tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:43:03 +0000LeosLifeLog is a simple diary. Here I capture what happens to me, share thoughts and sometimes drawings I've made.http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/leoslifelog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)Blogger1619125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-8777075048728476872Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:34:00 +00002010-03-02T22:43:04.119+01:00When I came home tonight, I couldn't help but overhear a serious fight between the couple that lives on our floor. Oh - the other ones! Not the noisy bastards.And if I spoke French I could tell you what this was about. Now I can only hypothesise that he cheated on her with something young that is in possession of a protruding chest...http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/03/earshot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-5929581633235819281Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:27:00 +00002010-03-02T22:32:03.839+01:00While Lamia is out on adventures I am free to do as I please. So I went to shoot some Pool with Stefaan tonight and made it to a 5:3 victory after being 3 games behind.I still got it...http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/03/poolshot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-4426683927720990795Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:21:00 +00002010-03-02T22:26:43.541+01:00http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/03/mugshot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-6411242135697864529Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:58:00 +00002010-03-01T23:07:17.210+01:00When I came home I found two surprise letters in the mailbox:my tax refund from last yeara refund from Telenet, though I am not clear which one of the negotiated discounts this actually addressesTwo handsome sums.Today's a good day.http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/03/payday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-8115013806743421033Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:25:00 +00002010-02-28T17:27:03.664+01:00Leo: We really did not sleep much tonight...Lamia: I think that's an understatement!(10 am conversation)It all began shortly after midnight this morning.Alice was still there and while we played the Wii we could hear voices and commotion from our next door neighbours. Well - not that unusual for a Saturday night, to be honest, and we did not think to much about it until Alice had left and we werehttp://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/longest-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-598363445109044647Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:55:00 +00002010-02-28T14:00:25.116+01:00Weirdos!http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/someone-transports-insufficiently.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-5370138976758681775Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:15:00 +00002010-02-28T13:54:22.114+01:00After Carrefour has announced a job reduction of nearly 1700 and shutting down 21 of their Carrefour and GB markets in Belgium, the unions called today for a general strike.The photo above shows the GB in Brussel's shopping mall City 2.Quite frankly, I am not surprised that Carrefour is struggling.While general service quality in Belgium is very poor - a fact that you would think makes it http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/carrefour-and-gb-on-strike.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-6427148791267826533Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:08:00 +00002010-02-27T11:32:11.092+01:00After a reproachful...Wii: Your last session was 130 days ago...... I once more ran the Wii body test program.While I have not used the Wii Fit in this period of time, up to Christmas I had been three times a week to the company gym, had done regular heavy lifting throughout our move in January and am back to my usual gym program since last week. And this seems to do something:The Wii says I losthttp://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/wii-says-i-lost-half-stone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-8394951401277518846Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:25:00 +00002010-02-25T23:25:14.519+01:00While other companies send their staff to funky resorts, my section went tonight for some dinner, bowling and shooting pool.Well that's the difference.But I don't want to complain. The evening was very nice, food was good, we had lots of laughs and though I sucked in bowling, I made up for it when we played Pool.I'm actually delighted to finally have found a nearby place where I can go and play http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/throwing-bowls-and-shooting-pool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-8728240966655757694Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:20:00 +00002010-02-22T23:23:46.806+01:00Cesary shared a movie today which asks the question:"What if there were no stop signs and a major corporation was charged with inventing one?"Hilarious and (disturbingly) very, very true...http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/what-if-there-were-no-stop-signs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-7174680882261065219Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:20:00 +00002010-02-21T20:26:39.491+01:00The other bit that is great about the new desk is my 22" display which I connected to the wall.Gee! - I had to drill some big holes and the plastering around one of them was popping off in a big piece. In the end the installation went fine, however, and the elegance of a screen which is directly connected to the wall is quite stunning.http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/screen-on-wall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-8431277775815928648Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:03:00 +00002010-02-21T20:18:33.051+01:00After yet another trip to IKEA yesterday, we were ready to tackle the storage room on the first floor and the study. While we got my desk already last week, there was still the need for some more shelf space in both the study and the storage. Naturally, there was only one shelf design that could meet our standards (read more about it here).Now I was able to get stuff out of the boxes into the http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/this-will-become-great-place-to-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-1553057754464278861Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:41:00 +00002010-02-21T20:03:10.248+01:00Yesterday night my parents went to see André Rieu, redeeming last year's Christmas present for my mom. As you can tell from the photo, I got them bona fide seats, only 500 m as the crow flies from where the action is - if you can call this action, mind you, considering the average age of the population at the venue.Die Schleyerhalle, nun ja, für viel Kosten brauchstDu halt viele Zuschauer aber http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/christmas-present-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-4952586952335414427Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:04:00 +00002010-02-21T17:05:40.904+01:00... how steep this is.http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/just-to-help-you-visualize.