Just amazed at the audacity of some anti-abortion or anti-choice groups in the United States, who bought a 30-second time slot to advertise how wrong women are to have an abortion, especially if advised to do so for health reasons.

Aparently a woman gave birth to a good athlete after she ignored advice to have a 5th child when she fell ill during her pregancy. The message is that you too could carry the next big thing in some minor sports, who won't be changing the world for better or worse: he just plays sports.

Last night I was drinking the japanese beer "iKi" at the bar in the top floor of the biggest japanese hotel in Amsterdam.  Wearing a black shirt and tie, underneath a black pinstripe waistcoat and suit, I was sipping my beer and looking out over the city at night.  I had a dutch girl to the left of me and a japanese girl to the right.  Very James Bond.

One minute I'm strolling along through the winter wonderland we call Europe, the next moment i've slipped on the ice and landed on the floor.  My left knee hit the pavement first, with a sickeningly loud crunch at the point of impact.  The initial pain was as if my knee had been struck with the hammer of Thor himself.  My scream was wordless, yet manly.  Like if Leonidas of Sparta had suffered the same fate.

I'm not stupid. I think most people online are not stupid. But there always seem to be people who think they can assume a fake identity for whatever reason and have people believe them. What could the reasons be to become someone else online, to fabricate a backstory and try and roleplay your way through internet communities? Even though I think that people do have the freedom and right to be who they want to be online, I am going to explore the limits of this kind of deception a bit.