Monthly Archives: March 2014

The circus ended. The Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague (24-5 March 2014) was apparently a great success. No-one was injured or killed, the Russians were expelled from the G8, and Obama got to visit the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. They … Continue reading →

The last 2 weeks have been unsettling. The headlines which keep changing in priority are the Ukraine-Crimea standoff, sanctions against Russia, the Nuclear Safety Summit (NSS) next Monday and Tuesday in The Hague and the missing plane MH320 (how can … Continue reading →

Today is Sunday; Match of the Day (football) followed by washing clothes, taking a shower, a little lunch and then … setting up my PC with Windows 8. The laptop already has it, so now does the PC but it … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago, I took the train from The Hague to Arnhem. What I kept on seeing out of the window was office premises which were empty and with the “To Let” boards looking for the next tenants. … Continue reading →

Way back then in the early 70’s, Richard Nixon was impeached, largely because of his lying to Congress about the so-called Watergate Affair. Curiously, this crazy President had installed voice-activated tape recorders in the main White House rooms and it … Continue reading →

After saving words on stone or metal, it must have been a great relief to discover you could do this on paper as well; then the printing press was invented and books have been with us since. At school, books … Continue reading →

This is not English! It’s Dutch and it’s an expression for when you are embarrassed or annoyed by something. Example: when I see people singing in church (like in Songs of Praise on the TV). Why? Because it takes me … Continue reading →

I guess it´s just another of those gearing up for a bad experience only to be very happy when the end result is quite pleasant. For a month now, I was worried that after my years of reliance on good … Continue reading →