Lucky? Who Knows…

If these were my stocks… I would sell!

Alas, these are just the statistics of monthly visits to this site. When I had 11,000 plus visitors in November 2007 I thought that would be hard to top. It took me almost two years to reach over 12,000 visitors [September 2009] and another 8,500 to get to over 20,340 last night.
Most of these extra [...]

Up, Down and Up Again…

This blog is like real life, in fact it is real life, just as my weight it goes down and up and down again. Only the blog goes up, up and away… ♫
Last month on September 24, I had 585 visitors after that I plunged down but still made the best month ever since November 2007.  This month [...]

A Big Thank You!

Over 200,000 visitors since January 29, 2007.

Did you know?

Canapé is a French word which actually means sofa or couch. It was first used as a culinary term in France in the late 18th century to describe the thin pieces of fried or toasted bread which served as seats for various savoury toppings. The term wasn’t used in England until a century later in [...]

Chocolate anyone?

The Belgian chocolate producer Guylian made the chocolate egg with at least 50.000 bars on behalf of the city of St. Niklaas.
The egg measured 8.32 metres high and beats the record of Kwazulu-Natal in South-Africa in 1996. That egg was 7.65 metres high.
Twenty-six craftsman worked altogether 525 hours to build the egg. They needed 1950 [...]

Two Meanings Same Word…

THINGY (thing-ee) n.
Female: Any part under a car’s hood.
Male: The strap fastener on a woman’s bra.
VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj.
Female: Fully opening up one’s self emotionally to another.
Male: Playing football without a cup.
COMMUNICATION (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n.
Female: The open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one’s partner.
Male: Leaving a note before taking off on a fishing trip with the [...]

Let’s throw in some politics…

Weekly I get my portion of Bacon*, I look forward to Mark Fiore’s mail each week. If I could vote in the US of A it would go to Obama. Here’s Mark’s vision of Hillary. And turn up the volume.
*Bacon is a form of SPAM you signed up for, like the bulk mail from TLA [...]

Doctor’s orders…

The Doctor told me, I should start an exercise program. Not wanting to harm this old body, I’ve devised the following:
Monday

Beat around the bush
Jump to conclusions
Climb the walls
Wade through the morning paper

Tuesday

Drag my heels
Push my luck
Make mountains out of mole hills
Hit the nail on the head

Wednesday

Bend over backwards
Jump on the Band Wagon
Run around in circles

Thursday

Advise [...]

TOP 5…

The TOP 5 of most read articles on this site over the past 12 months were:

Fruitcake recipe 3483 visitors
Mushroom Secrets 2115 visitors
Dutch Architecture 2112 visitors
Tuschinski Theater 1803 visitors
Rotterdam Blitz 1767 visitors

The best day ever [until now] has been November 9, 2007 when 538 people found their way to this site, and one of the few [...]

What a delight…

What a delight it is
when, at a morning
I get up and go out
to find in full bloom a flower
that yesterday was not there

A few things to remember…

1. Never, ever, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else.
3. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
4. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, [...]