Archive for November, 2006
in Dutch
On Thursday night, we got our home Internet set up. Today I’ve managed to get it encrypted, so we can actually use it for other than nonsecure stuff. Both involved long trips through the customer-support number, at €.10 per minute. Customer service is never fun, but it’s even less so when you have to guess [...]
random mutterings
I don’t understand why the Dutch don’t have cheesefries. They serve patats frites at every opportunity, with mayo, ketchup, curry ketchup, garlic sauce (aka mayo with garlic, though I suppose you could call it garlic aioli), and sate sauce. And they’re famous for their cheeses. Yet they never put the two together, not even at [...]
not thrilled… yet
Yeah, I’m pretty happy about the election results. I wouldn’t say I’m thrilled to pieces though. Thrilled to pieces will happen if the Democrats (or moderate Republicans) retain power in 2008, because that will mean they took this chance and didn’t screw it up. It will mean they realize that they were swept to power less [...]
Yes, we voted
One problem with being eight hours ahead of the US West Coast is that it will be tomorrow before I know what’s happened with the election. Though the parties would do well to read Smithsonian magazine’s timely article on the 1946 midterm election. A historic upset that year resulted in no real change, because the [...]
parlez-vous quoi?
Real work and meetings to do today, yay! Oddly enough, I’m finding that being in the Netherlands is very good for my French. I’d have said that the phrase “my French” was an oxymoron in and of itself, but I’m finding that often, when I have instructions for something in Dutch, French and German but [...]
minigripe
Only problem with carpooling together is that at the moment, Rudder’s swamped and I’m not, so we end up staying much longer than I’d like. On the other hand, since I have Internet access at work but not yet at home, I’m not minding it as much as I would otherwise. Of course, if I rode [...]