I’ve been talking a lot about cars and stuff lately, but how about getting this thing called just plain walking under control ?
Today, with a full load of undescribable embarrassment, I fell flat on my face during a walk to the car. And since I’m a person who wholeheartedly enjoys laughing at someone else’s expense, I can’t deny you the same joy. So here goes:
Now, let’s see how live I can live without that tetanus shot everyone always talks about.
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The mailbox, you know, the real one, the physical one outside your door, how to keep it clean ?
The battle seemed to go well, as you can read in previous posts here and here, but I always missed the unidentifiables.
Now that I finally got a lead, here goes:
To: service@interlanden.nl
Subject: Klacht bezorging
Geachte Service,
graag wilde ik via deze weg mijn jaren van opgekropte klachten uiten.
Waarom zo lang opkroppen denkt u ? Nou, eerst moest ik de huis-aan-huiskranten aanpakken, waarna ik op een dood einde stuitte. Het moge duidelijk zijn, bij de
kranten staan nog adressen en dergelijke om mijn gal te spuien, maar in dit geval gaat het om een bundeltje reclamefolders zonder enig identificatie over hoe en
wat. Mijn zoektocht hield op (om nou alle bedrijven op te bellen en een afspraak te maken met de marketing director ging me ietjes te ver).
Maar zo nu en dan bloeit mijn inspiratie weer op als ik moe van mijn werk thuiskom en struikel over stapeltjes reclame (plastic + papier + stijle trappenhuis =
dodelijke combinatie). Razend word ik als ik maar het hele stapeltje naar binnen neem, aangezien de rest van de trappenhuis dezelfde NEE/NEE sticker op de
brievenbussen beneden hebben geplakt, en ik ze diezelfde razernij wil besparen.
Mijn beste vriend Google gaf dus vanavond als resultaat jullie website op na een paar wilde zoekacties (in dit geval was de winnende combinatie www.wibra.nl +
www.kruidvat.nl + verspreiding). Op jullie website aangekomen is er gelijk de menukeuze Brievenbusstickers met als inhoud “Ontvangt u ondanks een sticker toch
nog ongewenst drukwerk? Neemt u dan contact op met de verspreider van de folder”. Best ondoordachte ongein, als u het mij vraagt. Alsof iedereen tijd heeft door
de dag te wachten op een voorbijrazende fietser die her en der de folders de trappenhuis ingooit.
Moraal ?
Het gaat dus allemaal om perceptie.
1. Men kan aan de hand van de gesealde reclamefolders niet achterhalen bij wie ze moeten klagen. Is het zo moeilijk om er een klein papiertje bij te doen of de
plastic een opdruk te geven (het zou zo maar gratis reclame voor uzelf kunnen zijn)?
2. Menig van deze pakketjes heeft wel een folder van een brillenfabrikant en sinds kort adverteert eyedo.nl ook mee. Gooi eens wat van deze acties in de
secundaire voorwaarden van jullie bezorgers, zou ik zeggen.
Samenvattend: graag verwacht ik van u actie tegen de bezorger, en over het algemeen, meer duidelijkheid in de toekomst.
Mvg, KaNam.
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With most football fans sticking to the tube, a slow box office week meant another low budget horror flick gets a free ticket to the top. When a Stranger Calls, a 1979 remake, passes its $15 million budget with a $22 million opening.
Big Momma’s House 2 drops one place, losing about 50% of its fat, with $13.4 million. Nanny McPhee also drops one place to number 3 with $9.9 million.
Most notable spot is again for Brokeback Mountain, rising to number 4 with $5.7 million. While the Oscar buzz is helping the total box office take, the average per screen topper of the past weeks is definitely slipping, diving from the record breaking $10.000+ to a more earth-bound $2,718.
Rounding out the top 5 is Hoodwinked in its fourth week with $5.3 million.
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What price do you pay for buying the most wanted car of this year (being the most environmental conscious choice, and government discount and stuff) ?
A four month delivery time.
So if you see a charcoal metallic colored Toyota Aygo 1.0 Sport speeding by the following months, it’s not me.
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Another music biography, very much going the same way that Ray already went. And the similarities are too big not to use that fact in this review. In the end, with the same setup and story line, the winner has to be Ray, with a deeper emotional story, with clearer inner demons and motives, and being slightly broader with subjects passing by. While I do recommend this as a not-must-see if you’ve already seen Ray, it’s not that bad at all. Acting may not be truly Oscar material, it is very good nonetheless. Added to that, the songs are sung by Phoenix and Witherspoon themselves, and it’s surprisingly good. For that alone, even though the music is not my cup of tea, it deserves an average grade.7.
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Latin edition:
Santana – All That I Am: While the guitar leading man is crafty with this musical tool, combining the latin influences, it produces a somewhat bland experience (since it’s not really my genre), leaving only the two more poppy offerings (Steven Tyler and Michelle Branch, where the musical voice offers some fluid contrast with guitar) listenable, and ultimately only earning points for those two.5½.
