July 8th may go down as a landmark day in my life. A five-hour operation to remove a sizeable chunk of the right side of my body cannot go unnoticed and/or ignored. Now, weeks later, I’m feeling fine and continue to defy the expectations of every specialist I’ve seen. What I can say, though, is […]
Psychology
PAYS-BAS: Un Virus Dans Une Boîte En Carton
Frustrant, n’est-ce pas? Comme un tout petit virus prend le dessus sur une boîte en carton contenant une paire de chaussures de tennis. Le problème est que le magasin de sport ne fonctionne qu’en ligne et qu’il n’y a aucune possibilité pour moi d’y aller en voiture, de me garer dans un parking non viral, […]
Nothing To Do With Brexit – Dutch Can’t Deliver Cardboard Boxes Either
Frustrating, isn’t it? How a tiny little virus gets the better of a cardboard box containing a pair of tennis shoes. The problem is that the sports shop only worked online and there was no possibility for me to drive there, park my car in a non-viral parking space, and collect the parcel whilst wearing […]
Colin Bell – Farewell Nijinsky
Another glowing crystal is taken away from my fleeting youth. I didn’t know the man, but I knew the player – hero of my early teens – my hero. When he was on song, the sky blue angels danced on ice; and in the floodlit night of a European winter, he glided into the frosty […]
Monty Python’s Flying Virus
How can I not comment on the brilliance of the Dutch and UK government’s strides against a tiny little virus that’s causing more mayhem than Theresa May and David Cameron ever dreamed of; and Donald Trump’s infection with a mutant coronavirus that makes you look and feel 20 years younger without the need to quarantine. […]
Spice Girl Sex – Bend It Like (Victoria) Beckham
Having dipped her magic fingers into the lucrative business of music and fashion, former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham is now venturing into another domain that defines what it means to be human – sex. And it’s all fun and games and is a feminine answer to macho’s sex dolls. So girls, watch out for the […]
The Departed
Forever in my heart and mind, You wander across the crystal lake, Happiness, you will find, Peace, you will make. I might be without you, You might have lost me, But time will see us through, And one day we will see, As everlasting entanglements of love, Continue to haunt us from above, Two souls […]
Under The Bridge
Under the bridge I lie, Sounds of footsteps on cobblestones, City of Lights where love went by, A broken soul, fractured bones. I boarded the moonlit train, You said nothing I did not hear, The carriage moved, I felt the pain, Your absence awoke my fear. I jumped onto the golden rail, Searched for you […]
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And What Was I Doing When I Was Fifteen?
It’s a legitimate question that I must ask myself before I reprimand my rebel son for the umpteenth time. What was I like, when I was fifteen? I reflect on this conundrum as soon as my son finished his dinner – in under ten minutes – half-hanging from the table chair, and having cursed the […]
Mark Rutte Patronizes The Dutch Dental Profession
I’ll give Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte the benefit of the doubt. Here is a man under pressure because his entire liberal, easy-going vision of the world is being deep-frozen by a virus that’s even smaller than the smallest of viruses. In answer to a question on whether dentists could open their practices, Rutte patronizingly […]