Kräftskiva i Amsterdam

Den kräftskiva frÃ¥n Svensk-Nederländska Föreningen är en traditionell svensk fest i samband med kräftfiskesäsongen.  Huvudrätten utgörs av hela kräftor. Vanliga kompletterande matvaror vid kräftskivan är... knäckebröd!, kryddad Svenks ost och räkor, samt traditionella smörgÃ¥sbordsrätter som till exempel västerbottenpaj.  Vanliga drycker är brännvin, öl och (för mig) sockerdricka.




Den Amsterdamse Roeivereniging var trevilgt decorerad med lanternor och lite flaggor. Vi sjunger:

Kräftorna sköna
dillkronor gröna
lysa sÃ¥ grant bland blommor och bla´r.
Nubbarna ila
finna ej vila
förrän i magen störtvågen far.
Gläd dig min mage
håll dig beredd,
Helan vi tage
på längd och på bredd.
Och lilla snapsen
dyker sÃ¥ rapp se´n
ner i sin sköna bädd.

Piranha 3D

Sometimes a movie can be so bad - that it becomes funny. Which is the case with Piranha 3D. While audiences back in the 70's were really scared of the effects in the disaster movies like Jaws and Towering Inferno - these tricks now only makes us laugh. Especially when they are magnified in 3D.

Bye Bye VOX

VOX blogs are closing September 30th - so I moved my previous blog tot typepad and exported it to blogger. So now you can see (almost) my whole bloglife here on blogger.

Was James Dean Gay or what?


The new movie from JOSHUA TREE, 1951: A PORTRAIT OF JAMES DEAN tries to answer that question. (with James Preston of "Gates")

A (office) room with a view

Quincy Jones Headphone line by Harman

A pity that I already have zillions of headphones - otherwise those white ones would do...

The best film: Dinner for schmucks or Le Dîner de cons

I really liked Francis Vebers' Le Dîner de cons when it came out in 1998. So I was a little sceptical whether the remake "dinner for schmucks" could live up to the original. Well: it can't... The French version is much darker and sarcastic. But it schmucks has its fine moments: Steve Carrel timing is great and  I always admire Zach Galifianakis - who should get an oscar nomination for his role of Therman - the mind controller.

Time to murder some people

My game setup was a little bit outdated so I upgraded to a new 250G PS3 system with a Sony Bravia 100Hz 32" LED. Now Assassins Creed is looking great and I cannot wait to play Heavy Rain or the upcoming James Bond "Blood Stone". The only thing left is a nice (wireless?) home cinema sound system for the setup.

The Killing - Forbrydelsen

This week is Killing week - a 20 hour Danish TV series about a cop trying to find the killer of a young girl. It is not to bad. Only thing is that after 15 minutes you know who did it and that Sarah Lund (the Inspector) seems to have only 1 sweater which she is wearing for THREE weeks...

Faster Running

Now that I entered the 8K run in October I must train to up my best time a little bit. The new Heartbeat function on my Nike Plus is working fine and this article in the NYT proves that a good playlist is making you run faster and better. So that's what I am concentrating on right now: to build the perfect 8K playlist (with a BPM of about 120 -130). Because my biggest fault is to start running way to fast, I need to increase the BPM of the playlist gradually I guess.

In the mean time somewhere up north...

Svenska Skällsord

Jag har hittade en kul websida med Svenska skällsord dem du inte sÃ¥ fort hittar i ortboker :-) 
Jag tycker om "Fjolla" t.ex. ...

Jag älskar Sune :-)

I en bokhandel i Malmö jag köpte min första bok om Sune och nu kan jag inte sova utan läser Sune nya äventyrar. Böcker är mycket roligt och skrivit för killar 10 år gammal så jag kan också läsa den... :-)

Amsterdam Marathon 2010

I have entered the Amsterdam Marathon 2010 in October- the 8 KM race that is. I am very happy to see on the map of the course that there will be THREE Red Cross teams on hand and samba music...

Sail 2010

 
Every 5 years the biggest nautical event in Europe takes place in the harbor of Amsterdam. Tall ships from all over the world visit the city and millions of people watch the ships.

An official Homo park in Rotterdam

While other countries are troubled by some dark nightly park activities by some men, the city of Rotterdam actually welcomes these and so there are new signs in the Kralingse Bos in Rotterdam which state that men can have sex in this designated area (Oh: and to warn others maybe)

0 % alcohol

  
When we arrived home we noticed a new sign in front of our house: Our street has been declared a no-alcohol zone. Nothing to do with Ramadan though - just a council measure to reduce to nuisance of some heavy drinkers at the canal :-) I am still not sure what this means for Eddie in our own house...

Hamburg

On our way back from Sweden we decided to stay the night in Hamburg and to visit the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe. It was good to be back in hamburg after 20 or so many years and to see that the city is completely renovated and updated for the better. We had an excellent (German) dinner and will be back soon to discover Hamburg some more.

Hmmm..

Öland

Öland är mycket intressant och gammalt ö till höger från Kalmar i Östersjön. Där finns många fåglar på passage till Afrika. Fyrar hetar långa Jan och Erik, vad indikera av Danska ursprung det här område.