head of state.
ok, so amsterdam survived yet another gay pride canal parade. i hate that thing. it’s supposed to be this “we’re proud, we’re out and -yes- we’re loud” event where for a weekend queers take over because we are the übermensch of the moment. but in fact it’s a bunch of straight people on a daytrip [...]
bye bus.
this could easily be a rant on terrorism, considering the title and that this piece is a story on london transport. but no, we have to say goodbye to the uk capital’s double-deck busses in a neat manner. what’s going on? on december 9th the last route master as they are called is leaving us. why? [...]
clear as fog.
on my way to work this morning, i listened to bbc’s go digital podcast. they ran a story on a foggy computer monitor. what i’ve understand of it, this is how it works: a machine creates a panel of foggy stuff. it’s not wet though, so i guess they used it to describe how it [...]
you are an optimist.
yes you are. no use denying. dutch newspaper telegraaf found a forrester research result claiming that ict optimists (is this an euphemism for nerds by the way?) tend to be more joyful in life. so why are you one of them? because forrester also found out that these neo nerds positives read blogs more than [...]
single serving friend.
would you be disturbed if you saw someone reading a koran? what if you were on an airplane at the time? and what if that person is seated next to you? that person being a girl, does that matter? is it to be taken as a sign that that koran is a translation in german? [...]
freedom of choice.
on my way to the former ddr part of beautiful berlin i found this offer to get me in the mood. great value for money: choose between thousand island dressing, thousand island dressing and yes… thousand island dressing. as pro-choice pleader i was a little down in the mouth by all this. on the other hand [...]
