On April 20, 2010 there was an explosion on an oil platform. This explosion is better known as the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion. Unfortunately this explosion killed 11 workers and injured 17 others. And my thoughts and prayers go out to those injured in the blast and to the families of those who died [...]

Good service in stores is important, not only to me but I guess to most of you out there as well. Sometimes good service is hard to find though (and I’ve written about it many times already). The supermarket I usually go to is an example (to me anyway) of a place where good service [...]

Last night was the final of Britain’s Got Talent. Susan Boyle, the 48 year old singer from Blackburn (whom I wrote about before) was expected to win the final. With the expectations this high, the pressure on her was enormous. Which I can totally imagine. Not only is the ‘whole’ country watching, the ‘whole’ world [...]

Granted, I had to laugh a little when I read that a toddler bought a $20.000 digger online. But the next thing that crossed my mind was Internet access control. Most people know that toddlers like to explore, whether parents or guardians are there or not. In this case the parents were still asleep when [...]

There same to be special days for all kind of things all around the globe.  Just two days ago it was Earth Day and today is (unofficially?) Test Animal Day. Now I have to say that I’m not planning on writing posts every day about certain days around the globe, but some are better than [...]

It was on the news here before, but I came across an article on CNN about it today. So it’s a few days old but still very much worth talking about. Cerrie Burnell is the new host of two shows on the BCC’s CBeebies network. This network aims at children younger than 6 and it [...]

For the last couple of days I have had some problems with my McAfee account. For some reason it wouldn’t accept my password. Although I was quiet sure I was using the right one, as I had written it down when I created the account. After trying to get a password retrieval email at least [...]

or not? I like to think of it as the latter. You probably wonder what I’m on about so let me explain. A female TMF (Dutch MTV) VJ married a stranger in Las Vegas a few days ago. She divorced him a little later. They were on a shoot in Las Vegas and wanted to [...]

My last post wasn’t written out of grudge nor was it written out of selfishness. I merely wrote it to make people think about where their taxes are going and if they feel they are well spend. Maybe (and probably obviously) I didn’t get the point across properly as I was called both of the [...]

Yesterday our government took on a motion for free school books. After long debate they finally decided to go ahead with providing free school books for middle education. When I heard this I was kind of in shock, until it sank in. I’m appalled to say the least. My parents always had to cough up [...]

Now that the new year has arrived and everyone is speaking about new year resolutions and changes shouldn’t we wonder about what our governments will change this year. Not just for us in our own countries but for the world. Every year world leaders speak about changing things in the world for the better. Things [...]

The past week students of high schools have been taking their protests to the streets in wild strikes. The reason for this is the 1040 hours law that has been implemented. Which technically means that students have to go to high school 1040 hours a year. The main complaint seems to be the amount of [...]

No no, I’m not even thinking about adopting or having children in general. But apparently Miss Spears is. According to this article she is in the final stages of talking to an adoption agency to adopt Chinese twins. It seems a hype lately to adopt children from other countries amongst celebrities these days. Some celebrities [...]

I think by now everyone has heard of the disappearance of the young British Madeleine McCann, who disappeared on May 3, 2007 from a holiday home in Portugal. Since I think that every child missing or harmed is one too many I followed this case closely. And it was kind of hard to miss too [...]

I always thought The Netherlands was way ahead of it’s time in regards of equality and freedom (gay marriages for example) but today I was proved wrong. With the new rules for passport photos things have changed a little. You’re not allowed to smile, the background has to be a specific color and the distance [...]

There used to be King Kong, now there is Bokito. This 400 pound silver back gorilla caused havoc in the Rotterdam Zoo last Friday. He escaped from his enclosure, grabbed a woman that was standing there, injured her (she has multiple broken bones and bites) and slightly injured three others. He then ran to a [...]

Last November we had elections in The Netherlands to chose a new cabinet, after which a new government would be appointed. I didn’t doubt for a second to use my right to vote, even though voting day was the day my grandmother passed away. Something like your right to vote is too important to let [...]

After reading an interesting discussion on a Dutch forum, I wondered how other people felt about this issue; Dogs in restaurants. What do you think of dogs in restaurants, should they be allowed or should they be denied? And if you want to allow them in restaurants, under what circumstances or rules? If you want [...]

It seems to be going around like the flu and everyone is catching it; the E-drama bug. It’s a recurring ‘trend’ in the Internet world, or so it seems anyway. Ever so often there is this big wave of E-drama covering a lot of websites and dragging them into online battles. I noticed that it’s [...]

