I don't think that a living president inspired so many people to produce art. But Obama isn't just a president :-)
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He is the first guy to receive the highest military honor of the Netherlands - The William Knighthood Cross - in 55 years. Marco Kroon truly is a hero - saving soldiers in Afghanistan. This was really a big thing here: live tv coverage, Queen, cabinet, prime minister the lot - and that is how it should be: someone who defends our freedom, sacrifice himself and who is outmost couragous deserves our utmost respect.
As much as I like Ruben, it seems that I really liked his Ducati 748 more... ;-)
It seems like a new craze: hugging. People are hugging all the time. Some sociologists pointed out that African-American boys and men have been hugging as part of their greeting for decades, using the word “dap” to describe a ritual involving handshakes, slaps on the shoulders and, more recently, a hug, also sometimes called the gangsta hug. It could have some sexual menaing but pro-hugging students say it is not a romantic or sexual gesture, simply the new “hello”. The high-five is, like, boring. So "Hugg" ! :-)
Today I was elected member of the board of supervisors of WoningNet, an IT and marketing data company for housing societies. I hope I can contribute to make this great company even better. :-)
What is it with Detectives that they are almost always single elderly men? Most of them have problems with their (ex) wives. Hardly any of them have children. And most of the times the seem very unhappy in their private lives. Maybe that is necessary to fully concentrate on the job (or it makes a better story ;-) ). While watching the Dalziel & Pascoe series, I was wondering what the best Detective TV shows were:
- Foyle's War - because of the stories and settings.
- Dalziel & Pascoe - This is one show where it is difficult to guess who done it right from the start (it takes me about 10 minutes :-)) )
- Wallander - because it is swedish...
- Morse - Because of John Thaw, and his car of course
- Columbo - Nice stories
- McCloud - Who doesn't want to be Sam McCloud?
- Frost - Nice social settings
- Midsommer Murders - Because of its English county sides and festivals
- Tatort - still going strong after almost 40 years. I like especially Hansjörg Felmy as
Kommissar Haferkamp - Poirot - Little outdated, but nice Art Deco settings
The first NatM was sometimes amusing. Unfortunately the makers made an exact copy full with clichés. The film is boring, not funny and way to long...
On of my favorite games on my Apple MacIntosh II was Crystal Quest. It started very simple, but Oh boy: it really was tough a couple of waves later. The sound FX were great too. And now it is on my iPhone :-)
Now that The Netherlands lost again - you wonder whether it makes sense to compete at the EuroVison Song festival
at all. The televote system doesn't seem to help our candidates. I myself haven't watched the show for 10 years or so, so I can only remember the good old days... These are my favorite entries:
- Teddy Scholten - Een Beetje
- Ruth Jacott – Vrede
- Edsilia Rombly - Hemel en
aarde - Maggie MacNeal - Amsterdam
- Marcha - Rechtop in de wind
- Teach In - Ding-a-Dong
- Greetje Kauffeld - Wat
een dag - Lenny Kuhr - De
troubadour - Therese Steinmetz -
Ring Dinge - Ronnie Tober - Morgen
A funny report in Volkskrant Magazine about the collection of Frank Schallmaier of similar profile pictures on gay social websites. It seems that everybody thinks the same.
It's funny, high paced, has a great story and likeable characters: Star Trek, the movie. The actors remind you of the original cast, but then again have a magic of their on. The story about Spock is probably the best of all the Star Trek movies. I really hope that this is a fresh start of the franchise. FOr me this is one of the best movies ever...
I have been in & out The Andreas Hospital these days. The really super friendly and helpfull staff there are taking my injury very serious indeed. I have now a plastic surgeon to look after my middle finger and the speed with which things are improving is great. It will take about 6 weeks before I can start the rehabilitation process with my already assigned nurse. In the mean time everybdoy is very suporting and helping me out. thanks! :-))
I made this 360 pano on a mountain at Rudolf, near Weimar, Germany. I shot it just by hand (about 18 pix) and then stitched it with PS CS4.
I went to my mumm this afternoon for mothersday and on the way back thought that I could get through a traffic light. Eddie who was driving in front of my thought otherwise and stopped just in time. I tried to make an emergency stop, but blocked my front wheel and slighed with my bike a couple of meters over the (hard) asphalt. My left leg is wounded and right hand a little bit broken. the ambulance came quickly and I was repaired in no time. Luckily I was wearing my full faced helmet and a motor jacket with protection - stupidly I was only wearing (white) jeans in stead of my special motor trousers. Bike was scratched - but was OK! It will take a week or 4 to recover...
Touring through Germany and seeing the landscape and space I wonder how it would be when we moved to this place and lived here. It reminds me of the stories I read of people who moved to their paradise, just to find that it doesn't exists... :-)Here are my favorites
1) A year in Provence
2) Under the Tuscan Sun
3) Shirley Valentine
4) The matchmaker of Perigord
5) My house in Umbria
6) A good Year
7) In Maremma
8) Tea with Mussolini
9) Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis
10) Mr. Blandings builds his dream House
A couple of months ago Sandy Tsao wrote to Barack Obama that he should fulfill his election promise to change the "Don't ask - Don't Tell" policy. She wrote hime that she told her superiors she was gay. Barack sent a hand written note back (that's actually awesome knowing that he has a serious schedule each day (and night)). He writes: "It will take some time to change the current policy" - to long for Sandy, because she was dishonorably discharged last week. Now I understand that Barack doesn't want to make the same mistake Bill Cliton made in his early weeks on this ridiculous policy, but he really have to act and set something in motion...
The Eisenach car factory has an old history. They were part of BMW before and during WWII. After that the Russians deported all the cars and machines to Russia. After a trademark battle the factory continued as Eisenach Motor Werke (EMW) and build Wartburg cars, mostly based on ancient BMW technology. The last Wartburg 1991 model was the same as introduced in 1967 ;-)
Now they are building Opel cars in a brand new factory (as long as Opel exists that is)...
I really admire the style of Sergio Marchionne. While everyone is moaning he is trying to create something new. In a forceful energic optimistic manner, And what I definitely like about him is that he always wears a sweater no matter what. Even when he was talking to the German Government about taking over Opel and all the Germans were dressed up - he just drove his Maserati and ste[[ed out in a....sweater (OK: probably his sweater alone is way more expensive then all the suits of the bureaucrats he is talking with :-)) )
You would have thought that a hamburger or frankfurter was the national dish here in Germany - but it is the schnitzel. You simply cannot avoid it. It is served everywhere - and most of the times all other food is just a variation of the basic stuff...
So here it is: the best German food:
1. Schnitzel Natur
2. Wiener Schnitzel - with lemon
3. Jägerschnitzel - with mushroom sauce
4. Zigeunerschnitzel - with a spicy
paprika sauce
5. Rahmschnitzel- with cream
6. Schnitzel mit spiegelei - with fried eggs
7. Schnitzel „Café de Paris“
- with herb butter
8. Hawaiischnitzel - with pineapple and cheese
9. Schnitzel „Florida“ - with peach
10. Cordon Blue - folded schnitzel with cheese and ham
