It’s been a long time since I have been impressed with a Dutch music band, but when I saw and heard “The Q4” (also known as “The Quadraphonic Quartet”) on the Dutch daily show “De Wereld Draait Door” (aka DWDD) I knew I had to get my hands on their music. The Q4 produces some of the best trip-hop/nu-jazz I’ve ever heard, and is one of my favorite 2010 releases. I have been playing them for a few days now and I still am impressed with their style and laid-back sound. It was cool to see them show their creative […]
Hunter. Survivor. Prey
I’ve always been a huge fan of the Predator films. The first one (1987) featured Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Predator 2 (1990) featured Danny Glover and Gary Busey and a young Bill Paxton. Predator 2 gave some cool background information about the Predator character and their code of honor. I.e. the scenes in which the predator leaves the pregnant detective alone and the scene in which a predator rewards Glover with an antique gun to honor his bravery. Now, in a similar sense I liked the Alien quadrilogy. Set in a distant future (as I understand it some 150 years from now) where mankind […]
Practice makes perfect…
Just a quick video of me practicing at the range using my Viridian X5L. Works like a charm. Still need to work a bit on my tendency to jerk the trigger after going through half a box of ammo. Oh well, they say practice makes perfect…
Obama tells it like it is
News sometimes trickles down kind of slow here in Holland, but this was a bit too good let it pass even though it happened a week ago. What is it that I would like to share here? Well, on Friday Jan. 29th Obama visited a House Republican retreat in Baltimore to answer questions from republicans in, what The Huffington Post calls “The Lions Den”. At the end of the session there was a Q&A session that wasn’t supposed to be broadcast, but the White House pressured the Republican party to bring the cameras in. And Obama got a sterling opportunity to […]
Hope for Haiti telethon vs Holland Helps Haiti
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” […]