The Snail Shell

There is good Dutch food! It just all happens to be mush or dough. And mush is tasty, but you can only take so much; dough is tasty, but i...

I guess I'm not going to see this band after all. Bummer!

I think I've been seeing people's flaws too much. Maybe I should open up more. I tend to get this way when the ol' social orde...

And I think everyone else has probably seen it already: RIYL: Yacht Rock Also, in my book, Justin Timberlake has completed his transition fr...

"Sneeuwwitje stikte in de appel." - "Snow White choked on the apple." Apparently, in the Dutch version, when the evil wi...

I appreciate the effort. You were kind of fun, at least in principle. Plus, all the korfballers (and the coach/trainer guy) were really he...

I'm going to see this band in Cologne on April 1. I'm excited!

My initial plan for this weekend was to use up a couple of Railpass days making a voyage through France. Hit up a town that everyone's ...

When a project is working, and I'm making progress, I'm on fire. I get totally wired. Almost jittery. I could do it for hours and...

If we're comparing European cities that I've seen to American cities I may or may not have seen, and I'm not saying we are, but ...

Not right now, but in like 8 hours. Eurailpasses let you travel at the drop of a hat. Or at the drop of a "why not travel this weeken...

Well, sort of . Yeah, so 7up got slammed a little bit for their "100% natural" nonsense. But now Coke and Pepsi are making diet s...

This weekend gave a big boost to the ol' "trust your muse" school of thought. (You should trust your Muse, too, because they ...

I mean, not really. But it would be a cool thing to do if I were in America. Dismemberment Plan Reunites These guys played the best concert...

My phone interview with Google, my big chance to talk to an actual person at Google (which is rare enough!) just ended. One design question...

Because I forgot to tell it earlier, and it was kind of funny, and I don't want to forget it. It happened like a month ago in a Paris s...

First of all, let me say thank you to every person, place, thing, circumstance, happening, and bit of money that allowed me to go skiing not...

Hey. I'm not going to post much about things that happen or things that I do here, if there are photos to go along with them, because t...

1. Korfball . This video explains it all, I guess. I looked at the sports that they offered, and Korfball is the only one I hadn't he...