JabberWocky!

Translated the title of this post is:

Happy Birthday Queen Beatrix!

For those of you that don’t know, I live in The Netherlands and Queen Beatrix is the reining Queen of our country. Today is her 71st birthday and there have been many rumors going around that Queen Beatrix is going to step down today and hand the reins over to her son and heir Prince Willem-Alexander.

If this should happen to be true then Prince Willem-Alexander would be the first King that The Netherlands has had since King William III stepped down in 1890, 119 years ago.

Since that time The Netherlands has been ruled by Queens and when Prince Willem-Alexander becomes King, whenever that might be, and steps down the rule of The Netherlands will again revert back to a Queen as all three of his children are daughters.

But enough about speculation of what this day will bring and the history of The Netherlands as this post is to congratulate Queen Beatrix on her 71st birthday and wishing her many happy returns!

So to honor you and your birthday Queen Beatrix here’s a little Happy Birthday song for you…Dutch style of course!!

Lang Zal Ze Leven

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In case you can’t read Chinese the title says Happy New Year in just one of the many dialects of China.

If you haven’t already heard, today is Chinese New Year which is celebrated every year on the First Day of the First Moon of the Lunar Calendar and this is happens to be the year of the Ox.

If you would like to know more about Chinese New Year and it’s traditions there are some very interesting facts located here:

Chinese New Year and it’s traditions

And if you happen to have been born in the year of the Ox, past or present you can find the attributes of people born during this year here:

Attributes of people born in the year of the Ox

If you don’t know which zodiac sign you were born under but would like to read your horoscope for this year you can do that here:

Chinese Horoscope Year of the Ox Predictions

I hope each and every one of you have a wonderful Chinese New Year and wishing you much luck in the coming year!

That’s all for me today but hope to see you back again soon for some more good old fashioned…

I hope that everyone had a great New Year!

I came across this video that I thought you may be interested in. It is becoming far more profitable for Internet providers to limit and prioritize your Internet access. From their point of view, the ideal business model would be a television-like system that requires you to pay extra subscription fees to access sites that aren’t included in your standard package of ‘channels’.

Net Neutrality

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