Nimavenl - Nicole's Random Ramblings

Just now, I read an email about an earthquake in New Zealand - I get an email every time an earthquake happens, through GeoNet (the official source of geological hazard information for New Zealand). At exactly the same time as I read the email, the ceiling lamp swayed. Not from an earthquake on the other side of the world several minutes ago, of course. It's just the wind coming in through the open window. Still - it's one of those strange coincidences that keeps life interesting. I like those! Screen Capture from GeoNet - Quakes with details of the 'quake I received an email about

Note To Self: Use knife to cut vegetables, not to slice finger. 2nd Note To Self: Tomatoes good. Tomato sauce good. Hey why is it red I didn't spill any tomato there... Oh wait because I cut my finger. .. Blood sauce bad. 3rd Note To Self: When cooking, the pot on the stove with boiling water in it is hot. Hot means auchie ow auw ow = bad. Really: Duh. Remember not to to touch. 4th Note To Self: Walking away from kitchen while cooking is not advised. Sitting down to write notes to self is fine, usually, just not when it makes you forget about stirring. 5th Note To Self: Remember note number three. And for crying out loud, don't pick up a hot pot with your bare hands, you will hurt your fingers. 6th Note To Self: That pot holder hanging on the hook by the stove... Use it... 7th Note To Self: No, that cloud does not look like Drogon. Really, it doesn't. Which doesn't mean it wouldn't be cool to ride a ... Cooking! You're cooking! Stop dreaming ...

Reading an article in yesterday's online Israel National News, I am now aware that something called "International Hummus Day" exists. It was celebrated yesterday, on the 13th of May. It sounds vaguely familiar, something tells me I probably had a similar reaction to the news this time last year. I like hummus. I only wish I'd known about International Hummus Day sooner, would've made a point of eating hummus on the day. Apparently "Nutella Day" is also a real thing. Thanks for letting me know, article. Again, I learnt something new. Seriously - what will we come up with next? Days on which we celebrate peanut butter, cheese or chocolate? Bread? Eggs? Milk? Cake? Perhaps days like that already exist and I just don't know about them? As the supermarket is closing early today due to it being some sort of special day on the Christian calendar I didn't know about until learning the supermarket would close early, I am doubly sorry I missed Intern...

Let op: Spoilers voor de aflevering van 26-02-2015 helemaal onderaan Ik ben geen televisie fanaat, al kijk ik wel naar het nieuws en geniet ik van een aantal tv series. Ik ben allereerst een fan van science-fiction en fantasy en geniet van series / shows zoals Star Trek, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Primeval, Defiance en Supernatural. Bijna net zo goed als echte science fiction is Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden - een heerlijke show om te kijken. Verder ben ik gek op crime-shows zoals Bones, NCIS, Criminal Minds en Flikken Maastricht. Ook reisprogramma's doen het altijd goed bij mij - de wereld fascineert me enorm en nieuwe interessante plekken ontdekken vind ik fantastisch. Mijn lijst met "Places To Visit One Day..." wordt alleen maar langer dankzij Floortje Dessing, Chris Zegers en hun collega's! Programma's zoals De Wereld Draait Door en RTL Late Night zorgen ervoor dat ik weet waar Nederland het morgen over zal hebben en kaarten belangrijke onderwerpen aan met int...

Dear Reader,  This is a bit of an angry rant.  Please read at your own discretion.  Dear Google, I use your services. Well, I use Google Search, Gmail, Blogger and Translate. Most of your other so-called services I just complain about. Or actively avoid, as in the case of YouTube. You see, dear Google, I am liking you less and less. We became close friends some ten years ago -- our 'ten year anniversary' is coming up... Will you congratulate me and tell me you love being friends with me? Of course not. At most you'll hassle me about buying something, spending my money on something, installing something that will allow you to better track my online movement or... No, wait. Let me start over. What will happen is this: In your quest to learn more about me, who I am and how I behave, you will only collect more information that gets passed on to more parties wanting to use that information to send me advertising you or they think I might like, send me offers to s...