Someone said once to me: “The past runs fast… It is just one step behind you!”. So true and it is always there to remind you of things that happened. Today I have to gather all the documents that are needed for the taxes over the few months of last year that my mother was…
Month: February 2012
A nice bicycle trip…
Although the weather was not as sunny as yesterday, Marion and I decided to go for a bicycle tour. After all sitting inside all day inside is also not everything. We went for the direction of the dunes, but a bit more to the south as we have been before. There we found a small…
Encryption….
Did you know that it takes 10 hours to encrypt a terrabyte external hard disk with a rather fast machine using TrueCrypt? I didn’t, but I found out today *grins*. Although some parts of the government will not agree with me, I think nowadays encryption becomes more and more important. We all have information that…
Black Sabbath…. :-(
The concert of Black Sabbath were I would go to in June this year is cancelled. This because the guitarist Tony Iommi is ill. I guess he must be really ill to cancel a concert that is almost 4 months away… A pity. I think this was the last opportunity to have seen Black Sabbath…
Guinea fowl (“Parelhoen”)
Yesterday I tried to make a nice and special dinner for Marion and me. After all it is good to be together again after 4 weeks… Something with Guinea Fowl (Dutch: “Parelhoen”) sounded as a good plan! I tried to make a nice decorated table of it. Some candles, a nice red rose, a nice…
Suske & Wiske – Krimsonia
While Marion and I were doing some groceries, I noticed that a new Suske & Wiske album was released. It is really brand new (just released this month). It is album 316 and has the tittle “Krimsonia”… and yes, of course I had to buy it :). In this album all kind of strange things…
A wonderful coming home after work…
Yesterday after work I was I very tired. I have slept very badly the last week. This because of this nasty cold and painful throat. But my mood was good. A colleague offered to drive me home, so I would be home fast. But even more that I would see after almost 4 weeks Marion…
This weekend: Welcome visitor and a chicory oven dish
Last Friday my friend Patrick came over from Oldenzaal, the town in the eastern part of The Netherlands where he lives. Patrick and I know each other a long and we were once direct colleagues. For all kind of reasons it has been some time that we got together for a beer and such. As…
HBO
I am getting my TV channels through the Dutch cable company Ziggo. They also provide me with Internet access and cable telephony. Although I had very bad experiences with other cable companies in the past, I am very happy with them. The services they deliver are good and so is their support (specially their second…
A bad nose cold…
It is the time of year and the weather to get all kinds of colds. And yes, I am victim this year. I have a rather nasty nose cold. A nose cold is always annoying. One nose channel really blocked is very annoying. But when both nose channels are completely blocked is becomes really nasty….