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I am aware
13-07-2015 00:38
I can be quite critical. Of the Greek predicament, in a political way. Of the well meaning of civil servants concerned with dispersing benefits. Of mindfulness. My experience with it hasn't been very positive in the past, which makes me quite critical of it now. And I was critical of the ACT...
waiting for the light
10-06-2015 15:47
No, I don't mean the title of the film with Shirley McLaine. I mean: like waiting for a traffic light. That's what happens often when I am around other people doing their own thing.
Like my wife, or in this particular instance: a guy that plastered the kitchen wall and is at this very moment...
Liberation
05-05-2015 19:05
So today we celebrated VE-day: the liberation of the dreaded Nazi's in 1945. Once a yearly holiday, now something to be celebrated once every five years. This is one of those years, with its 70th anniversary. But particularly this year I didn't feel much like celebrating.
Don't get me wrong:...
compliance
21-03-2015 21:51
Isn't this sad: I'm sitting in front of the television set on a saturday afternoon, watching a film made for young teenagers, and getting all misty eyed. What film you ask? It's called “The flight of the navigator” and it's about this twelve year old boy who gets to be abducted by aliens without...
mind over travel
31-03-2014 22:28
I used to like travelling to distant countries, as long as they didn’t deviate too far from our western way of living. But even my trip to Indonesia was one I made with gusto. Now those times seem distant.
I have booked a second trip to Turkey. It’s actually not for fun: I’m going to have my...
filing tax returns
30-03-2014 22:42
Every year it’s the same thing all over again: the tax return. And every year it appears to be less of a job than I thought it would be. So why do I get so nervous every single time?
Thinking about it, I figured it had to do with the unrivaled powers the IRS has. The burden of proof is on...
Columbo and a case of autism?
23-03-2014 09:49
I am a fan of the old Columbo murder mysteries. Even now, because they are wonderfully low in stimuli. Not like most modern crime series, where handheld camera shots are commonplace, complemented with fast pace editing and harsh or extremely depressing lighting. Though technically often of a much...
Crimea and Ukraine
07-03-2014 22:41
It’s a weird situation, down there in the Ukraine. A legacy from times gone by, when people believed you could simply redraw boundaries and borders to suit your political needs, without any need to address nationalistic feelings among the population of the areas concerned.
Following both...
feeling more
28-02-2014 22:10
I wrote about the emotions resulting from experiencing things that represent obvious quality or power. I talked about it with my therapist. “Your emotion is surfacing,” she said. Great. Why?
That, I gathered, is a typical autistic reaction. Thinking. Always thinking. About everything. Trying...
it happenend again
25-02-2014 16:44
I was walking down the street today, when three F16 fighter plaines flew by. It made a hell of a racket. Even without afterburners on.
Of course just the noise made me stop and look up. First two fighter jets more or less side by side flew past. When they were out of sight, a third came along. I...