"The Great One"

As I'm watching the Olympic hockey final (Canada vs USA) as we speak, I need to mention "the great one", Wayne Gretzky: he is widely considered the greatest hockey player of all-time. At the time of his retirement at the end of the 1998-99 NHL season he was the NHL's all-time scoring leader in Goals, Assists & Points in both the regular season & Stanley Cup Playoffs. He led the NHL in scoring a record 10 times, was Captain of 4 Stanley Cup Championship teams, and was named the league's MVP a record 9 times. He is the only NHL player ever to score 200 Points in a season, and did so 4 times in the span of 5 years. A great ambassador of pro sports, he was also named the NHL's Most Gentlemanly Player 4 times and received the Order of Canada (their highest civilian honor) in 1998. Upon his retirement in 1999, his trademark jersey No. 99 was retired by the NHL.

Cape Town Countdown

Tomorrow I will be leaving holland for Cape Town. There are worst places to go to.
Prepared myself and looking forward to some poloshirt and t-shirt weather...

Traumatic

Vancouver, Olympics 2010. Sven Kramer.


England, European Cup 1996. Clarence Seedorf.


Oslo, World Cup 1981. Hilbert van der Duim.


Germany, World Cup Final 1974.

Lost my Virginity

Yesterday I lost my running virginity. After some stretching I started with 1 minute of running and 3 minutes of walking. I did this 5 times. I feel the legs today but the first time always hurt a little bit, they say. Now I like to do it again, and again and again...

King's Head

Most dart cabinets got a King's Head Pub and lodging logo. King's Head refers to King Henry the 8th. I learned this yesterday in the pub from my English friend Joe. Despite 7,5 hours of drinking beer, the following morning I remembered the story:

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) and claimant to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII.
He married six wifes (Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Paar) and 2 of them (Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard) got their head chopped off, charged for adultery.

Kennedy Green House

After a flood, the beautiful, historic home of Mary Richardson and Robert E Kennedy, Jr was ravaged by black mould. Concerned about the effects of their home on their family's health and the environment, the Kennedy's partnered with Robin Wilson Home to turn their 'sick home' into an eco-healthy home - one that promotes the health of the family and the Kennedy's' commitment to the preservation of our planet.

Interesting? Hell no. But since GANT Home is shooting their catalogue pictures Fall 2010 in this house, it's worthwhile mentioning.

Mijn Johan Cruijff

Today I was complainig not getting a book for my birthday, to make the trip to South Africa more comfortable. The wife got me this book. Good wife.