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Archives for April 2005

Happy Birthday


Posted in: Princess

Very excitingly, the handsome Prince sent greetings from the Netherlands. He said, and I quote “Happy Birthday to the Princess Van Haar dappere Nederlandse Prins.”These Hiberno-Dutch princes are great linguists.  And emails from a number of other souls who are excellent at remembering the birthdays of friencs’ offspring.
Alarmingly virtuous.

Matters reached a crescendo today with the presence of 6 children and 9
adults all high as kites from excess sugar intake. Thank God it’s
a full year until next birthday.

Comments
Friar Tuckon 17 April 2005 at 17:54

Surely not a whole year! What about your birthday? Surely Mr. W showers you with an equal amount of attention.

poggleon 18 April 2005 at 10:32

Sugar? All I need is sugar?
Now you tell me.
Felicitations to poor mite/genius.

belgianwaffleon 18 April 2005 at 19:56

Thanks for your kind wishes. Yes, pog, I know, after reading your recent post I can’t help thinking of all the money you could have saved.

Sympathy


Posted in: Siblings

Email from my feckless brother:”Checked in to the Blog for the first time in a while today…….it seems you were unhappy with the level of sympathy your rash was getting with the
family and turned to your blog readership for some more.

Good to see the Blog still survives notwithstanding the pressures of parenthood, ‘serious’ illness and gainful employment. Strange to see you out past your bedtime when I called last night…..hope you had a good night”

Comments
jackdaltonon 17 April 2005 at 12:43

I think that’s a very commendable and brotherly sort of email. Telling it straight and yet no eviseration or excoration involved.
In fact, I’d be proud if I’d written something like that to my feckless and self-indulgent sibling….

belgianwaffleon 17 April 2005 at 13:58

Heather, that is the correct response. Jack, go to the back of the class.

poggleon 18 April 2005 at 10:33

The cheeky b…. – erm – brother.

belgianwaffleon 18 April 2005 at 19:56

No, no pog, right the first time.

Solvency


Posted in: Reading etc.

I got my credit card bill today and it is 10.53 in credit.

Comments
poggleon 19 April 2005 at 10:42

I don’t understand. Wha’?

belgianwaffleon 20 April 2005 at 12:25

Baffling, isn’t it? I have taken steps to remedy matters.

Stalking


Posted in: Siblings

“Dear Siblings,

Look an email from Peter Devlin. Even though they play in obscure places and are not prolific on the album front, it is good to be a Devlin’s fan!!!

Should really be in bed but far too excited too sleep now!!!

Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:22:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: thank you……

i wanted to write and thank you for your very kind words in the note we received in vancouver . colin and i read it on the journey back to seattle and it put a smile on our faces at the end of a very long and tiring tour. it means so much to get feedback from people who really appreciate what we are doing. thank you.and we must say thank you for making the effort to travel from chicago – we would love to go back there and play , possibly in sept / oct when we hope to return to n.america with the full band for a tour. maybe we’ll get to see you then. in the meantime, take care of yourself and thank you once again.
sincerely,
peter devlin.”

Not much on capitalisation the Devlins but yes,
very good to their fans. On the strength of their caring
attitude to my sister and a quick listen to their stuff from this site, I have purchased the album “Waves” from Messrs. Amazon and have been instructed by my sister to encourage you to do likewise.

Comments
Locotes

on 19 April 2005 at 02:16

Can’t say they do it for me – but very decent of them to write back. Your sister isn’t Lorraine Keane from TV3 by any chance? Because apparently she pretty much stalked a Devlin until he went out with her. And now they’re married. If she’s not, maybe it’s an idea for her to work on?

poggle

on 19 April 2005 at 10:44

Blimey. Mind you, if it was a handwritten note I’d be really impressed ….

belgianwaffle

on 20 April 2005 at 12:25

Good man, Jack. Locotes, must pass this news on to my sister. Think based on form she must have a good chance with the other brother. Does this mean Lorraine Keane would be related to me, though? Ah, pog, you’re no fun.

poggle

on 20 April 2005 at 12:46

Me? How can you say that? Hmmm?
(Pretty boys, them Devlins ….)

belgianwaffle

on 20 April 2005 at 12:57

I’d say it’s just the photos, pog.

