By Guus , 28 July 2017

Getting used to Opa & Oma

It often taken Leo a little while to get used to new people around him, but he's getting very comfortable with Opa and Oma.

Here you see Leo chasing Opa, after Opa was chasing Leo.

Adrian is quicker to adjust to new crowds and he loves hanging out with his grandparents. "Oma! Lezen!"

Topic
dailylife
By Guus , 15 July 2017

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class

Similar to the People's History of the United States -- but not as interesting. White Trash just wasn't written very well and could have been half it's size.

In particular all the detailed descriptions of films and novels do not add to the book. They seem to be fairly randomly selected.

By Guus , 14 July 2017

Hot night

It was very hot yesterday, and still warm when I ran around 8.45 pm.

By Guus , 11 July 2017

Run after my foot hurted

I skipped my run for a few days. Sunday afternoon my right heel started to hurt, out of the blue. It was difficult to walk but started to subside last night. Good run tonight. Foot feels fine.

By Guus , 4 July 2017

Fourth of July

The parade in Lyon Village is always a nice event. Last year the guys were still in their stroller, and on the pictures you can see that they weren't even wearing outdoor shoes yet.

This year I took them on the bakfiets which was a lot of fun.

Topic
dailylife
By Guus , 1 July 2017

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

This was ultimately a disappointing book. The first chapters were interesting enough, and it good to see the timeline of human development, but after the initial good start there was very little new information in the book.

It rehashes stories and anecdotes from Guns Germs and Steel, 1491 and similar books, without adding much original content.

I had hoped that this would be a nice introduction to Homo Deus, Yuval Harari's new book, but now I'm not so sure that I want to read that.