You probably noticed that the previous entry contained Greek words. Oh? You didn’t? Well, that might be your computer’s fault. Which operating system…? Oh, forget that, just a silly joke (again). I’m trying to convince the software that I use to create these entries and which is also responsible for displaying this screen to...
Read more →We are back home, as of this morning. ‘t was brillig in Belgium. I don’t have the faintest idea what “brillig” means, but it was in Belgium, I’m sure of that. It was nice, sometimes even extremely nice, to see family and friends again — with apologies to those we couldn’t meet and thanks...
Read more →It’s now three in the afternoon and the outside temperature must be around 24C degrees. That’s 75F for you decimally impaired. By the way, a happy thanksgiving to you bunch. Go easy on the gastrointestinal system. With this kind of weather there is more folk out there on the street than you would normally...
Read more →Judging by the number of entries in the central database that keeps track of WiFi spots worldwide, you would think that Greece is the most developed region in the wireless world. There are more entries for Greece than for the whole of the United States of America! I can’t check the accuracy of the...
Read more →Friday evening. The plane had left right on time in Düsseldorf. We had a little delay in Athens. Unlike on my way home 2 weeks earlier we had to leave the plane while it got re-fueled and cleaned up. All passengers with destination Iraklio were gathered in the hallway. After fifteen minutes we were...
Read more →Do you know what the Number 1 hit was on the day you were born???? I do now. And it feels somewhat appropriate too. Here In My Heart -Artist: Al Martino as sung on “Al Martino Greatest Hits” -CEMA Special Markets(Capitol-EMI) CDL 57361 -peak Billboard position # 1 for 3 weeks in 1952 -competing...
Read more →I have been struggling lately with the layout of my website. I’d like to bring all the pages under one common format, or at least one common theme. My intention was to make them all look like the entry page. At the same time I’d like to keep an eye on the latest developments...
Read more →Maastricht is ne brede Maar Maastricht ‘t is lang Maastricht is de leukste stad Gesellig aan de zang – Maastricht Karnival Song Maastricht is not broad But, Maastricht, it is long Maastricht is the finest city Gesellig* on the song – Translation Maastricht is eene groete cafe – Maastricht Karnival Song Maastricht is one...
Read more →Joseph Conrad, a fellow not unlike Luc Dubois, adopted the practice of writing prefaces to his novels. I have often wished other writers would do the same. A preface allows the reader to understand the motivation of the writer and otherwise gives the reader the context in which the novel was conceived and provides,...
Read more →This is I, Luc, the subject of this narrative. I owe Tom at least an introduction. Here is my paltry attempt to it. Read it and forget it. It only gets interesting from the next chapter onwards. What do you say to a man who proposes to write your biography? “Thank you” does not...
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