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A Rigid System
‘What happened in this country was that a rigid system was created, and then life was hearded into it.‘― Mikhail Gorbachev
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Apes on a Treadmill
‘It may be that we are jogging in tandem on a treadmill to nowhere.‘― Paul Warnke
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Dark Sun. The making of the hydrogen bomb, Richard Rhodes (ISBN 9780684824147, Simon & Schuster)
After having read ‘The making of the atomic bomb’ by Richard Rhodes I also had to read this book. It didn’t win the Pulitzer prize although it did make the short list for it. Compared to the award winning ‘The making of the atomic bomb’ I have to agree this book is not as excellent […]
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Breakpoint Foodstation Antwerp
A while ago we were at hockey club Olympia and went for lunch at Brasserie Woods. I wrote another post about that. This was an excellent choice but we also had to grab something to bring along for one of the hockey players and decided to stop on the walk back from Brasserie Woods to […]
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Growing Cherry Tomatoes in Your Auk Mini
Some time ago I mentioned I had switched from basil and parsley in my Auk mini to cherry tomatoes, chilli peppers and some mini peppers. After 2 weeks I saw the first sprouts and by now the tomato plant is a giant dwarfing the other 2. Luckily I could decide on what would go into […]
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A Perfect Lunch Stop: Brasserie Woods in Nachtegalenpark near hockey club Olympia
Some time ago we had a bit 2 hours over lunch between 2 hockey games at hockey club Olympia in Antwerp and the cafetaria didn’t fit our needs. We found Brasserie Woods within walking distance in the Nachtegalenpark park. The brasserie is located right at the park entrance and benefits from the green surroundings to […]
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Charles Lauritsen on Oppenheimer
‘This man was unbelievable. He always gave you the answer before you had time to formulate the question.‘― Charles Lauritsen
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Understanding the Futility of Nuclear Conflicts
‘A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.‘― Ronald Reagan

