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Monthly Archives: February 2011
A-a-and T-t-t-the W-w-w-w…
Actor in a Leading Role Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale in “The Fighter” Actress in a Leading Role Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” Actress in a Supporting Role Melissa Leo in “The … Continue reading
What The F*ck!
How to solve this problem? The IKEA manual doesn’t say how to fix it. Maybe all will be resolved as in the next cartoon.
From The Archives #15
The February Strike Today 70 years ago In early 1941 the persecution of the Jews in Amsterdam assumed ever greater proportions, and the people of Amsterdam became increasingly incensed about what the Germans were doing. On February 25, 1941 there were … Continue reading
Posted in Amsterdam, Daily life, History, Netherlands, Traditions
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I Need Some Cho-cho-chocolate…
On February 10, a few hours after I stepped down the scales at Novarum, I stepped over the threshold of Vanderdonk – fine chocolates. I read an article about them, and as many of you know my vice, I just had to … Continue reading
Posted in Amsterdam, Daily life, Food
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Eat The Season – Cockles
Sweet and sour samphire, cucumber, cockles and dill salad Makes 2 servings Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 10 minutes Shopping List: 1/2 cucumber, cut into long ribbons 55 gr or 2 ounce samphire, blanched 2 tbsp chopped fresh dill 2 tsp … Continue reading
Posted in Eat The Season, Food, PDF, Thursday Recipe
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Manual
Amusing and useful: these step-by-step Ikea instructions for putting together Stonehenge! You don’t even need a giant Allen wrench, as it turns out. This is definitely the most enjoyable Ikea-related image I’ve seen in a while—at least since the Swedish … Continue reading
Chained…
Or maybe it just feels like that. We had another lesson last Saturday on how to use CMS on the new website for the Guilds, yes it’s plural now, 4 websites in one. The main one which only has news items … Continue reading
Posted in Daily life, Fashion, Guild
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