Category Archives: Truro NS

Local station ATV is on top of the hurricane and had (sober) coverage from several sites. Reminded me of a perfect commercial for Nova Scotia, since most well known pittoresque places were mentioned. Mahone Bay, Peggy’s Cove, Halifax Harbour and … Continue reading →

Juan disturbed our daily schedule. We decided to get a couple of bottles of water and fill up some 10 liter bottles we have had for years in our storage. Additionally we decided to get a couple of extra candles, … Continue reading →

Hurricane Juan is heading for Nova Scotia and weather warnings are currently in effect. A kind of silly, though: both my wife and I had lost track of any recent news, so when my mom’s sister told us about the … Continue reading →

Verslagenheid, was the word my brother mentioned when I talked to him last night. I couldn’t find the right word in English, but the Dutch word is the perfect one to describe the situation. It’s that feeling of losing a … Continue reading →

My wife ran into a pop-up that looks like the same as the one over over at this group at Google. Naturally, she was suspicious and warned me, before she did anything. I’m rather surprised how far people go to … Continue reading →

I went to the store to pick up some yeast (traditional type), sesame and poppy seed, but upon arriving home I found out that the package of poppy seed wasn’t there in the bag. Must have lost it in the … Continue reading →

AOL Time Warner is planning to ditch the AOL in their name. So does this mean that the executives finally admit that the whole merger was a big mistake, I wonder. The funny thing is that it appears to be … Continue reading →

For no particular reason, I was looking around for scans of banknotes, probably driven by a link over at Metafilter (‘Ever seen a $100,000 bill?‘). I ended up looking for the Dutch 25 and 100 guilders bills. The first one … Continue reading →

A picture over at the Gothamist, of the NYC’s Gansevoort market, reminds me of a city in the east of The Netherlands, that is Deventer. For some kind of reason I thought I recognized ‘De Waag ‘ (The Scale) on … Continue reading →

Some vandals knocked the most famous mermaid off her perch. We’re naturally talking about Copenhagen’s 90 year old bronze Little Mermaid, the one that oversees the city’s harbour. The Mermaid has been subject to a couple of repeated vandalism: she … Continue reading →

Today it would have been Raymond Scott’s 95th birthday. If you’re not familiar with the name, picture the Looney Tunes cartoons without the music. It’s practically impossible. And although Scott never intentionally wrote music for cartoons (he may not even … Continue reading →

I had a hard time getting up: dizzy and completely sick. The morning was OK, I managed to get some food through, but by noon I could hardly get around without throwing up. That hurt quite a lot too, since … Continue reading →

Although I’m not the greatest fan of the local Truro Daily News, I find it disturbing that they aren’t online anymore. Normally, portions of their items appeared on their own little spot at truro.canada.com, but nowadays that URL has apparently … Continue reading →