Today is marks the 30th anniversary of the day I moved to America. I was almost 2 years old and my brother Dave was 6 months old in 1978 when my parents decided to move to the San Francisco Bay Area from Holland. This occasion is an especially...
Topics: america, family, immigration, life, papa

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Down on one of the backstreets among the broken down factories near the waterfront behind our house, hundreds of people gather on a nice day to race their tricked out four-wheelers. It is a crazy sight, to be sure. Nary a helmet in sight and outa control.
Topics: city life, drag racing, fishtown, fun, philly, sports

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My sister Anneke and her cool beau Bryan took me to my first ever Flyers game last night. Bryan is no slouch when it comes to sports knowledge and was gracious enough to explain what the hell was going on. Not that I don’t get it, but damn, hockey..
Topics: anneke, city life, family, firsts, hockey, sports

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I just picked up a couple of these shirts from MoveOn.org who are giving them away if you donate towards their campaign to sign up 500,000 young voters in swing states. While you’re there, be sure to check out their pretty righteous...
Topics: art, moveon, obama, politics

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I just blogged this on my music blog, but I wanted to share it here, too. What fascinating about this to me is how brilliant these guys are together. How they’re just kids. How none of this matters because they’re just doing what they...
Topics: music, nirvana, nostalgia, video

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