No, I'm not referring to the flooding in the UK. I feel very sorry for all those who are stick at their house or who have lost their home and cherrished belongings.
No, this is something to make you smile or get the chills.
Representing a country when sporting can lead to complicated situations.
Because countries have all sorts of rules and regulations it's almost impossible to know for sporters.
They have to rely on the information they get from others and sometimes the information is not good.
Studying the law can be from two point of view: what is allowed and what's not allowed.
Both areas should meet seamless, covering all situations.
But at times things go terribly wrong.
A few sporters wanted to represent Kazachstan at the Olympic Games.
They got information, were told it was possible to have two nationalities and passports, someone even called the ministery of foreign affairs and was told it was possible, they were not stopped, and they thought all was well.
Until they wanted to participate in the national championships of their country of birth.
They were not allowed to subscribe, because they didn't skate the selection contests in this country and someone thought they might not be considered to be a citizen of The Netherlands anymore.
They were reported to their councils and now they're facing to be thrown out of the country because it's said they're here illegally.
One of them is a young father!
After all discussions about people with two nationalities I can understand these sporters thought they were able to keep their Dutch nationality.
But bureaucracy is so important int his country nowadays that individual people just don´t count.
It´s about rules, countrol, and certainly not about trusting the good intentions of people.
Yes, the weather can be influenced by humans.
Before the Olympic Games at Beijing scientists were able to prevent rain at the main events by injecting chemicals in clouds and have them rain before the event and/or at another place.
This time they were motivated by the lack of rain in Peking.
At a temperature of minus 2 it snowed half a day.
All I want to ask is to lower the temperature here... a lot!
It's raining a lot at the moment and it would make a marvelous pile of snow for children to play in.
Come on... it's almost peanuts, it seems.
This week the news and internet were full of the story of a balloon taking off with presumably a child in it.
Turned out the kid had been hiding in the shed all the time.
My intuition told me there was more to it.
How could the balloon get in the air?
Why would the child hide itself?
When watching an interview with the child and parents he said something that triggered my attention and made me think it had all been a set up to get attention for the balloon.
I was right.
The father will be brought to court, it's said.
The charges are not known yet.
Once in a while I stumble upon a website that should get far more attention than it does.
The site from Knowitall.org is one of them.
It's ETV's educational Web portal, and is filled with all sorts of interactive items for K-12 students, teachers and parents. In fact, many of them are websites that can be used as a whole to cover a subject.
The diversity of the subjects is large, so there's something for everybody.
There's a good mix of fun and educational content. For example the song: Wash hands, and the manual for writing a Haiku.
Have a look yourself.
I'm in the middle of changing the template.
Almost ready with the changes.
How do you like it?
I want some flowers at christmas.
When do I need to plant the bulbs?
Or am I too late already.
Want to get in the mood of the december month?
Go to Paper Cakes Finds and take part in the give-away for scrappers.
It's a december daily album kit from Shabby Chic Crafts, which will bring you a lot of fun during the whole month.
When you enter don't forget to wish them a happy thanksgiving weekend, because in Canada thanksgiving is celebrated now.
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