Philadelphia

In Belgium, we have a cheese brand named Philadelphia. In their commercials, to emphasize the heavenly taste, they always show angels, eating Philadelphia in heaven. But the name always makes me think of the Tom Hanks movie Philadelphia. So to me, their angel commercials don't evoke heavenly cheese, but AIDS casualties...

O.K.

Why do so little people wonder about the origin of the term 'okay'? It's weird because we use it so many times a day, and people around the whole world use it, in many different languages. Yet, nobody asks himself where it comes from. Neither did I, until last night, when I was lying in my bed and thinking of K.O. and T.K.O. (Knock Out and Technical Knock Out). Suddenly I realized that I never heard an explanation of where the word O.K. came from. I was too lazy to get up and look it up, but it was the first thing I did in the morning. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it, okay? Many different theories, which one makes most sense to you?

Coming up next time...

3 posts : one about superheroes, one about the marvels of NASA TV and one with some thoughts about martial arts

Back in full force

That's right. I know it's a very long time ago since my last post, and I apologize for that. I know it's not the way to keep people reading my blog. But I will try to explain me being idle for so long. First of all, I have to point out that all the posts up to this one were made in the exam period, last june. And when it's study time, I always like to find excuses for not having to study, in this case, posting messages to my blog. So when my exams were finished, I did't need the excuse anymore so the urge to post every couple of days diminished quickly. Secondly, I was on holiday for several weeks during summer. So I even didn't have time to post, even if I would have wanted to. The good thing about these vacations however, is that I can post a lot of stuff about them, especially about the last trip, which was to the USA.
In spite of me being rather busy these days - I study dentistry right now, and there's a LOT of obligatory practical classes - I will try to get my posting rhythm back as it was. Anyway, thank you for still passing by and see you very soon!

Grumpy Old Man

Some of my friends warned me already. "You will see. You're going to use this blog mostly as a forum to whine about the many things that annoy you." Well, it is true that I can get annoyed with something/someone very easily, but (I think) I always stay polite and open for changing my mind. I do like to complain about stuff to my friends and family, but most of the time I don't mean it at all. And I also like to exaggerate. Always, and in everything.
Anyway, I can feel that I'm about to write a little something on an annoyance of mine very soon, so I guess it's better to prepare ourselves: in order to recognize all the grumpy posts in the future (that doesn't mean there will be many), I will add a little picture of Grumpy everytime, so you guys can skip them if you're not interested in me whining (can't blame you).

I want a Blog, and another one!

- But no one's going to read it!
- Yeah I know.
- And your English sucks!
- Yeah I know. But I still want one.

That's kind of the main reason I am starting this Blog, so no big deal. Don't expect useful content or quality time while hanging around here.