Scions of a Restless Soul

This is a test. Imagine yourself on a wide avenue. Trees hunch over you as you trudge along, rustling the leaves of red and brown and every shade in between. A cool draught overtakes you, nudges you forward, where you spot in the horizon a figure. At first shadow, then a shape, then an alluring stranger, who approaches and asks, “Excuse me, do you know what time it is?” You smile as you check the time.

What watch do you see? (If you took out a pocket watch, this post has nothing new to tell you. If you took out your handphone, keep reading.)

Which watch stereotype are you?

Lullaby of an Insomniac

I have great difficulty sleeping. My mind just can't turn off thinking, especially in bed. I have some of my best ideas in bed. In fact, it feels as if I would write like the best book ever if I could channel my stream-of-consciousness in bed. Maybe someone will invent a machine that converts thoughts to text in my lifetime. And then everyone will start writing awesome stream-of-consciousness blogs that make no sense to anyone else. Maybe that's why no one will invent such a machine.

The First Post

First, a brief and completely misleading history of football formations:

1877: The 2-3-5 formation was first recorded.
1925: A change in the offside law led to the creation of the WM system (3-2-2-3).
1958: Brazil won the World Cup with a 4-2-4, the first formation to be described using numbers.
1969: Ajax pioneered the use of totaalvoetbal: no formation.
2010: Four One Three Two was started.

So that answers any questions about the origins of this blog. Moving on.