Nimavenl - Nicole's Random Ramblings

Saw a falling star last night around 9pm. At first wondered if maybe it was an airplane crashing or something, coz it was so bright. Checked the local stations and no reports of crashes, so I'm glad I made a wish! Checked Twitter and am not the only one who saw it... Now just wonder how/where it 'landed'. Gisteravond rond negenen een vallende ster gezien. Dacht eerst dat het een neerstortend vliegtuig was ofzo, omdat het zo fel was en zo dichtbij leek. Heb vaker vallende sterren gezien, maar nooit zo dicht bij! Ziehier nieuws berichtje van RTV Noordoost-Friesland: zondag 20 februari 2011 DOKKUM - Verschillende mensen hebben zondag omstreeks 21.00 uur een vallende ster in de buurt van Dokkum gezien. De nieuwsredactie van RTV NOF kreeg diverse meldingen binnen van het gebeuren. Er werd melding gemaakt van een heldere meteoor, die boven Nederland te zien zou zijn. De vallende ster verscheen om ongeveer 21.05 uur en duurde een seconde of vijf. Er was een nalichtend s...

What's the deal with people who follow you on Twitter and then unfollow you almost straight away? I'll get an email that such and such has subscribed to my Twitter feed, that they are interested in what I've got to say, in what I'm doing or thinking about, in the photos I share... Yet I click on the link to their profile in the email and where it should say "Follows You", it doesn't say that. Which means people followed my account only to unfollow me again almost straight away. Leaves me to wonder: Why do that? I'm not a celebrity or a famous author or a politician or a well-known journalist or anything of the sort. I'm opinionated and straightforward and not afraid to speak up, however that's not unique to me. I speak two languages, call two countries home, enjoy being a citizen of the world, enjoy knowing what it's like to have lived elsewhere, to have experienced life in different countries. Also not unique. I am interested in the wo...