Stonehenge, the naturist symbol, and the Druid Awen sign

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Guten Tag, Gutenberg

I've tried this new editor a few times. It has advantages. It also has serious issues for me. I'm once more trying it in this post, since 'lots of changes have been made', so I heard. Do you use Wordpress? Do you use (and like) Gutenberg? How easy was the switch for you? Right. I see one of my main issues with Gutenberg is still there. It's a mystery to me how to add an…

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What do you think about naturism? And what do you know about it?

Naturism. The internet is loaded with it... ...but it's not naturism. According to the internet at large, naturism is sex, porn, bad stuff, naked people doing 'the unmentionable' (whatever that is, because there are plenty of words - check any dictionary). The internet is quite clever, but the people filling it often aren't using the right words for what they're spreading. Unfortunately, using the 'wrong' words is the best way to attract lots of visitors.

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The health and beauty industry thinks you're all ugly.

Yes. All of you. Ugly. Unworthy. The health and beauty industry is probably amazed that you have the nerve to show yourselves in broad daylight. The health and beauty industry keeps telling you to shape up a little, invest a bit more in your looks, because you have to be young forever. Right? You have to! And do you know how many people believe that? How many people chase those impossible goals? Too many. Even…

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Mijn jaarlijkse donatie. My yearly donation.

(English text further down.) Elk jaar tegen het eind van het jaar kies ik een goed doel en daar geef ik een mooi bedrag aan. Drie keer raden welk het dit jaar was. (Als je meer dan 1 keer nodig hebt moet je echt eens beter opletten.) Ik doe dit in plaats van kerstkaarten. Die zijn goedbedoeld maar komen uiteindelijk in dozen en bij het oud papier terecht. Zonde van het papier, de inkt en…

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Living forever. How quaint. But what are the consequences?

Living forever. The Pros and Cons. More and more I hear and read things about how scientists are getting closer to the genes that need to be changed to make people live longer. At this moment there are people who live to over 100 years, but that's clearly not enough. I wonder how many people want to live forever. Of course having the body and mind of a 30-or-so-year old. Cool, right? Of course this…

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Yellow glasses for driving at night.

Yellow glasses for driving at night. Yes. I got them. Yellow glasses for night driving. And they seem to work, which surprises me as I'm colour blind. I also have very light-sensitive eyes. I drove with sunglasses a few early mornings and that helped a lot but they do make things quite dark. How many people that read this use these yellow glasses as well? And do you think they're a great idea? No. These…

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So... I'm officially on the band wagon.

Actually not this kind. I mean the Xiaomi Mi Fit Band. Wagon. Sort of. Well, you get the drift. An amazing friend of mine has such a thing. It's like a nice price Fitbit and it comes with an app. It measures all kinds of stuff like your heart beat (important; if that stops you should have a physician check you out), the number of steps you take each day (fitness related, health related and…

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Phones, phones, phones

Phones. I'm intrigued by all the new phones that swamp the world. Nearly every day there's a new phone coming out, or so it seems. This is a world of communication. Being connected has become part of our life. Some people take it to extremes by being connected 24 hours every day. Modern smartphones, whether you're into Apple, Android, Windows, Tizen, the unfortunately (officially) deceased Ubuntu phone or any other platform, give you that option.

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Purple doesn't exist.

Purple is a figment of people's imagination. Really. Believe me. I know this. And why do I know this? I have never seen it. That is why I don't believe in purple. It's amazing how many people are convinced that it does though. Even when I ask Google to show me 'purple' it comes up with something: This can't be purple. I see 3 entirely different things but none of them is purple (apart from…

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A new phone.

I got a new phone last week. An Asus Zenphone 3. Yes, I stepped off the Samsung train for a change. Samsung has really nice phones but they also have really nice price tags. I had my eye on the Zenphone for a while already. Read about it somewhere, liked the specifications and the way it was shown by Asus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW9JIOZ-IXM I also read lots of reviews. Many of them told me it's a great…

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