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-8933198995456333984Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:56:00 +00002010-02-21T17:03:29.044+01:00... which might be just due to my recent cat experiences.http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/this-one-made-me-laugh-out-loud.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-3892789799307821563Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:03:00 +00002010-02-21T17:06:57.233+01:00Forgot to mention this a little while ago when I watched the iPad keynote and promotional video: in the promo video they play a instrumental cover version of The Cure's Inbetween Days (as of 1:17 min).I am not the only one who noticed, of course, and picked up chatter on the web that this is a version of Ben Folds (though I could only find non-instrumental versions of his).So... who at Apple http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/inbetween-ipad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-3642238756544823603Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:25:00 +00002010-02-18T08:26:03.174+01:00It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works! It works!http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/it-works.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-7539248371264620479Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:08:00 +00002010-02-18T08:19:41.438+01:00I didn't get a text message by when the Telenet technician will arrive this morning, but I received an automatic call yesterday night, confirming he will be here at 8 am.And hands down: the guy was ringing the bell at 8 am sharp!Again a very friendly person.He looked at the modem, said the check would take him 45 minutes.After hearing from me that most likely the cables in the cellar are not http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/telenet-is-in-tha-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-8569584520262014877Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:12:00 +00002010-02-16T21:35:10.760+01:00Now guess what:this evening I got a call from Telenet and the guy on the phone said that after the installation from last week and the activation of the line on Monday - which they now apparently realized has happened - the modem still does not work.Agent: Is the modem plugged in?Are you fricking kidding me?! - of course there is power on the modem, sucker!I hence told him about the assumption http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/telenet-follow-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-5181029889297214205Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:26:00 +00002010-02-15T21:00:22.037+01:00Remember?Last Thursday the Telenet technician said the Internet/phone/TV combination would work on Monday "the very latest".Well?Today's Monday. And guess what: it's not working. Now, that's a surprise, isn't it?I was in a meeting this morning when Gunther, one of our landlords, called.Gunther: There is someone from Telenetwho wants to make an installation, butnobody's home...Of course nobody's http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/telenet-meeting-expectations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-4123201205861843834Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:23:00 +00002010-02-15T19:26:03.262+01:00For the simple task of getting up early, hunting down some flowers and drag their dead bodies home to present them to the other side of the bed, I got a chocolate cake.That's a pretty good deal in my book.I think the cake had the shape of something, but my first bite mutilated it so much I am not sure what it was...http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/happy-valentine-everyone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-4857864708339492999Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:14:00 +00002010-02-15T19:21:54.843+01:00The wardrobe situation with the limited hanging space had soon become a serious issue at our new place, so Lamia and I decided to go and buy a new, big wardrobe for adults. As already pointed out yesterday, getting a quite sizable wardrobe plus a new desk into my car presents a challenge.The heaviest box was around 50 kg and apart from fitting this into a car, there also has to be some poor http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/work-in-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-5160239551693493531Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:58:00 +00002010-02-14T14:59:57.982+01:00Since I ate spring rolls with quite a hot sauce during the Chinese New Year's dinner on Friday, I have lots of entertainment on the throne.You know, I quite frankly never truly understood the problem when Michael Mittermaier described on Zapped how he suffered from eating a super hot Chilli in New York and after having dealt with the effects of eating it desperately realized:Irgendwie muss das http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/spring-roll-digestion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-5052771839320644482Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:25:00 +00002010-02-14T12:29:46.127+01:00http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/new-wardrobe-for-more-hanging-space.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13029954.post-4814585071319785590Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:17:00 +00002010-02-14T12:25:05.300+01:00... which is a big improvement versus the original state.Internet, phone and TV are still not working.But this is not really a surprise to anyone, is it?http://www.kritzelecke.de/blog/2010/02/all-our-doors-are-now-nicely-painted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Leo)1