Archives for March 2006
The polls are in
The results are in. Although they lost one seat, the seven remaining seats were enough to win the election.
The only problem is that the coalition of DDB and CDA now has 12 seats out of 25, because of the two-seat loss of the CDA. 12 out of 25 is not a majority, so they’re going [...]
Noble Eightfold Path
Buddhism has something called the Noble Eightfold Path, which describes how to follow a life that leads to understanding the truth about all things. It is a guide to ethical and mental development, almost, but not quite, comparable to the Ten Commandments. I’m intrigued.
Right View
Right view means that you understand the world and its impermanent [...]
Overseas endorsement
Although I can’t vote in the municipality of Veghel anymore, I’d like to do my part in its elections. Just like Conan O’Brien’s help in reelecting Tarja Halonen, I’m hoping to have a similar effect.
The poster seen here is currently hanging in my office. On a side note: DDB or Democratisch Dorpsbelang is not an [...]
Mozart and Paris Hilton
A celebrity is a person who is well-known for their well-knownness. Have Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Mozart and Bach all become Daniel Boorstin’s definition of a celebrity? It is their art that brought them fame, but now it’s their fame that brings them fame. Much like Paris Hilton, Mozart and Da Vinci are known for [...]
Rowing is lewd
“I do not believe the Crystal Lake Park District should be a vehicle for the promotion of an agenda,” he said.
Is the Democratic or Republican convention coming to Crystal Lake, Illinois? Well, I’m sure that vehicle for the promotion of an agenda would have been hailed as a great and proud moment for Crystal Lake [...]
A Wikimillion
There are now officially more than a million Wikipedia articles in the English language. Fittingly enough, the millionth article is about something completely random: a railway station in Scotland.
I have started two articles myself, about the NHK Symphony and the Residentie Orchestra, and I have edited a few more. I am a big fan of [...]
