Entries from August 2007

August 19, 2007

Almost end of summer

Summer is festival season here. I wrote about Pinkpop earlier, which was at the start of the season. This weekend is Lowlands and I’m watching some of the web coverage of it now. (I think I preferred Pinkpop’s lineup though.)
Summer also means carnivals. A few weeks back I went to Tilburg to check out the [...]

August 12, 2007

Birthday celebrations

At my workplace, birthday boys and girls are required to provide cake for morning tea. I guess this is a widespread tradition — I am always too busy stuffing myself with cake to ask questions. It doesn’t have to be on your birthday — earlier this year some turned up three weeks after their actual [...]

August 5, 2007

The latest

So my birthday is coming to an end — in this timezone anyway. Celebrations started Friday and will continue throughout the week probably. More reports after the obligatory “take-cake-to-work” on Thursday. In the meantime, here’s the news for July.
Dutch cycle 14 billion kilometres (July 9): Look, this whole bike thing is sheer madness. I see [...]