The dice will be cast today!
Municipal elections today in Belgium. And the sun is shining, so at least I will get dry into the polling booth. Thank the imaginary gods for this. One other good thing to come out of the elections is...
View ArticleHow strange did the dice roll
The voters have rolled the dice and oh my Buddha, did they roll strange! Snake eyes for some, box-cars for others. In Antwerpen, the present multi-party (socialist-liberal-catholic-green) got beaten by...
View ArticleOne week has passed
One week has passed since my lovely Thai Girlfriend has flown to Europe to meet me. Last Wednesday I picked her up at the Brussels Airport and drove her home to my place. Since then we have been...
View ArticleReview of 2012
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1.300...
View ArticleThe Joys of Open Source
Last weekend the FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting) was held in Brussels. Check out FOSDEM 2013 Hosted at the Brussels Free University campus, year after year it is getting more...
View ArticleReady to go!
Provincial seal of Phuket province.(Photo credit: Wikipedia) The luggage is packed, the last administrative tasks are done, the cat has received an extra hug and we will go to sleep early tonight...
View ArticleFrom hot to cold
Royal Thai Embassy in Singapore (Photo credit: Wikipedia) After spending two weeks in Thailand and Singapore and enjoying the hot climate there, I am now trying to keep warm during this cold spell here...
View ArticleI love the sun.
Today is the first real spring day here in Belgium. One cannot call it “warm” yet, but the sun and lack of cold wind made many people go out for a walk in the park and the city I dusted off my bicycle,...
View ArticlePhotos of Antwerpen
I made a “movie” of photos from Antwerpen. Antwerpen Slideshow: Baron’s trip to Antwerp was created with TripAdvisor TripWow! Filed under: Uncategorized
View ArticleGood times ahead!
The last weekend before I leave on vacation. That means lots of chores and things to do: Getting a haircut (so I somewhat resemble my passport photo again), Doing some clean-up in the house, Packing my...
View ArticleMusings while waiting at the airport
These last few days have been very busy, so I did not find much time to be on-line. It seems that the last days before I leave on vacation always brings a sudden awareness to my colleagues that in the...
View ArticleBusy, busy, busy!
It is so surprising. I still get a few readers every day, although it has been many months since I wrote anything new on this blog. Yes, I blame work for this. We are understaffed for the moment and...
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