Category Archives: Truro NS

There’s an old man struggling to walk on the sidewalk. Mentally challenged, I gather. Everyday he’s out walking, at the same time and at the same pace. Struggling with himself. It’s not the most pleasant sight, and I keep wondering … Continue reading →

A couple of tiresome days. It was one of those weeks of good news, good work, good weather and bad news. It was the week of a new haircut, phone bills, DVDs (‘Mystic River’, ‘Schindler’s List’, ‘The Abyss’ and ‘One … Continue reading →

Notable and worthwhile things and events that happened in or around the house: After two weeks of cold and rainy weather (mind the language), we finally had double digits temperatures (Celsius) over the weekend. We ended up buying plants, vegetables … Continue reading →

Right in time for the Euro 2004 and my (or better, our) birthday, I received this official Dutch soccer team jersey. Thanks Alf (and family).

Took all night: We were watching Master and Commander first, then The Others. However, the last DVD was apparently b0rken so I ended up installing Debian from, what was it, 11 to 2:30 AM. The good thing is that there … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago a colleague asked me if I was good in math and showed me his problem: he (basically) needed to know the length of a hypotenuse of a triangle (both sides are known) and he forgot … Continue reading →

I saw a hummingbird. For Canadians (Atlantic Canadians only, I wonder?) that’s not a big deal. As a European, I’ve never seen one in my life. Not even the last years, while living here: I was either skeptic or plain … Continue reading →

For this long weekend my wife and I decided to check out Blockbusters for DVDs. We ended up with 4: Kill Bill vol. 1, Gothika, A Bridge Too Far and one DVD with a couple of Charles Bronson movies. My … Continue reading →

Typical shallow thinking where Instapundit calss it fortunate when learning that the train explosion accident in North Korea also killed a dozen Syrian technicians. Let’s hope for more lucky explosions where these two countries are concerned. Over 154 people were … Continue reading →

The phone rang this morning (names not withheld, naturally, for more drama): Me: Hello!? Other Side: Hi, what are you guys up to nowadays Me: Nothing really, thank you very much. Who’s calling? Other Side: This is Mike, is Adrian … Continue reading →

After a couple of exciting days last weekend, we have finally settled in. There’s still boxes to move around, or even, store, dump or put away. Last weekend, I decided to get myself a cordless drill and the necessary drillset. … Continue reading →

I‘ve never been impressed with nowadays virusses. They are all the same. Think of it: if a virus starts over and over again on your Windows computer where do you start to look? Maybe the bad thing about technology is … Continue reading →

Stats Canada’s finding that the divorce rate of couples decreases after the 5th wedding anniversary is intriguing as is the accompanying graph. Does marriage get better after 5 years? Check for example the CDC’s finding (Google Cache only), which seems … Continue reading →