“Dictators ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.” – Winston Churchill #WashingtonDC

Don’t you know where I’ve been? I have climbed every mountain Don’t you know what I’ve seen? The Earth, the sky and the Moon Above, and inbetween, I’ll shine like I should’ve In a way, without hate, I wouldn’t be what I am In a way, without hate, I wouldn’t be what I am Don’t […]

Voor we hem vergeten… Hij is dood.

Take it easy Walk with a light step, baby Catch a breezy Live amongst the life forms in your day Marinate a good piece of beef Understand the mind of a leaf Swim around til the fish float out of the socket In your skull Dive deeper Corner all the fungus in your brain Take […]

Gynandromorfe aspiraties Mensen van kleur Schedelmeters, nazi’s Pepernotengeur Koninklijke huisbaas Huren tyfusduur Grachtengordelnichten Kneiterlinks bestuur Hoofddoekje, keppel Tulband, Bosche bol Hoertjes uit Meppel Coke in je hol -Andre #gedichtendag

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the […]

Omdat het mooi is; die klassieke interpretatie van een elektronisch minimalistisch meesterwerkje van Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) in combinatie met een ‘home video’. Een mooi tijdsbeeld. Maar wanneer? Wie zijn zij? Wat was de gelegenheid? En waar? (L.A.?) Mooi comment onder de video op de joetjoebs: “Guys in suits represent the rat race, responsibility. […]

To me there is nothing more important in a democracy than free speech and debate. We should debate everything, we should talk about everything, we should engage ideas we aren’t comfortable with, and we should let the best ideas win, that’s how a healthy society based on rational ideas and a secular government should work, […]

Lief dagboek, Vanmorgen heb ik de vier ‘glijpootjes’ van m’n muis schoongemaakt. Er zat meuk aan vastgekoekt. Nu glijdt de muis weer als een curlingsteen over mijn muismat. Schitterend! Fijne dag nog! -Andre

Korte verhaaltjes voor het slapen gaan: I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me. “Daddy. Check for monsters under my bed.” I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering. “Daddy, there’s somebody on my bed.” Lees meer…

“The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.” – Susan Sontag

“I have a friend — or had a friend, now dead — Abdus Salam, a very devout Muslim, who was trying to bring science into the universities in the Gulf states and he told me that he had a terrible time because, although they were very receptive to technology, they felt that science would be […]

‘The only way we can challenge Islamism is to engage with one another. We need to make it as abhorrent as racism has become today. Only then will we stem the tide of angry young Muslims who turn to hate.’ – Maajid Nawaz

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