By Guus , 30 September 2003

Dude, Where's My Country?

A follow-up of Stupid White Men, in which Michael Moore explains what he thinks is wrong with the system in the States. I couldn't disagree more with Moore's ideas and view on the world, but that makes the book even more interesting. I like his style of writing; he's very passionate and often over the top but he always writes with humour.

By Guus , 30 September 2003

The Words We Live By

A truly marvellous book on the Constitution of the United States and the history of it. It's is loaded with historic, legal and sociologic analysis of the States and the role of the Constitution and the Supreme Court. A wonderful book.

It was a present of my uncle and aunt Harm and Marijke for my graduation.

By Guus , 30 September 2003

Daniel and Jean-Paul

Yesterday evening Daniel and Jean-Paul came for a drink. It had been a while since I saw Jean-Paul. It didn't feel like that however since he is a frequent visitor of this website. He told me the price of a business-class ticket to Washington... it's about 8 times more than I paid for mine.

I feel a bit better now, the headache is still there but less severe. I think I have some kind of cold, so I'm taking it easy and eating extra healthy.

Topic
dailylife
By Guus , 27 September 2003

At my parents

My father was in Haarlem yesterday, so he took me by car to Middenmeer. He also brought 2 suitcases (a big one and a small one) which I'll use next Friday when I'll go to Washington.

I feel a bit weak -- yesterday afternoon I got a headache and my head is spinning a bit now. A relaxing weekend will do me good.

We played one game of Steden & Ridders yesterday. I won.

Topic
dailylife
By Guus , 25 September 2003

Washington

The last two days I've been quite busy. The most important was arranging my plane ticket to go to Washington. My plane is scheduled for next Friday; I'm looking forward to it a lot.

I also sent the invitations for my graduation, October 15th. Of course all regular readers are invited -- the invitations should arrive today or tomorrow.

Topic
travelling
By Guus , 24 September 2003

Afstuderen

Informatie over afstuderen Guus Bosman

Wat?

Woensdag 15 oktober studeer ik na zes jaar studeren af als informaticus aan de Vrije Universiteit!

By Guus , 22 September 2003

Bike back

I found my bike back!

I didn't know I lost it until this afternoon -- I thought I had left it at Chess, but it wasn't there when I wanted to go to the supermarket with it. It wasn't at home either, so I went to the shop walking. And there it was!

It's nice that it's possible here to leave a bike (with only a single lock) for a week in the big shopping street.

Topic
bicycling
By Guus , 22 September 2003

Amerika.nl

For a long time I've been interested in American politics. Especially now the elections are approaching (about a year to go), I enjoy reading about the candidates and the campagnes.

A great Dutch website I recently found is Amerika.nl. It's a website that accompanies Dakota, a magazine. The site is an initiative of Frans Verhagen, who's online diary is probably the part I like the best -- sharp observations and strong opinions. Not that I always agree with his view, but it's a pleasure to read: "Essentially Sharon told Bush: Fuck you. And Bush said: thank you, Ariel."

Topic
politicsnews
By Guus , 21 September 2003

Middenmeer

I'm in Middenmeer again. It's a relaxing weekend. We've played some Steden & Ridders, I've been reading a lot and yesterday we went to Leeuwarden to have dinner with Ettie.

Topic
dailylife