Amat victoria curam!

Now that I am (after three months of waiting...) with Vodafone I can make use of their Signal Plus device. I will let you know what the difference in speed and connectivity actually is later on.

Today I saw Kevin Hassing and Michiel Bakker in Bent, the impressive play about the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust of Martin Sherman (written in 1979)in direction of Gerardjan Rijnders. A very oppressive atmosphere, lots of frighting silent moments and very, very moving. Excellent performance so make sure you see it if you have the chance.

My latest book to read is "The Orphan Master's Son" by Adam Johnson, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2013 earlier this year. The story is about a young man in North Korea who rises to become a threat to the dictator Kim Jong-il, and then tries to get his wife and step children out of the country. Sounds very intriguing. But first I have to finish my last Viveca Sten mystery set on the opposite of North Korea: Sandhamn, Sweden.

Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, direction by Dustin Hoffman: What can go wrong? I cannot wait to see this movie. The trailer looks promising. Is it Marigold hotel goes classic (and Britain)?

And time flies when you're having fun - we returned to Amsterdam. (How do you like my new Alpine Durban outfit by the way?)

Off Road riding

Fallen tree blocks the road - we went around it...

Dillenburg - the birthplace of Willem Nassau (of Orange)

We had a great tour in Siegerland - the sun did not show, but the temperature was fine and we had no rain. The area is full of history and some nice landscapes. I liked Sauerland better tough - little less industry and traffic, so maybe next year back a little bit up north?

We are on our way to Schmallenberg and hotel Schutte (where we stayed last year) to go on a tour in Siegenland and to flee from the chaos which will happen in Amsterdam during the crowning of Willem Alexander tomorrow.

I have been a big fan of Reason right from the start. The propellerhead guys started it all with Rebirth, which was cool but rather limited - but with Reason things got serious and now with version 7, Reason is actually professional stuff. When I think of all the hours I played with this wonderful toy and the joy it gives me, I must admit there is probably no better (indoor) toy then this. (Outdoor is a Z1000 of course)

Together with Roland I did a VRO (enhanced riding course) on my BMW motorbike. It was fun and usefull to test all kinds of safety hazard situations, like emergency braking, riding without hands or riding over "dead" animals...

Amazingly it has only been 1 week when we had a super duper time in Paris with Karen & Tom. It seems ages because we had so much fun and so many things to do, see and shop for.

I really like the new Daft Punk "Get Lucky". It is a sweet mix of Disco, Funky grooves. Maybe I make an own version of it when Reason 7 is out.

I don't like the way the current Google glasses look like - although they seem to work fine. My guess is that combined with a Neurosky sort of devise one would get the sort of stuff Tony Stark is using in the latest episode of Iron Man (III). His glasses are something I can imagine using :-)

Eftersom jag prenumererade på Readly jag läsa Svenska tidningar hela tiden. OK - några titel är inte för mig (Gravid?, Hästfood? eller Båtagare?) men det finns mycket intressanta tidningar som är intressant att läsa och det är något annat som mina deckare. Jag är nöjd över hur många nya tillkommer - det är fast varje dag en ny tidning :-)

Not sure whether Eddie will approve though

The week in Paris was a blast. We spend an awesome time with Karen and Tom discovering all kinds of aspects of Paris we never knew or seen before. This has been a very memorable week :-)

Some great football acrobatics with a great view over Paris.

Pouring piping hot sugar liquid in the egg whites to prepare the macaroons.

We are walking and walking and walking all round Paris. The weather is superb and so is the food and even more the company. This is Paris at its very best!

In the garden of the Rodin Museum

Brancusi in the Pompidou Museum.

Now: who has the best smile?

Adding some new artwork...

Still a great addition

The next couple of Days we are in Paris with our dear friends Karen & Tom - who flew all the way from CA. We started this first summer day at the Louvre where we had the fortune to be one of the very first visitors - so we had the place practically to ourselves.

Jag tänkte inte det Dansk politik skulle bli så spännende, men det är! Borgen är jätte kul - vi titar varje dag en del (eller två) och är nu i andra serie. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen är var stor favorit som Katrine Fønsmark. Dansk språk blir väldigt svårt att följa, så jag behöver undertexter...

As it turns out we will be in the center of all the activities of the Crowning of King Willem Alexander. So we have decided to flee to Germany on our motorbikes and leave the partying to the million or so people who will come to Amsterdam...

Nu finns det något ny: läs så många tidningar du vill för bara ett pris på månad: Readly. Det är jätte bra och jag har prenumerant direkt. Nu har jag på min surfplatta 37 svensk tidskrifter för bara 99Kr. och kan nu för första gången läsa alt på svensk :-) Jag har något inbjudningar, så om du vill läsa en månad gratis, skriva mig.

Prime Minister Putin of Russia is visiting our neighbors today across the Amstel and there is a lot of protest against him and against for what he stands for - like the ridiculous abolishment of the rainbow flag as gay propaganda...

The movie Kon-Tiki tells the story of Thor Heyerdahl and his crew crossing the pacific while trying to prove that the Polynesian people came from South-America. The movie is awesome and the production quality very high - everything looks so real; that is until you see the making of by the special effects guys from "Important Looking Pirates"...

(still work in progress)

91 and still going strong!

Nu vi fortvarande får vänta att den nya Mari Jungstedt (som spelar på Gotland) började jag läsa en nya Viveca Sten (ny för mig - eftersom det är en deckare från 2010): "I grunden utan skuld". Och jag är jätte nöjd: det är väldigt spännande och bra skriven. Sandhamn bli en mysteriös ö var jag vill gärna åka tillbaka snart.

Since I am using my iPads more and more to read documents, I hardly use my nice collection of Staplers anymore. I really like using them - it gives a sense of finishing up / approval / accomplishment when stapling a large pile of paper. And don't forget the sound - mechanic, solid, iron... Maybe when we combine PDF's with preview or merging documents digitally we could add the stapler sound effect - that would be really cool.

Remember all the fuss about Mauro Manuel in 2011 and the very dubious role the CDA played? Well today Mauro got news that he is finally Dutch now and can stay! Hurray! (Even the CDA is happy about that...)

Called the best movie Hitchcock never made this movie with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn by Stanley Donen is a great mix of suspense, romance and humor. Set in Paris in the early 60's - what more do you want? The fun thing is that because of a stupid copyright mistake the film is actually in the public domain right after it was released by Universal - so you can see the whole thing on youtube. (But maybe better go for the Blue-Ray enhanced version)

Wait a minute: it is almost easter now - so why does it keep on snowing in Amsterdam? Now we are certain that Al Gore was right (although we should have believed him from the start...)

Robbie is only the second gay footballer in Britain to come out in public. Justin Fashanu, his solitary predecessor, hanged himself in 1998 in Shoreditch, just a short walk from where Rogers now lives... That proves it that is still very hard to come out in professional soccer today. Even Robbie think that being gay and a footballer do not match and walked away from the game. We need guys like him to stay on and show the world that there is nothing wrong with a gay player.

Joe Weider died today, age 93. Proofing that with training you can live longer. Joe practically invented body building as we know it - with the dumbbells and all. He also launched Arnold Schwarzenegger as an actor.

Yesterday in Maastricht there was a pack of snow - incredible...

Leighton athlete with python

Polynesian

This years TEFAF was much of the same. The same sort of antiques, the same paintings that hang now for years of the exhibition at certain dealers and... the same people. (like us!). But anyway it is an unique way to see, touch and buy art which otherwise you will only see in museums and such. So next year we"ll go again I guess.

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