You know you live in Amsterdam when..

…you turn to your local weekend “events around town” and find these -
SATURDAY 31 MARCH
Sex: Open Wallen Dag
Everything you always wanted to know about prostitutes but were afraid to ask. Yep, it’s Open Wallen Dag again, so today all Randy Andies have a legitimate excuse to head for the Red Light District. That [...]

Multiple careers: Are you relishing your side dish enough?

An essay on the increasingly popular phenomenon of simultaneous multiple careers

Deny it all you like, but most of us lead multiple lives. Not in the schizophrenic way, but in the “One person - Many interests” kind of way.
Gone are the days in which one person could be slotted into one career - the [...]

Friends supermarket : Soul mates on sale

Am I the only who finds it disturbing that people would “buy” friends? Whats next - soul mates on sale? Buy2-get1free pals?

Bidding started at $2,000, with the winning bid…hitting $2,125.
…That’s what one bidder got by purchasing someone’s MySpace.com account for more than two grand late last month. The seller claims to have more than 100,000 [...]

On writing

A Eulogy to a deserted friend
A meandering river,
that knows not where its headed.
It twists and turns
at every little rock and rift,
headed somewhere,
no one knows where
Not even me,
though I hold the pen.
A gentle wind
that whispers.
Thoughts that were
always there, but never
heard before
Caresses with love
and wonder, all
who care to listen.
A burning fire,
fueled by ardor or amour.
Often writing in [...]