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You’ve been a wise man, we learned much from you. Hope you find your peace with grandma…so long ‘ouwe reus’.

Last weekend was uhh…different…in itself great and relaxing, but Saturdays funeral kind of broke the weekend in two.
Also, the evening before we left we heared that Kristels’ grandfather was doing really really bad, so bad the doctors expected he could pass away within a day…bbrrrr.

We still decided to go for the weekend as it would give some rest, and it did.
Made some nice hikes in beautiful nature and visitted Thorn, a historic village in Limburg (Southern province of The Netherlands) known for the white painted houses. Pictures to follow!

We’re on our way out for our yearly surprise weekend (our Birthday gift). This time it’s my turn to surprise Kristel…I’m sure it will be full of tlc!

Tomorrow a funeral though

BBC: “The term ‘podcast’ has been declared Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary”.

YEAH! Totally digging it!

Hahaha, good one; misternicehands!
(found via Scripting News…so did *you* click?)

John Cage: “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of

the old ones.”

My uncle worked most of his life for Philips (had quite a good position). Today I read also the former head of Philips (Frits Philips) died…coincidence??

As they say, there is a time to come and a time to go. In some cases the time to go is too soon and too sudden. My uncle passed away yesterday, after trying to to live through a continuous fever since this summer, diagnosed with cancer just two months ago (so *that* was causing the fever!), doctors gave him two to six months, so he has been fighting to live the last months.
Then his wife had a heat attack some weeks ago, his son fell of the roof (doing a cleaning job his father normally did) and broke his ankle in the same weekend…the family was devastated.
In the last week things seemed to progress a little, his life expectation was adjusted and then, yesterday evening he passed away. DAMN!

Yesterday I had some discussions at work which made me feel bad, it doesn’t seem all that important now…

Coming Monday we celibrate ‘Sinterklaas‘ in The Netherlands…believe it or not, but today *I* will be Sinterklaas (ofcourse assisting the real Sinterklaas, as he is so busy these days :)).
I’ll surprise the children in a specialized child-care centre, it’s always good to give, eh?

Chinese Proverb: “Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.”

BBC News: “Thursday sees the web and particle physics equivalent of Live 8, as scientists and computing pioneers from around the world hook up for a 12-hour live webcast.”

Looking for a nice Xmas gift for your girlfriend? Consider the iBuzz! Huh??

The Onion: “The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it

will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends,

acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums.”