Ok, what is wrong with this picture? €83 million euros equals $117 million dollars. That’s the amount of money raised in Holland with a the Holland Helps Haiti telethon this Thursday Jan. 21st. This Friday, there was a telethon in the USA (and some other countries) organized (among others) by actor “George – do good – Clooney”. The telethon was aired simultaneously on more than 25 networks, including CNN. So far that show raised… $58 million dollars… What? That must be wrong? Let me get this straight: Holland with only 17 million people, raises $117 million dollars and the US (and other countries) […]
2010 here we come
It’s the last day of 2009 and we are at the doorstep of a new decade. This past year has seen many ups and downs, but instead of looking back, we should look forward to all the chances the new year will have to offer us. 2010 will bring me a few new projects, both professional and personal. More about the personal projects tomorrow when it’s 01-01-2010! For now, I would like to wish all my readers a very nice New Years Eve and a safe an beautiful start of 2010. Henk van de Goor Bloggers@large
Snowbound
Monday morning. Most people have vacation for at least 1 or even two weeks. Not me, and obviously not all the people around me that tried to leave Almere. As soon as I drove around the corner I was stuck in traffic. I tried a small detour, but it didn’t help. All in all it took me 45 minutes just to get to the highway (less than 3 miles from my home). After that another 30 minutes to get on the A1 highway. From there it was a smooth ride even nice and sunny. Anyway, caught a slice of my […]
Winter wonderland
Yes folks, it snowed the last few days in Holland as well. It’s cold and windy out here. Not a big problem as long as you do not need to drive to work or something. Last Thursday morning for instance, it was a drama on the road (as to be expected). But I guess things are not as bad as they are in other countries. Several US states are suffering from a mayor snow blizzard (dubbed “The shopper stopper”) that has killed some people. So it’s not all fun and games. It makes you wonder about “global warming”. It proved also that […]
For sale: $2 million clunker
A lot of times when I watch a video on YouTube I think to myself: “what are the odds of something like this (whatever it is I am watching) happening and it’s caught on tape?” It happened today when my attention was drawn to the following movie(s). If this doesn’t fall into the category of epic fails, I wonder what does? Last month, on November 11th to be exact, this guy was driving his priceless Bugatti Veyron (one of the 15 believed to be sold in the USA) down the I45 near Galveston (Texas). Then, according to the owner, “a low-flying pelican” […]
2012 a distaster (of a) movie
I just saw the new Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow) movie “2012” and I just couldn’t resist blogging about it. So what do I have to say about it? Well, if you are into special effects, this is your movie. In fact it is the mother load of all special effects. Ninety nine point nine percent of the movie is about special effects. Should you expect something else from a movie that is about the end of the world? I guess not. Now, there have been many movies – also by Roland Emmerich – that deal with some catastrophe that […]
Steven Seagal: Lawman
Ok folks. This had me laughing out loud. Has been action-hero Steven Seagal (57) is getting his own reality show. As it turns out Seagal has been a deputy sheriff of his home community, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana for 20 years. Supposedly he was on active duty in between all the films he shot and the US TV-network A&E picked up on that. Last year announced they begun filming “Steven Seagal: Lawman“, a reality show that follows Seagal’s on- and off-duty work in the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. From the previews you can already see that there is hardly any real […]
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2: Semper Fi
Back on my feet again after that nasty A/H1N1 hit me. But enough of that. Thursday night I downloaded Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. Now, I am a great fan of the previous installment of the game (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare), but I skipped Call of Duty 5 (“World at War”) as it was set again in the Second World War. COD4 to this day remains the game I play the most (multi-player). Before that I played SOF2 (Soldier of Fortune 2) almost religiously and I even was in a “clan” for a while. Anyway: the single player storyline of […]
Down with the flu
Oh yeah my friends, I have been writing about A/H1N1 for some time and now I am down with it. I rarely have the flu and I knew something was wrong the minute I woke up Saturday morning with bad muscle aches all over. That and the feeling of a fever and the fact that I have a dry cough. Normally when I get the flu I get a big headache, sore throat etc. but not with this flue. Which is why I am convinced it’s A/H1N1. It just really feels different than any other flu I have had in […]