Virgo 2013 Poor Barack. As if he didn’t have enough problems at home. Apart from yet another mass shooting, he now has Syria to deal with, not to mention Russia. Whatever he does, it will be wrong. I was contemplating this problem astrologically and then I watched a TED video which was part of TED Auckland 2013 – Kiwi ideas …
US vs NZ
April 2012 It may sound like a game but it’s about comparison. Lately I came across two things comparing these two countries. One is a article on a book called Fairness and Freedom by David Hackett Fischer. The other is an article from the New York Times called Elephants Down Under by Thomas L. Friedman. Both are written by Americans who …
The Unsurprising Order of Being
Libra 2011 Firstly – a comment on Libra this month It’s been a strange month – more natural disasters and Gaddafi dead. All I can say about that is may Libya now have Rest and Peace – that last a nice Libran phenomenon. Poor old New Zealand has been hit again – earthquakes and floods and snow didn’t seem to be enough. …
Hands across the water
Gemini 2010 It has been a very exciting time here in Holland with the elections resulting in a very close race. We almost had two (there we go with the Gemini theme) equal parties with the highest number of seats. The outcome is a one-seat majority for one of the parties! Negotiations and a lot of talking (Gemini again) will be …
The right logo – the power of an image
Pisces 2010 Pisces: images, pictures, feelings, emotions. Not easily defined but powerful in their impact. Company image A logo can add to a company profile in a way that cannot be put into words. A picture can linger in our memory often when we wish it wouldn’t. Who can’t see the Shell logo in their mind’s eye? And who doesn’t …