I h8 decision-making

Library to lend out gays and Muslims

23 August 2005

AMSTERDAM — Members of the public will be able to borrow more than books at Almelo Library. In September, people will be able to "borrow"a gay person, gypsy or a Muslim for an hour.

Jan Krol, the head of the library, got the idea from a Swedish colleague who set up a similar "forget the stereotypes" project in Malmo.

People will be allowed to bring the "borrowee" to a cafe for an hour next to Almelo library to ask questions they would not normally dare to ask.

Krol is putting together a group of 10 people — representing different minority groups — to volunteer to be lent out. One of the volunteers is a Muslim woman living in a local asylum seekers centre.

Krol is also chairperson of the Twente and Achterhoek branch of the gay organisation COC.

[Copyright Expatica News + ANP 2005]

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Interesting isnt it?? Me and my friend are planning to borrow a gypsy. :)

Life has been a whirlwind as of late, and only recently have I been able to take a breather. Finally things are somewhat set.. but still not.. But after what I have gone through, I find myself in a state of utter indecision, where even the simplest decisions are impossible for me. Ugh it is so horrible to be like this!

Anyway, this weekend, we've got the second christening of the TEAM ABN AMRO boat in Rotterdam and I got a free ticket to go. If you dont know already , we are sponsoring 2 boats in the Volvo Ocean Race (a 9 month long boat race around the world), --I cant believe I am promoting this-- but anyway I'll be going for the free food and drinks and concert w/ Kane, a dutch band w/ an extremely HOT singer :D See, it all makes sense after all.

The rest of the weekend will be spent exploring uitmarkt, which is an annual festival in Amsterdam all over town, with shows, music, and other art performances scattered around. Hope it's nice weather!!

O yea, we had like 3 BBQ's in the past week cuz we had company, and we also wanted to clear out the fridge since Nico and Sofie are moving out (Waaaaahhhhh!!! :( jk..) They will be moving together into a very nice apartment, and so I will be staying in our house with a new guy from Canada -Dave- and Robert, the Hungarian. I will be moving too eventually but just in a few months maybe, but for now it will be interesting to see how the house is without Nico and Sofie. (Probably dead). but anyway we'll see. From the BBQs I learned that sausages are only good around 5-10 minutes fresh off the grill. I tried to take a few to work the next day and 'warm them up' in my soup, but they still tasted like (very fatty) rolled up cardboard shreddings. Blech...