poggle

on 20 April 2005 at 12:59

Is it? Damn.
on 20 April 2005 at 14:54

Hmm…the future relation to LK could be a problem alright, though at least being in Belgian-hiding you wouldn’t see her often. She’s Ireland’s most fashionable woman though (allegedly) – so that’s bound to be handy…

jackdalton

on 20 April 2005 at 18:58

Whatever chance ‘waf2 has of landing a Devlin is likely to be seriously undermined if one of them ever comes across this discussion. None are bloggers by any chance are they?
Anyway, he’s probably just after her money… 😐

jackdalton

on 20 April 2005 at 19:01

Or worse: her innocence…..

belgianwaffle

on 21 April 2005 at 20:05

Loc, this is no comfort. Jack, I only wish I could work up to that kind of fame. And what innocence?

Geography


Posted in: Mr. Waffle

Yesterday morning on the way to the creche we were singing Guantanamera in the car (really, we’re the Von Trapps).  Well I was mostly humming and Mr. Waffle who had the advantage of spending a number of his formative years in Latin America was singing. I asked what the words meant and he said “Peasant lass from Guantanamo, trust me, I am a sincere man from where the palm trees grow and I like your orange jump suit”.

Comments
KateEvans

on 22 April 2005 at 23:05

And I believed him, too…Congratulations, by the way!

belgianwaffle

on 23 April 2005 at 14:13

Yeah, me too, I’m very gullible. And thank you for your sweetie and congrats!

Religion in Britain


Posted in: Reading etc.

I am fascinated by the way people in the UK are so interested in Tony Blair’s religion.  They get very excited about it. They say, in deeply disapproving tones “he’s going to convert to Catholicism, you know, he’s always going to church with Cherie; she’s a catholic”.  I mean really, who cares?   If Tony Blair had grown up a catholic, the liberal middle classes would no more voice objections than they would fly in the air.  It seems to be that the idea of him converting allows them
to express all their suppressed nervousness about catholics.  Personally, I blame the Da Vinci code.

Comments
poggle

on 20 April 2005 at 13:07

I don’t think it’s the catholicism so much. It’s the terrifying thought of having a PM who is so religious that he would convert to anything …. if you see what I mean.
(I see you, too, have been hit by the boring little tosser ‘OWNED’. A bit of ‘divert’ HTML in comments. And it thinks it’s a world-class hacker. Sad.)

belgianwaffle

on 20 April 2005 at 13:13

Pog, am kind of excited to have been hit by a hacker, means I have arrived right? And the nice 20six people will fix it, right? Right? Thanks for the insight on the Tony Blair thing, that does make sense actually..

poggle

on 20 April 2005 at 13:53

They do seem to have fixed it, bless ’em – but not before I deleted yesterday’s entry in an effort to get rid of the little scrote. Still, at least it wasn’t an essay ….

lauren35

on 20 April 2005 at 17:58

The Da Vinci Code can be blamed for most things actually. I bet the nasty hacker has read it.

NorahSplog

on 20 April 2005 at 19:02

The catholicism doesn’t bother me. The religion does a tad. As an athiest, the idea that the chap running the country believes that a big guy in the sky is watching over us is a little unnerving. Does he pray for guidance? To someone I don’t believe exists?

belgianwaffle

on 21 April 2005 at 20:04

Pog, 20six, yay. Lauren, you are entirely right. Um, Norah, probably yes, I would say, he seems very earnest.

Friar Tuck

on 26 April 2005 at 02:29

I read an interesting comment the other day which, in my meager experience, seems to be true. In the United States, it is impossible to get elected without making some kind of public show of your religiosity. In Europe, doing so is the political kiss of death.
One exception was President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro of Italy. It was claimed that he was so holy that he appeared to the Virgin Mary.

belgianwaffle

on 27 April 2005 at 20:44

Yup, think you’re right FT. I’ve been forced to read George Weigel by a VERY catholic friend, whatcha think of him?

Friar Tuck

on 29 April 2005 at 02:05

I have only read a few articles by G.W. The problem is, he is right just often enough to make him credible even when he is wrong. For instance, in one of his recent books, he blames the whole sexual abuse thing on post-Vatican II formation programs, completely ignoring the fact that most of the offenders received most of their formation before Vatican II.

belgianwaffle

on 01 May 2005 at 14:30

I dunno, I think he’s a bit patronising..