B in the Netherlands

Another reason why this will be interesting if nothing else. American SNL has vets who have been on for years to do the heavy lifting while the newbies adjust and find their grooves. This will be all freshman and will Sky give them enough time to sort things out?

Live from London, it's the first teaser for Saturday Night Live UK Live from London, it's the first teaser for Saturday Night Live UK

This is two weeks away from debuting. I predict it will be off the air in less than a year or prove so successful it starts spawning films based on sketches that slowly decline in quality over the course of two decades.

www.avclub.com/saturday-nig...

Police going too far in monitoring potential rioters, AP says

Police going too far in monitoring potential rioters, AP says www.dutchnews.nl?p=264610

Wonder if he’ll see Hoppers this weekend or maybe just wait until it’s on Disney+.

Correction. Orwell never said this. He did however, warn that: "political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” (That's Politics and the English Language, one of my favorite essays)

noem's dog looking down from heaven

private equity reading this like "I smell an opportunity to improve operational efficiency!"

Exactly! Double, no triple, bonuses for everyone on the senior staff!

I was converted to Christianity by MC Hammer in front of a full congregation of churchgoers on an otherwise dull Friday night in Eugene, Oregon.

Seriously.

And, sorry Mr. Hammer, but it didn’t really take.

So does this mean they’ll start actually cleaning the trains again?

#NS

What, me worry?

If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.

Pretty sure I saw this same ad in a Mike Judge movie about twenty years ago.

Here’s a rundown I wrote for Dutch News about the upcoming municipal elections in Leiden.

Alas, I missed out on the beer crate dorm room built by the student party.

#Leiden #elections #Netherlands

Also: thanks for digging these goofy haikus. Making them at least somewhat coherent ain’t easy.

Wow, that’s pretty cool. I know having a career as an actor is tough and often tedious, but that sounds like an interesting gig. Getting paid to watch to watch Timothée Chalamet play ping-pong for a few weeks.

And I hope to one day track down a copy of the real Marty’s autobiography.

Was wondering if that was happening again this year.

Marty Supreme | Official Trailer HD | A24 YouTube video by A24

Movie Review Haiku # 25

Marty Supreme

Insufferable?
That’s Marty! But this movie?
It’s a masterpiece.

Grade: A

www.youtube.com/watch?reload...

#MovieReviewHaiku #BlueSkymovies #MartySupreme 📽️ Film

Early spring? Not for the cherry blossom trees at the Wereldmuseum in Leiden. They’re on their own schedule.

#Leiden #cherryblossoms

sure feels like the amount of news one is expected to keep up with is growing geometrically

No local election voting card? Here’s what you need to do

No local election voting card? Here’s what you need to do www.dutchnews.nl?p=264479

I predict this man has a very bright future.

👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

Congratulations, pal.

#WellDeserved

A few more springtime shots from the cemetery.

Spring has once again sprung at Cemetery Groenesteeg.

YouTube video by Attitude Magazine A Friend of Dorothy - full Oscar nominated short film starring Miriam Margolyes and Stephen Fry

Movie Review Haiku # 24

A Friend of Dorothy

Margolyes is great,
but this short film should have been
a feature length one.

Grade: B

(you can watch the whole thing via this YouTube link...)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMqU...

#MovieReviewHaiku #BlueSkymovies 📽️ Film

Strikes loom after unions cancel talks as pensions row deepens - DutchNews.nl Trade unions have warned that strikes will be inevitable unless the cabinet radically changes its plans to delay the retirement age and restrict unemployment pay. The major unions FNV, CNV and VCP lef...

The new gov's bizarre decision to raise the pension age is, quite predictably, being met with intense blow back.

My questions: do they really expect people to work until they're 72? Where exactly, especially in a country where ageism in workplaces is rampant?

www.dutchnews.nl/2026/03/stri...

Kattencafé voert leeftijdsgrens van 12 jaar in: 'Te veel nare dingen gebeurd' Met pijn in haar hart heeft eigenaresse Chantal Vijlbrief besloten dat er vanaf dit weekend geen kinderen onder de 12 jaar meer welkom zijn in haar kattencafé in Leiden. Een noodmaatregel omdat er doo...

Not surprised to learn the Leiden cat cafe is now banning kids under 12.

The reason?

They couldn't/wouldn't follow the rules and their parents couldn't/wouldn't be bothered either.

No soup for you? No, no cats for you! No cats!

#cats #cafe #Seinfeldreference

www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binne...

In Plunging Into a Mideast Conflict, Trump Gambles His Presidency

Eh, even if his health problems led to his head being put in a jar before he declared war on the entirety of South America, the GOP would still rally around him.

But let’s see how rising gas prices and another likely 10+ year war impact the midterms, I suppose.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

Dutch ships stuck in Persian Gulf following attacks on Iran

Dutch ships stuck in Persian Gulf following attacks on Iran www.dutchnews.nl?p=264409

Spring = springing ‘round these parts.

#spring #lente #Leiden