tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56147782024-03-19T09:48:00.033+01:00My Two CentsAn Amsterdam guy shares his vision and opinion. <br>
You don't have to agree!
My regular (Dutch) weblog can be found <a href="http://terrebel.blogspot.com">here</a> My books at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=weijnschenk&ref=nb_sb_noss_2">Amazon</a>Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.comBlogger1293125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-40808730732117006072024-03-16T17:27:00.003+01:002024-03-16T17:27:42.513+01:00The Same (a #poem)It's when you dancethat you movewithout going somewhereWhy should you want to movewhen you're okaybeing where you are?If we want to move,can we blame othersfor wanting the same?======================Want to read (more of) my short stories?
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Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-89797791359286722482024-03-14T17:38:00.067+01:002024-03-14T17:38:00.129+01:00Thank God for the Allies! Right?You have seen the pictures of starving children. Bombed, driven from their homes and starved to death by an evil group of people whose sole goals was to exterminate a large group of people for the 'crime' of 'being different':The Allies - succesfully - fought this inhuman genocide and helped these people to find a new home. By shipping the survivors to a dessert in the Middle East. And vowed 'Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-78790665041597720712024-03-09T18:16:00.002+01:002024-03-09T18:22:10.673+01:00Down he Went (a #CirclePoem)Down he went Into the DarkTo save her From damnationDid someone justlight a match?He couldn't seebut smelled the sulfurIf this was HellWhere was the screamingof tormented souls?Blind and deafHe continued on his questDown he went ========Want to read (more of) my short stories?
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Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-43332534716104501672024-03-07T17:47:00.088+01:002024-03-07T19:11:42.403+01:00These people are responsible for the rise in antisemitismSome 3000 years ago the Israelites lived on the land of Canaan. They decided the land was theirs and not the Canaanites' and slaugthered their hosts 'because Canaanites are barbaric people!'. Zionists prefer to say: 'God made us do it!'Did He? "Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—as the Lord your God has commanded you.” A similarTerrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-66970491288560777472024-03-02T17:51:00.004+01:002024-03-02T17:51:46.666+01:00In the Distance (a #CirclePoem)In the distance,singing voices are tryingto break through the stormto be a beaconfor travelers lost in the darkor to lure theminto comfortto be food for the ever hungrywho can never have enoughas they wait for usin the distance ==========Want to read (more of) my short stories?
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Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-30523671871175960402024-02-29T17:39:00.004+01:002024-02-29T17:39:00.117+01:00Is it smart to 'ghost' people? "Of course I didn't ghost the guy on Tinder! I'm not a mean woman! I was just not really interested so decided not to respond to his messages for a couple of months."It's amazing how people defend their anti-social behaviour. It's never their fault but the blame always lies with someone else. Or it's because they have been 'busy'. Yeah, with stating on social media how busy they are, watching Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-27583871175263135152024-02-24T18:06:00.000+01:002024-02-25T01:03:14.998+01:00A Ball (#poetry)The Light, the Incredible Light,with slivers of silverand sparkly bits,No need to fight,and then it hitsCould this be it,the answer to all?or was it just me,being hit by a ball?==================Want to read (more of) my short stories?
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Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-26927916838860630932024-02-22T17:49:00.005+01:002024-02-22T17:49:00.155+01:00Would you like to be financially independent?Okay. So you invested in cryptocurrency, got lucky and are a millionaire now. You only work four hours a week, spend most of your days on some nice beach and as an 'incluencer' advice others via social media to become just like you: financially independent. Hooray.But what if everybody indeed became just like you? Ever considered what the world would look like if everyone did everything just to Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-11280914320995777252024-02-17T17:35:00.006+01:002024-02-17T17:35:00.139+01:00A White Boy on Terra (a #poem)Take your pride and hide it.Laugh at misfortune, don't fight it.You know you were lucky and didn't work hard.Your job pays per week, not per yard.Because papa's rich, so are you .Your friends are just lucky and you are too.So don't tell me others are lazyor simply crazy.It just means you can't thinkand the ideas you have stink.What did you actually doto be where you are?What if your cradle stood Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-32127371272426446062024-02-15T17:29:00.000+01:002024-02-15T17:39:28.205+01:00Survival of the fittest Was Tyrian Lannister the physically strongest character in Game of Thrones? The fastest? The most agile? Was he perhaps the mentally strongest or the most intelligent?No. But he did survive.Why? Because he was the fittest.===========================Want to read (more of) my short stories?
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Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-14617528272037450002024-02-08T17:21:00.087+01:002024-02-08T17:21:00.132+01:00AmusingMost of my writings here are quite serious; my 'columns' as well as my poetry and short stories. And perhaps I should write a bit more about the things that amuse me in life. It could be that you have a different sense of humour and maybe even don't like mine. And that's fine, of course. But here are a few examples:"Waiter, I don't have to work tomorrow so I'll have what the lady had, please.",Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-64887631455861161292024-02-03T17:44:00.003+01:002024-02-03T17:44:50.783+01:00I love you, dad (a #poem)Making waves,a stranger smileand the echo of the words"I love you, dad."Counting gravesand put on trialand the echo of the words"I love you, dad."Built on slavesthe humans' styleand the echo of the words"I love you, dad."=========================Want to read (more of) my short stories?
