As you know, I’ve been reading this eight-hundred page biography, detailing the life of George Washington. Last time I wrote, I was at the part where the War for American Independence was just brewing on the horizon, which ignited on April 19 1775 – a neat little coincidence, as that happens to be my birthday. […]
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Remember what you were like five, ten, fifteen years ago? Given the chance to go back in time, I imagine you’d gladly want to have a conversation with your former self, warning him about whatever mistakes he was making at the time. Most likely, you wouldn’t need much more than a few sentences to trigger
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Who was your hero as a child? There are probably a number of names that immediately come to mind. Maybe you think back to that one poster that hung in your room for years. Isn’t that the pinnacle of personal branding? Being viewed as a hero by millions of people around the world? Let’s look
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Weet je, ik liep al enige tijd rond met een aantal ideeën over wat er precies verkeerd loopt bij het promoten van boeken, de boekindustrie en zelfs nog breder: de zogenaamde content creators op sociale media. Tot voor kort waren het gewoon losse flarden in mijn hoofd, maar ik wist dat er iets mee moest
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So, spring’s here, and while it’s not exactly freezing, we’re on the hunt for a new heater. Why? The obvious answer: the rising cost of natural gas. We don’t want to end up broke by the time winter rolls around, so we’re exploring other heating options. It all boils down to basic mathematics – comparing
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You know, I started this newsletter back in the summer of 2020, when an invisible enemy raged throughout the world. To make matters worse, we didn’t know much if anything about this new foe. While it certainly was disturbing in many ways, I found it nice to see people uniting against this enemy. Remember when
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Alright folks, the moment we’ve all been waiting for – the Eisenhower biography is finally out! Can you feel the relief in my words? Well, let me tell you, this book is a heavyweight champ. It’s so thick that it practically doubles as a leg workout when you try to hold it up! But what’s
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As I sit down to write this column, I can’t help but feel like we’re living in one of those old James Bond movies. The world has taken a dramatic turn, and honestly, I didn’t expect things to go so smoothly. But that’s the unpredictability that comes with having a megalomaniac leader at the helm.
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Ik heb geen idee of je veel televisie kijkt – hopelijk niet – maar tegenwoordig is er zo’n programma genaamd, “The Masked Singer”. De bedoeling is dat een bekende figuur zich vermomt als een dier, enkele liedjes zingt en dat de rest van Vlaanderen ondertussen probeert te raden wie er nu in godsnaam aan het
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Wow, wat vliegt de tijd voorbij, hé? Het is alweer een week geleden sinds vorige nieuwsbrief. Ondertussen heb ik wel al redelijk wat gelezen in de biografie over Dwight D. Eisenhower. In het geval je hem niet kent, hij was de opperbevelhebber van de geallieerden in de strijd tegen de Duitsers en werd later tweemaal
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