Site reviews, some avoid them, some actually apply for them to see how they can make their site (even) better. I think it’s safe to say I fit in the last category. I like receiving reviews about my website. That however, doesn’t mean I always agree with them. Some of them are really good and [...]

The end of the year is creeping upon us, and with that the annual elections of man/woman of the year and the like. In The Netherlands there is an election called ‘Hero of the Year’ and it’s done by a news program. Personally I feel that this election is a load of bull shit. Don’t [...]

That some pet owners weren’t completely sane was something I already knew, but that a part of those owners go as far as unnecessary plastic surgery for their pets is something completely new to me. Those who know me, know that I love documentaries on all kinds of subjects. This season we have a documentary [...]

The other day I was having a discussion with someone about culture. First of all what exactly is culture? Culture the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time by m-w.com That’s still quiet broad, for instance, is religion culture? Maybe certain aspects [...]

By writing this I will probably have half the Internet tripping over me but so be it. I feel that some topics shouldn’t be avoided just for the sake of potentially hurting anyone’s feelings. And if their feelings are hurt it’s mostly likely because it confronts them with their problem, which they tried to avoid [...]

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, The Netherlands, and particularly the north area received a weather alarm. A big storm was announced and an alert was put out for rising flood waters. I think it’s safe to say that the whole country was shocked to find a hundred horses stuck on a knoll surrounded [...]

Everyone knows that stealing usually doesn’t pay off. Sure sometimes you might gain what you wanted but I can’t imagine that it will give you a satisfactory feeling afterwards. Or maybe that’s just me, I can honestly say I have never stolen or felt the need to steal anything. Not even as little as a [...]

Once again it has been proved that even pets can be dangerous. A lot of people think that pets aren’t dangerous or won’t turn against their owner / other people, just because they haven’t in the past. Surely most pets won’t do things like this; but you have to always keep in mind that they [...]

Traffic really brings out aggressive behavior in everyone, including me. I admit it; I’m pretty aggressive behind the wheel. Not that I’ll get violent or that I go way above the speed limit (all be it a few kilometers here and there) but I do curse a lot behind the wheel, and sometimes when there [...]

When I was younger I never thought I would turn into someone who would take pride in a clean house. But as I grew older I realized it’s so much nicer and healthier to live in a clean environment. Much to my own surprise I display something that comes close to frantic behavior when my [...]

Sometimes I wonder how it’s possible that one has such little self knowledge. Take shows like ‘Idols’ where people convinced they can sing make a complete fool out of themselves and than wonder why the judges don’t see their talent. As entertaining as it might be, it’s also rather sad, what will ever become of [...]

After reading a topic on a Dutch forum (you can read it here, or attempt to read it) it got me thinking about the way the police is perceived by many people these days. This topic was about a girl getting a speeding ticket for going 3 km/h too fast. I don’t know how it [...]

When someone first starts on webdesign they usually start with a drag and drop editor that offers free webspace. I know I did when I first started webdesign (although you can’t really call it that can you?!). From there on I ‘progressed’ to creating my own sites with html and celebrity blends and brushes. A [...]

Last night I watched a documentary on plastic surgery gone wrong. The first question that came to mind while watching it was, why would anyone choose to have plastic surgery done to them by someone who’s not affiliated with an organization that stands for the quality etc of the surgeon. Of course that answer is [...]

With the summer holiday approaching here, people are starting to get ready to go away to a foreign country to spend the summer. As some of you might know I really enjoy traveling and especially going places that I haven’t been to before. So by itself I have nothing against traveling at all, nor do [...]

Since today’s weather was so bad, I didn’t really want to go outside. So instead I found myself a comfortable spot on the sofa, took out my beloved laptop and started browsing around to random sites. Besides the occasional Mozilla incompatible website (where IE comes to the rescue, although I never thought I’d say that) [...]

When I got back from work today I managed to catch the last bit of the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest. Usually I don’t watch it, as I think it’s all a load of crap. It’s become more about the whole show than about the actual musicians entertainers performing. Sure, the entertainers are the [...]

I’m currently converting from iframes. Therefor links will not work (properly) and in Internet Explorer the layout doesn’t look as intended yet. I’m sorry for any inconvenience. One of our politicians, Ms Hirsi Ali might loose her Dutch citizenship. This is due to her lying about her name and age when she first arrived in [...]