Remember years ago when I posted about Fox News trashing the Netherlands? Then later about the Dutchie’s response to the ridiculous babblings of Bill O’Reilly? I don’t think it’s any secret that I think Bill O’Reilly is a complete douche, nor do I think it’s an unpopular opinion. He’s a blow hard who hears nothing [...]
Dear Mother Nature,
What’s with the snow? I woke up this morning and this is what I saw out my dining room window. I must say, I was somewhat confused. It would appear that there has been some sort of miscommunication here. I SAID winter was over for the year, remember? Spring is coming, winter is [...]
This morning was weigh in day. I got on the insult machine, looked down and told it to go fuck itself.
It would appear that making that 1 pound my bitch is going to be more difficult than I thought. Instead, my body was all like HA, I’ll take your 1 pound and see you a [...]
Around this time last year I did a post about what my choices would be for Stephanie Plum Movie Castings, if she were ever to come to the big screen. There has been a lot of debate about it, but I still stand firmly behind my selections.
The other day I saw an article on the [...]
This is quite possibly one of the worst books I have ever read. A friend loaned it to me together with an entire bag of other books. She went through them quickly with me but she admitted she bought a few of them simply because of their covers. They do all have very cool and [...]
Do you remember ages ago when I made a post about Fox News and their opinions on the Netherlands? Well, the bastards are at it again! Recently a video has come out where Bill O’Reilly gave his backwards opinions on Amsterdam. FU Bill O’Reilly, FU!!!
Sometimes I think this is more home than even I realize [...]
Growing up the child of a musician, I know how much their instruments mean to them. When I was younger I would never have dreamed of taking out my father’s guitar and playing with it, although I’m sure he would have loved if I’d wanted to later on. It’s their creative outlet and they choose [...]
This is the weather forecast for Rotterdam for the coming days. The top bit is the weather conditions here this morning. ONE HUNDRED FREAKIN’ PERCENT HUMIDITY. You can literally see the air, you can feel it. It’s disgusting. This is summer in the Netherlands.
This weekend I was in Friesland with my photography club. We [...]
Years ago I made a post about people online and how they pretend to be something they aren’t, and I’ve been thinking about it again recently. I made that post almost exactly 5 years ago and this issue is still a bit of a thorn in my side, especially now that the blogging community has [...]
Being a big TV and Movie nut, I rather enjoy reading websites about stars, upcoming shows and films, and celebrity gossip. I like seeing the sneak peak photos of movies that I’m waiting excitedly for *CoughNewMoonCough* and seeing who is dating who, who’s up for the lead in what film, and so on.
Lemme tell ya [...]
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 and that didn’t really jive with the Dutch way of life.
Now today I read this article over at DutchNews.nl about a [...]
Random photo from some smarter people than us.
This is what I see for my future. A world where I am not even 40 yet and am already sleeping in twin beds. It’s 4:51am as I write this and I’ve already been awake for an hour. I am at the end [...]
Well the blood work came back and the only thing that showed up was that my glucose was high. I phoned the doctor and was surprised when All In Your Head Doc’s wife answered. She was the ‘nice’ one (if you use a really wonky scale of what is nice, I mean). Here’s the conversation:
“Hello [...]
At least that’s what my doctor said the other day when in the process of telling me why he won’t help me. Nice.
One common theme among expats here in NL is their dislike and distrust of Dutch doctors. I’ve always sort of been on the fence because I’ve never had a truly horrendous experience like [...]
If you are a friend of mine on Facebook or have followed me on Twitter, you’re fully aware that my anxiety levels were through the roof this year during the holidays. Mainly between Christmas and New Years.
Why? – Because of the firecrackers, bangers, fireworks and everything else that went off causing my dogs to spin [...]
Omg I totally forgot to mention this! If you remember, this time last year we got one hellish bill from Eneco, who are the DEVIL. I was so angry I was spitting nails because I was convinced the mistake was on their end and not ours.
Tonight I was talking to a friend and he was [...]
If I were to make a list of my least favorite places to be here in the Netherlands, it would be here. The waiting room at our local huisartsenpost (kind of like outpatients, where you go outside of office hours, only … different). I took this photo with my mobile while sitting there being miserable [...]
I have been reading the book Odd Thomas for over a month. I’ve been dying to read this book for quite a long time and when I got a gift certificate from work for the big book store in town, I went out and bought it. I also bought the next book in the series, [...]
If you had asked me a month ago if I had any space in my house I would have laughed. Between me, the pets, my husband and all our furniture I felt like we were completely crowded.
I SO wish I felt that way again right now.
My parents left this morning and if I’m honest, I [...]
Kill me now. I mean it… just take me out back like a lame horse and put me down. I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!
My parents will be here in four days. FOUR DAYS. Tomorrow it will only be THREE DAYS… and I have a cold! It started out as loads of sneezing, but [...]
Tunnels of Blood (The Saga of Darren Shan)
by Darren Shan
