Eight year olds, dude!

I speak Dutch and English fluently, I can have a conversation in French and German and I can read Italian, Spanish and the Nordic languages.

Being able to make myself understood in a large part of the world is a comforting thought, but does not much for my self-esteem. I would think that it should be the default to be taught foreign languages at school. If you are in a non-English (and possibly Spanish) speaking country and you refuse to learn other langugages, then I would consider you to be a bigoted idiot. I am not talking learning disabilities here, I am talking explicit unwillingness.

Lagavulin. Any alcoholic drink in general, bit a good whisk(e)y and particularly a more um… aromatic variant is a weakness for me.

If I was able to retire early at any age, I’d probably do some odd jobs or perhaps I’d volunteer for stuff. I need something to do.

Not really, but I make a point of being offline when doing certain activities like evening walks or long distance runs. Also, if I have some free time at home (which is rare), I put my phone in another room and just do offline stuff.

Will Smith and his one facial expression.

Housing crisis. In our country, it’s being framed as an immigrant problem, but it is both a political choice and political inaction that is the culprit.

Also, big inflation…