Archives for the 'Across the board' Category
Beautiful Galena, Illinois
I just celebrated my second wedding anniversary in the picturesque little town of Galena, Illinois and in what must be one of the most unfortunate moments of forgetfulness, I didn’t bring my camera. We stayed at the beautiful Victorian Mansion, a cozy and historic bed and breakfast, where, apparently, U.S. Grant’s “departing speech was delivered [...]
The whole world has been simpsonized
It’s not like The Simpsons Movie needs any more mentioning. Everyone and more importantly, every company, wants to be part of their grand marketing campaign. I went to see the movie last Friday and fortunately it was as grand as its marketing campaign promises it to be. I have even downloaded the orchestral and choral [...]
Bumming around
I am bummed. This year’s Tour has lost its appeal. Just like last year’s, but this time it actually happened during the Tour. Although Rasmussen didn’t actually get caught doping, he allegedly lied about his whereabouts. I don’t want to pass judgment before all details are clear, but no matter what happens, the Rabobank team [...]
Tour de North Branch
The Tour de France is consuming my life again. For these past two weeks, I have been more excited than a Dutch kid on Saint Nicholas’ Eve. I usually catch the last hour and a half or so from the repeat broadcast on Versus every evening, even though I know the results already. And even [...]
From Texas to Raiders of the Lost Ark
Just returned on Monday from another weekend in Texas. There were a couple of good reasons to go: a baby shower, a 10-year high school reunion and father’s day.
The men didn’t partake in the baby shower, however; instead we did our manly thing. We all went mountain biking. If my life revolved more around biking [...]
Tolstoy in Albany Park
I have moved. Not in cyberspace, but in real life. I am a proud first-time homeowner (technically I don’t own it yet, but that’s frustratingly complicated) in Albany Park in Chicago, one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the United States. Near my place there is a mosque, a Romanian church, and a Korean church [...]
This is going to be a classic “how-not-to”
A while ago I read about Best Buy’s secret intranet site, a look-a-like site of bestbuy.com, but with different prices to mislead customers. I really didn’t believe it; why would a big company like Best Buy do something so stupid?
I filed that story away in my mind. A little while later my friend was buying [...]
Idyllic letters from Boerdonk
Just before last week’s trip to California I ordered three copies of an, I am sure to most people, unknown book. One for me, one for my mother, and one for my father-in-law. This book has some almost implausible personal connections: the author now resides in San Marcos, Texas (where my father-in-law was born), but [...]
More than 1,000 unique visitors and going strong
This month is the first month my Web site has seen over 1,000 unique visitors. For a couple of months it came excruciatingly close, hitting 982 in December 2006 and 992 in January 2007. And although March is not over yet—we still have three more days—there have been nearly 1,300 unique visitors already.
I started with [...]
A week in Texas
I spent all of last week in Texas, mostly in Austin. I didn’t go to South by Southwest and a planned trip to Antone’s didn’t happen either. So much for going to the live music capitol capital (yikes!) of the world.
I spent the week mostly relaxing. A bit of running, a bit of biking and [...]
