While yesterday’s list about tall people was triggered by my friend Kjell, today’s list is inspired by another friend. Today is the birthday of my friend Martijn. And just like me Martijn is also a record collector. In his case he is collecting items from the Pet Shop Boys. And when I look at their …
For today’s blog I have two options. Option one is DJ Tony de Vit. An absolute legend who can be mentioned as one of the inventors of hardhouse music. A genre I absolutely love, but only discovered after TdV sadly already passed away, way too young. He passed away on July 2nd 1998. Today exactly …
Sorry folks, Dutch only today. Vandaag 72 jaar geleden werd André Hazes geboren. De grootste nederlandse volkszanger ooit. Helaas is André veels te vroeg op 53 jarige leeftijd overleden aan de 2 hartinfarcten en een hartstilstand. Of misschien kan ik ook gewoon zeggen dat hij is overleden aan de gevolgen van een zwaar en heftig …
Do you know that feeling that sometimes you just have to do a quick run to the toilet? Off course you do, because everyone needs to take a dump every now and then. When one of us needs to take a run, we always make the Run, Forrest Run joke. So when that happened this …
My original plan for today’s list was to make a list of cool sunglasses. Especially in films or TV series I sometimes see really cool sunglasses. In the past I always bought those cheap fake Ray-Ban’s on holiday. On one side because I thougt the real ones were expensive, on the other hand because I …
Today is father’s day. I have to admit not a day I always celebrate. Since we don’t have any kids I’m not getting any presents myself. And it is a long time ago I surprised my dad on this day. I always try to share my appreciation on other moments. On his birthday for example. …
So at the moment we are busy setting up our caravan in Brittany, France. So I am making it myself easy today and just provide a list of 10 facts about May 15th. I have to admit, not all facts are that interesting… But who cares? But it is also a bit of a challenge …
Since I do not always find inspiration in my own daily events, I always have a look at the Days of the Year website and on Wikipedia to see if there are any special days or occasions I could pay attention to. Well, looking at Wikipedia made me a bit sad. Today would have been …
Are you feeling thirsty? Or do you just feel like having a drink? Well, take your chance, since today is World Cocktail Day. Seems like a good excuse to have a proper drink. Personally I have never liked beer, so if I am drinking it is a cocktail anyway. And besides some occassional switches my …
So, tomorrow night is the final of the annual Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Each year there is a lot of discussion about what the Dutch contestants will be. And it is never good enough. Although I have to admit some of them were really shocking. A future list of Dutch entries who did not make …