Shakira – Oral Fixation Vol. 2: Unluckily, there are no songs on this album that matches the air play friendly single Don’t Bother (except maybe only one more song, incidentally featuring the above mentioned Carlos Santana), with most songs, having a weirdy feel to it (for instance, featuring some strange intro or background), and hence again failing into making me a fan (though her longing lyrics “don’t you know I’m only half a body without your embrace” does sound tempting).6-.
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A not so flattering Big Momma’s House and an evenly raunchy trailer for the sequel, didn’t stop the public from seeing another bout of Martin Lawrence in a fat suit. It topped this week’s box office with $28 million.
Brit import, Emma Thompson starring as Nanny McPhee, made a better than expected entry at number two with $14.1 million.
Underworld: Evolution stays true to its name, and takes a dive to number 3 with just $11.1 million. Annapolis enters number 4 with just $7.71 million while Hoodwinked rounds out the top 5 with $7.38 million in its third week.
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The Promise: Unconvincing fantasy-opera.
Elizabethtown: Melodramatically sweet.
Waiting: Medium rare.
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Don’t you just hate it, when you know someone else can do something that you don’t ? If it bugs me too much, I’ll usually teach myself to learn it, or just do it, so there’s one less annoyance in life left. For instance, things I already crossed off my list:
Vulcan peace sign, in perfect position in less then 0.5 seconds. Applicable to BOTH hands. (Pinky and ring finger paired, split in the middle with middle and index finger paired)
Soldering blown capacitors from motherboards, and replacing them as a means to fix it (80% chance it will be).
Buying a house.
Running/managing my own webserver with all the bells and whistles one can get his hands on.
Assemble diverse IKEA stuff in record time (using electronic help at own discretion).
Well, luckily, I can cross off one more thing, which is getting a driver’s license (in only one attempt (both theory and practical test)), while beating a friend to it as an extra.
Goodbye to the *#%#(*) DELAYED public transport. Goodbye to the FREEZING COLD while waiting for the delayed bus. Goodbye to the walking towards the bus stop of this delayed bus.
Public road/highway here I come ! (or rather, here Aygo).
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After a few crowd pleasers (War of the Worlds, The Terminal), Spielberg is back on his unconventional track. This movie is definitely strange and special in every sense. Trying to bring this forgotten story to the silver screen, he uses a unique way of directing and editing, following a surprising story outline. In there lies the good and the bad thing about this movie. Obviously, you’ll get a story driven plot with some deep soul searching for the main character (played by Eric Bana, the most underrated (awards-wise) actor of this decade)). The bad thing is that it’s a bit slow. Not only that, with so many factions around, of which most you have no idea who or what it’s about, it’s hard to live into those different angles. Many onscreen discussion are lost this way.
So, if you’re not up to the challenge, and you don’t want to risk this, you can always rent Collateral instead (only slighly similar, but more Hollywood style).7.
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No, it’s not a worm, it’s not a virus. It’s not a hoax, nor is it an chain e-mail message. It’s not a Trojan quadraped, and it doesn’t hack.
It’s worse. Internet Explorer 7 leaked onto the internet. I hope Zonelabs will have a patch ready by tonight.
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As the war between werewolves and vampires continues during the night, Underworld: Evolution earns $27.6 million, enough for the top spot this week. Sequel of Underworld, from three years ago, pairs up director Len Wiseman with actress Kate Beckinsale again, except this time they’re married.
Hoodwinked sticks at the runner up spot with $11.1 million. Last week’s topper Glory Road falls to number 3 with $9.1 while the fourth spot is for Last Holiday, also with $9.1 million.
That leaves this week’s best shiner the awards laden Brokeback Mountain, earning a solid $7.8 million in its seventh weekend. While it may seem a low number, it played in significant less theaters than the rest.
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The idea may be right, but usually it will result in a somewhat contrived outcome. And that’s exactly what happens, leaving a simmering soft drama ending up being a bit unrealistic. Everything in between wasn’t really exciting either. But at least it had Scarlett Johansson in it. As for the rest, I’ll be a bit more cautious when I come across the next written/directed movie by Woody Allen, ’cause that man is definitely weird.6½.
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It’s that time again. Januari, the month that 24 hours starts ticking. It’s actually only since last year the 24 formula was sharpened (and with much success), where it could run weekly without interuption all the way through the season.
As an adrenaline producing pacemaker gone awry, there’s no replacement. Four previous seasons have proven the continuous high paced story twisting writing abilities are very trustworthy (with only some geographical discrepancies here and there, much to any nitpicker’s joy). But seeing how shitty this 5th horrible day Jack is living in, it looks like the writers are on speed or LSD. And only for this instance, I’d say, do drugs, it’s good ! (Really, don’t do drugs if you’re not a producer or writer for 24, ever). In any case, I’ll be training, to keep my ticker in shape for those 20 more heart pounding hours to come.
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Whoohoo, a whopping 33% less fat ! And well, the net weight did drop from 200 grams to 160. So, what’s the change ? For one, you’ll notice the texture is somewhat heavier now, totally contrary to the fact of the weight loss. Strangely, the heavier normal style Pringles has the unique melting style texture, while this one is more like a heavy cracker. Then again, it seems just as addictive. For taste, there’s only a slight cheese flavor, can’t figure out if it’s Greek or not. As for the Avocado oil, can’t really seem to pick that one out either.7.
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