Dear German Television:

I don't expect a lot from you. I really don't. I've grown up with you, lived with you for 24 years now and now better than to expect to much from you. I know to have a tendency to bring some of the best shows at unholy hours (Veronica Mars past Midnight), and therefore send the same folk music show on three different channels ( Read more... )

 I can't believe it. I really can't! I actually spent yesterday evening hoping for the DUTCH to win a football game! And I CELEBRATED their victory over Italy! This has to be one of the darkest days in my life... but as Sarah said when I talked to her about it: You have to think of your priorities... and my priority was for Italy to lose.:D Which ( Read more... )

In the days before a football event (be it the World Cup or the Euro) we are used to aggressive newspaper articles. Mainly between the Netherlands and us and the English and us (which to me seems to be more English against us than the other way, we just don't seem to take them as seriously as the Dutch ;)). Well anyway, all the articles I've read ( Read more... )

So I came home from work on Friday and found a package from Amazon waiting for me. And so I spent the night reading J. R. Ward's newest book a week before the official release date (Hey, you have to love amazon sometimes :D)...

I was prepared for the series to go downhill after not really getting into the story for the last two books but I really ( Read more... )

Can anyone tell me when (and WHY) they started to change the endings in fairy tales?

Carina was searching for a fairy tale book for her cousin's son's birthday and while we looked at the different books I skimmed through some of the different books lying around and wondered, how the stories had been changed from about 20 years ago, when I had been ( Read more... )

So the Deutsche Post (German Mail) are planning to strike for an indefinte time starting May 2, with several warning strikes right now ( Read more... )

So, I finally finished AFFC today. Now I only have to chose a new book to take to work to read during my break.  Shouldn't bee too hard with five books started and another six yet to be started. I'd like to finally start "War and Peace" but it's too unhandy to have it in my bag every day. So, I guess that means some more "easy" reading during the ( Read more... )

Is it really wrong of me to want the flightplans for December already? I mean, I could already book my hotels and save some money by doing it early (okay, very early) but without knowing the exact dates of day, time and destination that would prove a little bit difficult. So, instead of booking my Winter holidays I'm already planning a weekend-trip ( Read more... )

They are showing a two-part TV film about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff (sank on January 30, 1945) today and tomorrow. When we saw the add for this today, my mom frowned and looked at me saying she thought she had already seen this film about a "terrible sinking with so many people on board" and after thinking for a moment it occured to me ( Read more... )

Celebrating your birthday only with a very few close friends instead of partying the night away as I did some years ago (god, that makes me feel older than I actually am, just like the comment of my boss that now would be a good age to marry... [or not as far as I'm concerned!]) definetely has it's dangers as well:

I succeded for quite a long time ( Read more... )