Rocks' Rocks!

My son is shocked by this "punctuation."

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Easter egg:
http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com
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Queens' Day 2008 / Koninginnedag

(Too cool for school)



The rest of the world spun along its merry way today, but in Holland it was Queens' Day.

 

(Tiejgetje)

Queens'Day (or is that Queensday in English? from 'Koninginnedag') is the celebration of the birthdays of Queens Juliana (RIP) and Beatrix.

A combination booze-fest, garage sale and the 4th of July. It's traditional to wear orange.

 

(he eventually got back up)

After the "More" are some photos and a couple of clips I took in Amsterdam.


(The grass is always greener on the other side of a boat)

 

(Amused or Annoyed?)

 

(Frickin heap of junk)

(Culture clash)

(Regal dame)

(Godspell)





(Milkbreath)

(Fox Force Four)

(Queensdog)

(Compliments were a quarter, so I bought two)

(Pinocchio?)



(Orange streaks)

(Dutch cops)

(the bitter end; photo by Mara Miller).





(Sterling and Son)

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Fatherhood, again

Since this is a semi-public diary, it's also a semi-private diary. To quote Tweedledee (or was it Tweedledum?): that's logic!

And in that spirit, dear readers, I present to you one of the first known photographs of my daughter, A. Zola Sterling, born Monday.

Long may she run!

When I was registering her birth this afternoon, I received the following package from the city of Amsterdam; one can never begin too early with city marketing, apparently.



After the more: a Dutch-only joke.



De vrouw achter de balie gaf mij het pakketje aan en zei "voor de nieuwe inburger."

Freudian slip?
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