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Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-32512193671357530362024-02-01T17:47:00.008+01:002024-02-01T17:49:36.471+01:00If you can read and share this without repercussions, you don't live in a dictatorshipDo you think you live in a dictatorship? If you truly are, how come you haven't been arrested yet or 'disappeared' after protesting your government on social media or in real life? Did you 'suddenly end up in Intensive Care' after you were put in a 'punishment cel' for eleven years without a trial because you stated the current leader of your country might be corrupt? That's exactly what happenedTerrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-40353199162015715142024-01-27T18:15:00.000+01:002024-01-27T18:15:03.822+01:00Our own lability (a #poem)Do Chinese get American take out?Do the Dutch themselves 'go Dutch'and what do the French call 'French kissing'?Borders shiftas frequently as the meaningof words like 'respect' and 'woke'and a millionaire with more debt than assetsis not called brokeThere is no limit to human stupidityWe have lost all credibilityand can only laughat our own lability=======================Want to read (more Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-48427951982280535122024-01-25T18:21:00.000+01:002024-01-25T18:21:00.140+01:00Being 'anti-woke' is not something new. The nazis were too.Is someone who acts like a fascist actually a fascist? Some may agree while others disagree. But let me ask you: would you like to live in a world in which people who are not white, heterosexual and 'christian' are margenalized or even prosecuted?Here's the chart enlarged:The old gothic/German handwriting is hard to read for people in our days; it basically depicts who the nazis saw as 'Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-15984148198968789252024-01-20T18:39:00.000+01:002024-01-20T18:39:29.769+01:00True colours (a #poem)A lot of people would have hated Frederick Austerlitz for 'touching our women!' but loved Fred Astaire for dancing with them. People like Nimarata, Rafael and a guy of Scottish and German descent tell others they are not welcome in 'their' countryand millions cheer them on.Using an invention of a Syrian refugee they forgot to be humansand call themselves ChristiansOn their heads a Made in Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-14922348280052057002024-01-18T17:27:00.048+01:002024-01-18T17:27:00.126+01:00Do Republicans want more or less government rules?Republicans want a smaller government and less rules, right?Republicans want more rules on:-Teaching CRT-Abortion-Books in classrooms-Marriage-Voting-Equal rights -Healthcare-Cannabis-Minimum wage-Gender identity-Migration-Homelessness-Unemployment benefits -Crime-Teaching scienceHere's a list (click) of what Republicans want to ban from classrooms.They want less rules on:Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-91581528670341179132024-01-13T17:24:00.001+01:002024-01-13T17:24:00.138+01:00My beautiful mirror (a #poem)Tears hide behind a sneerand wisdom obscured by bad jokesthe morning after.While coffee is an excuseand expensive threadstry to distractfrom feelings of lossand despair feigns to bethe one true lovewhile nothingis more incomprehensibleor should we say intelligible?You are the maskthat I am wearingand thereforemy beautiful mirror =======Want to read (more of) my short stories?
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Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-36223017038198040152024-01-04T17:58:00.194+01:002024-01-04T17:58:00.142+01:00What's the most important for Elon Musk?The question in the header can easily be answered: the most important thing to Elon Musk is his ego. It's the only thing driving his actions. Just look at what he did with Twitter. First thing he did when he bought it was to reinstate all the accounts that are just as racist and dumb as he is. First that of right wing fake news outlet The Babylon Bee (click), to impress his favourite ex. Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-23887035671292627362023-12-30T18:01:00.000+01:002023-12-30T18:01:45.155+01:00Great Night (a #ShortStory)"What happened to your face!?""I cut myself shaving.""That looks like a bad cut. You will see the scratch for days.""I know, right? The pain is okay. It just stings a little for a few seconds but these scratches are disfiguring.""Right. It's why I really prefer scratches on my back.""On your back?""Yes, because you can't see them but you can feel them and smile at the memory of a great night."===Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-53737727395282382502023-12-28T17:51:00.106+01:002024-01-01T17:26:29.000+01:00Why do people believe Shell when Shell states Shell is not responsible for climate change?Meet the Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement (click)Here's a simple graph to show to even the people in the back that the average global temperature ís rising. Here's the source (click) for this graph.You may have also seen this one on social media:As 'evidence' the average global temperature is not rising at all. That it's all just a hoax, made up by 'the elite'. Usually Terrebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345425097382598957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614778.post-13769103214960152712023-12-23T18:37:00.001+01:002023-12-23T18:37:00.146+01:00Guilty (#stoetry)Slightly embarrassed glanceswere exchanged at that morning's meeting:"I won't tell if you won't" without words.Without promises, fears or expectations they had spentpart of their lives in eachother's company.And it felt right.So why did they feel guilty?======Want to read (more of) my short stories?
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