ;-)
Slumdog Millionaire
I really liked Slumdog Millionaire - which makes clever use of the game show suspense while combing the beauty of India, its people and its music with the cruel reality of a society which still revolves about castes...
EasyLife, Easy Money
In this crisis there are still bargains to be made: At the auction of the fraudulent ponzy scheme "Easy Life" you can buy a Rolls for € 70.000, a Ferrari for € 50.000 and a nice cellar of rare wines...
Sunday's Best: Top Ten Billie Holiday Songs
I Bought the complete Billie Holiday Verve recordings Box (10CDs). This is my top ten:
1. My Man
2. Strange Fruit
3. Travelin' Light
4. Good morning Heartache
5. Don't Explain
6. Lover Man
7. Lady sings the blues
8. Embraceable You
9. Somethings I am Happy
10. Speak Low
1. My Man
2. Strange Fruit
3. Travelin' Light
4. Good morning Heartache
5. Don't Explain
6. Lover Man
7. Lady sings the blues
8. Embraceable You
9. Somethings I am Happy
10. Speak Low
Mouse versus Dog: Dog wins
Although the graphics of Despereaux are nice and the story of Bolt is rather cliche (Dog runs home with new found friends) Bolt is clearly the better picture: funny, tempo and cunning direction.
STOP!: Police
The police stopped my scooter and wanted to check the speed: It is still virgin factory original so I was well within the limit.
I am on a boat!
The new video of The Lonely Island - with (auto-tune) T-Pain. Just as hilarious as their Jizz in my pants.
The mayor of Amsterdam is a tramp
At the opening of buurtleven.nl mayor Cohen was together with Tramp Leo. I could almost notice the difference...
Sundays' best: Top ten vintage travel posters
At bloomsbury auctions New York a nice collection of vintage posters.
Adventure trip
We went to Rotterdam by bike. See the dark sky? On our way back we got surprised with hail and the road became ice. I tried to stop the bike - but slipped and came down on highway A4 :-( Some parts of my bike are bend, the handlebar is out of balance. I am all right though :-)) Luckily no car was driving behind or beside me.
Kjetil Kausland
Luckily at Art Rotterdam there were some nice photographs as well - like these from Kjetil Kausland about cage fighting.
Revenge?
Eightmaps takes the names and ZIP codes of people who donated to the proposition 8 measure — information that California collects and makes public
under state campaign finance disclosure laws — and overlays the data on
a Google map. Visitors can see markers indicating a contributor’s name, approximate
location, amount donated and, if the donor listed it, employer. That is
often enough information for interested parties to find the rest — like
an e-mail or home address... which they do and are noe using to send some nasty stuff to people who supported 8 :-)
under state campaign finance disclosure laws — and overlays the data on
a Google map. Visitors can see markers indicating a contributor’s name, approximate
location, amount donated and, if the donor listed it, employer. That is
often enough information for interested parties to find the rest — like
an e-mail or home address... which they do and are noe using to send some nasty stuff to people who supported 8 :-)
Dear Fatty
I really like Dawn French. Her role in the Vicar of Dibley is one of the best comic performances ever. So I enjoy this audiobook - which is hilarious also. I bought it as a audio CD - but converted it into an audiobook (for the iphone with audiobook builder).
A picture of my black camel
Andre of Bruggeman motor Bikes send me this picture of the exchange of my Tenere.
Märklin: the end of playing with trains?
It's something I always wanted - but never had: A Märklin model train. I guess I will never have it because it has filed for insolvency
after the failure of long-running restructuring efforts.A pity after more then 150th years. Banks were
unwilling to extend further credit, Märklin said.
after the failure of long-running restructuring efforts.A pity after more then 150th years. Banks were
unwilling to extend further credit, Märklin said.
rabo bank sucks!
Have a look at this video and you never want to do ANYTHING with the rabobank anymore :-)
Sundays' best: Top Ten Dutch Songs
- Ramses Shaffy - Zing,
vecht, huil, bid, lach, werk en bewonder - Astrid Nijgh - Ik
doe wat ik doe - Willeke Alberti - Telkens
Weer - Benny Neyman - Waarom
fluister ik je naam nog - Wim Zonneveld - Het
Dorp - Jules de Corte - Ik
zou wel eens willen weten - Het goede Doel - Vriendschap
- Jasperina de Jong - Dobbe,
dobbe, dobbe - Rita Hovink - Laat
me alleen - Willem Nijholt - Sorry dat ik besta
Bonus: Ramses Shaffy - Sammy
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