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Project 365 (Days 4 & 5) Food and Fire!
Day 4 – Now that the holidays are over I’m back to my usual diet, and I’m so glad. I love all that forbidden food but it really makes me feel like crap. I
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Not Just A Tree
Back in 2006 I wrote an entry titled Just a Tree? in which I spoke about my visit to the Anne Frank House and the giant chestnut tree that stands behind it. At that
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Screw Your Dreams!
That’s what I’d say to my teenager if they told me they wanted to sail around the world, climb a mountain people die on, bungee jump, skydive or … oh, I don’t know… roller
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Jumpy Much?
The above video was taken this evening just after 8pm. It’s our Remembrance Day (Dodenherdenking) in the Netherlands today and during a 2 minute silence at Dam Square in Amsterdam panic broke out. There
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Double Standards Much?
Ok, so yesterday I wrote about a teacher who was canned from her job because she decided she didn’t want to shake hands with men anymore. Apparently, she made this decision for religious reasons
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Handshaking Compulsory in NL?
A recent article caught my eye about a teacher here in the Netherlands who faced losing her job because she decided, for religious reasons, that she didn’t want to shake hands with men anymore.
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Full Speed Tram Crash in Rotterdam
Well this is something I haven’t heard of happening since I’ve been living here. Yesterday at approximately 2:25pm in the afternoon tram 23, heading in direction Holy smashed full speed into the back of
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Turkish Plane Crash in Amsterdam
This morning a plane crashed near Schipol airport in Amsterdam. It’s still breaking news so there isn’t a lot of info out yet. Here is what is known so far (from cnn.com): (CNN) —
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Happy Birthday Grietje!
Today the oldest inhabitant of the Netherlands is celebrating her 111th birthday. Grietje Jansen-Anken lived alone until she was 92 years of age, and has been living in a care home in Middleburg since.
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You know, I’m not the most worldly person. I’ve traveled around a bit but I generally don’t keep up on the politics and news in other countries. Hell, I hardly pay attention to the
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Policewoman Shot Dead
From DutchNews.nl: The police officer shot dead in Amstelveen on Wednesday night has been identified as 28-year-old Gabriëlle Cevat, news agency ANP said on Thursday. A 49-year-old man from Amsterdam has been arrested in
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Eurodam
Yesterday Xander and I were driving home from town and as we were coming along towards the Erasmus Bridge I noticed this huge building… and for a second I thought, where the hell did
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