Holland has Euro2004 fever now that they made it into the semi finals.

I was lucky enough to be at a Rotterdam bar on the night (Saturday night? jet lag is making my memory hazy!) Holland beat Sweden to make it into the semi finals.

Here are some videos (warning, big files and dark videos, turn up your brightness!) :

• euro2004.holland.beats.sweden
• euro2004.holland.beats.sweden.singalong
• euro2004.holland.beats.sweden.honking
• euro2004.holland.beats.sweden.honking.american.dream

Bonus video:

In a Mellow Tone at the Rotterdam Jazz Festival.

Also check out My Euro 2004 Holland Beats Sweden photos over at Flickr.

Check out our Rotterdam photos starting with YVR, Air Transat to Rotterdam photos on Flickr.

Gas...not exorbitantly priced petrol.  I'm talking about gastrointestinal gas.  Not mine, but Simon's.

A few weeks ago I finally figured out that gas has been causing Simon's early dawn grunting and restlessness.  Because he's been so miserable, I've resorted to giving him a dose or two of Ovol (not without guilt!).

At the Kitsilano Parent-Infant group a few weeks ago, the topic was infant massage and one of the benefits is to help relieve gas.  I looked up massage techniques in Infant Massage:  a Handbook for Loving Parents by Vimala Schnider McClure and tried them out of Simon.  I think the massage actually helped, as Grandma Sofia reported that Simon tooted away while she held him after a massage session!

Or should this be B is for Black Helicopters?

Anyways, we need to do something about Sudan and we need to do it quickly. And the real answer to prevent and fix the Sudans/Rwandas/fill in the ridiculous numbers of genocides perpetrated by humans against humans in every continent over the centuries, etc. of this world is to have a real world government. No borders here ; the concept of super powers and nation states are obsolete and need to be re-thought (and no, I don't have the answer).

Finally, the reality of today's UN is a joke. We need a UN, just not the UN we have today. What we need is a UN that is non corrupt and representative of the entire world and not caught up in red tape. A tall order to fill!