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It’s Obvious!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on December 9, 2009 | 6 Comments »

It’s time for fun with the Dutch language again. I’ve been a bit slacking on my (self-study) lessons recently, but today I was determined to get back in the swing. I do like the Dutch for English-Speaking Expats textbook we found, but every once in a while I run into something that just isn’t explained [...]

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10k

Posted in news, oddities, pets, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 28, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Look at that! I’ve had 10,000 hits to my blog! Amusingly (to me), I think the 10,000th hit came from someone in Auckland, New Zealand. I like to think it was one of the NZ musos I listen to so frequently.
Sadly, I’m feeling a lacking in topics to write about today. I could moan about [...]

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Things We Learn at the Potdeksel

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Who says you can’t learn anything in a bar! We headed over to the Potdeksel last evening for an aperitif before dinner, since Merian and René were there (and we had no St. Maarten’s candy). While there, the subject of tongue-twisters seemed to come up and Kris suggested that if we can learn the following, [...]

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A Horse Is A HHHorse

Posted in oddities, tagged , , , , on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday, while going through my Google Reader listings (handy for keeping track of lots of websites without having to remember to visit each and every one) I saw a news story with the title: Horse genome unlocked by science.
I know the word genome; I know how to pronounce it. However, now that I’m trying [...]

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And Seven Ran …

Posted in entertainment, neighborhood, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Last night was Quiz Night again at the Potdeksel. As I’ve mentioned before, the quiz is in Dutch, unlike some of the other quiz night’s in town, although we’re fortunate that René is the quiz master, so he’s kind enough to translate when we don’t quite understand some of the questions. We can sometimes get [...]

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Quiz Night

Posted in entertainment, tagged , , , , , on October 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Since moving here, we’ve participated in a few quiz nights that have been held at the Potdeksel. They’ve always been special occasion evenings rather than a regular event. However, that is changing with the introduction of the Murphy’s Quiz Night, held the first Tuesday of every month. This week was the inaugural quiz night and [...]

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