>> August 21: added important update. See below. So glad I made this ride in Walibi [1] roller coaster ‘Goliath‘ but not sure if I will ever do it again. My eldest daughter, eldest granddaughter and eldest grandson had challenged me by asking how I would pose for the action photo that is taken of… Continue reading Kinds of Zen in a roller coaster
Category: Miscellaneous
Botanic behaviour – II
In January this year I made a video about Botanic behaviour and at the beginning of March I wrote an update. When I had already planned to write a new update, I met someone who graduated from Wageningen University quite some time ago. We met because of the most important political topic of today (trans-genderism)… Continue reading Botanic behaviour – II
Non self-reading & tangible mail
In a video by a sympathetic duo of Dutch bloggers (Bakkie met Bergsma en Bennink) I came across the call to make more use of old-fashioned, tangible mail instead of e-mail, Whatsapp, Twitter and the like. A very good idea for several reasons! One reason they haven’t mentioned yet though, and I’ll go into that… Continue reading Non self-reading & tangible mail
Demographic Engineering & Crazy Count Coudenhove-Kalergi
The purpose of this video is to draw your attention to a long text about Demographic Engineering and the crazy count Coudenhove-Kalergi. Compared to that long text, this video inevitably contains more ‘sweeping statements’. A bit like the most famous booklet by that crazy count: ‘Practical idealism: nobility, technology, pacifism‘. I already had a plan… Continue reading Demographic Engineering & Crazy Count Coudenhove-Kalergi
Victims of a Magnificent Conspiracy
Every second of every day somewhere in the world a new conspiracy, big or small, is being hatched while work on others is being continued.Recently I was one of the many victims of a magnificent conspiracy. The conspiracy involved a farmers protest in my home country on March 11, 2023. A protest against a policy… Continue reading Victims of a Magnificent Conspiracy
Perfection, beauty & shifting perspectives
Perfection can’t be wrong, can it? But perfectionism, obsession? Surely any form or degree of OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder) is bad isn’t it? Ordering my cutlery drawer this way started a couple of months ago. I gave the pair of scissors a very precise place in the drawer: not only in its own compartment, but… Continue reading Perfection, beauty & shifting perspectives