As I promised last night, here is a composite of the latest Total Lunar Eclipse, taken by Brian - JP Photography. He graciously consented when I asked him if I may post it on totally-useless and here it is. By clicking on the links under the photo you will go to his photo stream, where he uploaded a photo of Saturn with his rings today Wishing you all a very nice weekend and talk to you soon.
The digital art here above represents what a Lunar Eclipse Watcher from outer space must be seeing when looking at it from there, the other side of the Sun and the Moon… And you could see the disappointment in the eyes of the Watcher…
And as you could imagine I wasn’t able to see the total eclipse at all. Earlier in the evening I did take several shots of the full moon, but later on the clouds became too many and there was nothing to be seen anymore.
Thanks for the fact that on Bob’s blog were the 1st photos of the Eclipse that I saw, and you could too if you have not already. On Flickr I saw several composites of the various stages of the Eclipse also, and might be able to post one for you later on.
Wishing you a great weekend my friends, and will talk to you soon.
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To start the new week with a brighter mood, I decided to use the artistic work of Connie, a Flickr friend of mine. She did some bright and beautiful works with a few of my images that were blurred almost beyond recognition. The one here above she called: “Taty’s Deep Electric Blue Thoughts,” and this is the state of mind I am presently in. I’ll need another day or two until the answer to the law firm will be ready to send. Will let you know what will happen after the message of mine has been sent.
On another note, this evening on one of the Dutch TV channels SBS 6, a girl was telling that she saw Maddy McCann in Montpelier - France. The French police took it very seriously and started the hunt for a guy of about 1.80m that was together with the presumed Maddy. I hope so much that it was indeed her, and that she will be found finally. My heart goes out to her and to her parents.
Talk to you soon my friends and wishing you a splendid week ahead
This capture was taken by yours truly and describes best the title of this post and this is why I am using it. This morning when I checked my email all the lovely thoughts and memories of the Valentines Day yesterday vanished. Why? Because of the email that I received from the attorney of a huge and world known company, asking me to cease and desist the use of a domain name and the web site that goes with it, as according to them, I am in breech with the Intellectual Property Rights of the company they are working for…
Needless to say it but I got cold shivers all over me. The though that first crossed my mind was - how can I go against them - it would be crazy to even try. You see, I am like the ant against the elephant here. No matter how good of an attorney I have I would never win this battle as I do not have the time, nor the cash to bear with the consequences that a probable loss would mean for me. Ceasing the use of the domain name and site would mean for me cutting my bread and butter for at least 3/4 of what I now make a month. Meaning I would have to do with barely a 1/4th of what I earn right now. And the entire amount is worthless and not even enough to make me pay the monthly costs of the server I am using alone
Really my friends, I am so distressed and upset right now that I need to take a break and see to put my mind together and come up with a good enough plan as to where I will go from here on with my online venture. Will talk to you soon, and if you don’t see a post from me in a week means that I am too busy with this problem as they have given me only 10 days to solve the crisis. Bye for now.
To all the readers of the Totally Useless I wish (with these captures taken by yours truly) a Splendid and Happy Valentine’s day And that you may spread Love in all it’s forms to every one in your life and get as much, or even more in return
This is the cake that we will taste tonight, and I wanted to share with you my friends how it looks at least…and you could tell I did try a little bit of the cream above…and am sorry that I ruined it a bit … The small piece above with the lips on it has a writing on that states: You’re the dearest And no, it was not prepared by me…
An improvisation with 6 hearts candles and a few baloons with hearts on these - and I was told that the Love is shining through it
Again my friends - apologies for not having written on my blogs for longer than I thought. There are a few important things that I wanted to mention to you before these become old news as all of it becomes sooner or later.
What do you think about the statement in the title: “Smile and You Shall Receive?” Is it really so in life? In your life or in my life? It’s true of course that with sweetness you are catching more flies than with bitter or with other tastes, so it must be true. Why am I asking? Today in the newspapers I read that Ayaan Hirshi Ali, the Dutch politician that went to the US is now in France and asking for French nationality. You have heard about her of course, known for her outspoken criticism of conservative Islam.
She hopes to get French citizenship because, than she will not have to worry about the costs of her security. You see, when she went working and living in the US the Dutch government kept paying the costs for her security, but after 18 months they stopped with it. In the US she had to find funds to pay for her own security as the US government did not intend to pay for it.
