Berichten door Lennard Ramone

The season’s upon us, and everybody is gearing up for Christmas. This has thrown Whamageddon back in focus, as pubs, shops and malls play festive songs all day long.  But! As as a cultured individual (you’re reading this, after all) you might occasionally get sick of hearing Wham, Mariah and Slade for the gazillionth time…

As most of you know by now, I have recently started a new job and left Google after 7 years. The question that I get from a lot of people is: Why? Google is generally regarded as a very desirable company to work for and people don’t understand why I would give up a senior…

 The Culchies guide to Dublin Last Sunday, I was walking down the street, on my way to the pub, when a guy in a Kilkenny hurling shirt walked up behind me and shouted “UP THE CATS!!!”  at the top of his lungs at about 4 inches from my ears because he saw someone across the…

Unless you have been living under a large rock in the Line Islands for the past 9 months, you are probably aware that there is a hit tv show called Squid Game.  To give a quick plot summary for the 4 people in the world who haven’t seen it yet- the show tells the tale…

 Fun with flags with Dr. Lennard Ramone, part II. After the positive comments I received when I published my first story about flags, I thought it would be a good idea to follow up with a few things I didn’t have space for in the first story.  The first question I got was why I…

Craft beer has been all the hype in recent years, so we, the insiders in the industry, thought it would be practical to set up some regulations to ensure the industry doesn’t get infected with cowboy entrepreneurs looking to make a quick buck.  Therefore, if you want to call yourself a craft beer bar, you…

Hi everyone, Ever since I saw the first Olympic Games of my life, the 1984 winter games in Sarajevo, I’ve been fascinated by national anthems and flags. What must it be like to stand there on the podium, with the world watching as your national anthem is played, especially for you, and your national flag…

Hi everyone, As life has been going back to normal in recent months, travel also became a possibility again, albeit with a stiff amount of research before booking, due to the ever shifting Covid regulations.  After being locked up in Dublin for a year and a half, I finally took the bus to the airport…

  The history of the Atomic Wave.   When I was living in Holland, I was a member of a heavy metal fraternity at the University of Enschede, a city near the German border. Mind you, I never went to school there, I was just enrolled because a friend of mine was the founder of…

The All Ireland Football Final is on again tomorrow.  For the first time since 2014, it will be a final without Dublin.  Going unbeaten from the start of the 2015 season up to this year’s semi final, Dublin set an all time record of 6 titles in a row.  This 6-in-row, I will go on…