economy

The 4th quarter of 2009 was extraordinary in terms of economic growth. More that 5% on a year basis. Will the US citizens feel the better conditions? I'm interested because some time ago I said that the situation for the ordinary man in the street won't get better as the economy show signs of recovery.

Is the economic growth a sign of recovery? The State has built up enormous debts while the supposedly -to big to fail- banks return to "normal" with bonuses for people who don't do their work very well.
I can point to Fidelity, BlackRock and others. The crisis, it ain't over yet. At least we haven't learned really from it.

Amsterdam

As weather is the talk of the Dutch, this is a video of cold Amsterdam.

Do

Weekend, groceries. Much to do... and I'm so happy with my new internet setup. So much to see and to learn. Much to do.

work

Some specific persons irritate me at work. They are not real, they play a role and irritate me because they interfere with my work. When such a person asks me a question about something concerning my work, I can react a bit annoyed.
It's time that my colleague and I go to another department. Tomorrow I might be informed with more details.
Tomorrow I can expect a report to the works council. It's about a reorganization which is past and about the coming reorg. of the 2 of us. As I am member my boss thinks I should know it first to answer questions about the report.

Of course my boss's goal is make me defending her resolution's. I cannot see how the counsil will allow her and the director to make a statement afterwards about the reorg. This is denial of the counsil and that counsil has to make steps to avoid minimizing it's role. Will be continued.

Freedom

Today Geert Wilders faced court. It's a process about freedom of speech. Mr. Wilders is a Member of Parliament. It might be a political process. In my opinion he ought to say whatever he wants to support his opinion. That includes making statements that might be offensive to others.

Naming and blaming doesn't hurt as long it isn't physical. If it goes on and on and on, hopefully there is a majority in the community who can stop it.

change

The last weeks I didn't feel very comfortable. I am a bit worried about what's going to happen. In December I visited the dentist for an ordinary check. Everything was OK but an appointment was made with a orthodontist. As a consequence of that appointment I now have to make a digital scan of my head. After that the Orthodontist will discuss the options.

I didn't feel very comfortable. So I decided to buy me a laptop. After 6 years it's time to chance things. I hope this gives me more opportunities than with my old PC. I didn't even have DVD/rom on it anymore. Several years ago it stopped.

I also face a change at work. Management thinks that my colleague and I should integrate in the finance-department. It's time for it. Not really different work, but in a more professional setting.

carcheology

I heard about the combonym carcheology; digging out your car after a snowstorm. Thanks to Caren Lissner.
No problem for me having no car. But up north, I come from, loads of snow has been fallen the last days. It's icy now, temperatures of -15 C tonight. We are hoping for the Elfstedentocht. The last one was in 1997.