I mean, don’t you all find it ridiculous that one is praised as an activist, as a hero, until it comes down to money. Than everyone turns and looks at the opposite direction like they have nothing to do with it. How is it possible that money is more important than anything else, or so it seems?
We will see if France will grant her the citizenship and if they will start paying for her security. For her sake I do hope that sooner or later some country will take the task upon themselves.
About Joran van der Sloot. His lawyer gave a statement that he has been in talks with the Dutch police force denying everything that he said on the movie taped in the car of Patrick van der Eem. He said, he was stoned while making the ridiculous declarations. LOL, I really laughed about it a lot, as this guy smokes constantly, and the tapes were from different days, and on different occasions, and he was always smoking . His attorney stated that he will remain in The Netherlands and always available if the Dutch Police needed him, and at any time. I guess he is praying that The Netherlands will keep him here and will not send him back to Aruba.
I will keep you updated when I know any news in regards.
Just as I thought when writing the earlier post, most of The Netherlands was watching P.R de Vries yesterday evening. It wasnt really weird as for almost 3 years Joran van de Sloot kept denying to have done whatsoever or being involved in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.
P.R. de Vries is talking with the undercover agent Patrick van
der Eem. The guy has won the trust of Joran van der Sloot.
In the car of Patrick van der EEm Joran van derr Sloot is telling him
details about the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.
The circle is the spot where Joran and Natalee have spent some time just
before she disappeared.
P.R. de Vries is showing the spot where Jorankept her body hidden in the
bushes while he went calling a buddy of his to come and help him out.
The spot on the beach was very near the Marriot Hotel.
This could be how the scene looked like while he was hiding her body.
P.R. de Vries is talking with the Head of the Justice Department on Aruba - mr. Hans Mos -
after showing him the hidden camera movies with the confession of Joran van der Sloot.
Here P.R. de Vries is calling Beth Twitty, the mother of Natalee
Holloway from Aruba, while asking her to come to The Netherlands.
Beth Twitty, Natalee Holloway’s mother while watching the hidden camera movie staring
Joran van der Sloot, saying the words on the screen.
Beth Twitty and P.R. de Vries while watching the hidden camera movie in his studio.
Joran van der Sloot while saying the words on the screen, and Beth
Twitty and P.R. de Vries watching it,
The shock written all over the face of Beth Twitty while listening to what Joran van der Sloot is confiding to Patric van der Eem - the undercover working for P.R. de Vries.
Beth Twitty finally knows what happened to her daughter and
she is so shocked from what she is seeing Joran van der Sloot
saying in the car of Patrick van der Eem.
Beth Twitty was unable to look at the sea while she was in Aruba. She had the feeling of something so evil. The emotions were too much for her and the tears were rolling over her cheeks while stating this.
Here P.R. de Vries threw the book of Joran van der Sloot about
the Natalee Holloway case on the beach of Aruba and it was taken
by the sea.
Patrick van der Eem helped justice as he wanted the case solved, and the fact that Joran van der Sloot wanted to earn cash from this case, while guilty and unpunished made him do it.
The book of Joran van der Sloot - filled with lies disappears in the sea…
In the coming days and weeks we will see what Justice on Aruba is going to do with these new facts. Will they arrest Joran van der Sloot. Will there be a trial, and will he finally get punished. I will follow the news and will update you when I know more.
This is a short video with English sub-titles.
Wishing you a great week ahead my friends and talk to you soon.
Yesterday on the 8 o’clock evening news I saw the crime reporter Peter R. de Vries telling that he solved the case of the for such a long time missing US teenager Natalee Holloway. It was to be expected that the world news will pick it up, since her mother, Beth Twitty, arrived here yesterday morning after an invitation of Peter R. de Vries. He will be presenting the case this coming Sunday on TV, and her mother will be there too. It is more than likely that he has proof that Joran van der Sloot has done it. The proof consist of a by hidden camera taken movie of how Joran is confessing the crime to a buddy of his. One thing is for sure, 80 to 85% of the Dutch population will be watching this on TV, and most probably the world press and TV stations will be covering it too. And I feel so sorry for the loss of this beautiful young girl’s life, and for her parents.
This is what he said yesterday on TV, that she is not longer alive.
Talk to you soon my friends, and have a nice weekend.
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