Jovanka's International Cafe

• Barfworthy 10 years ago Just for the record, I hate this: Don't ever do it in my presence or I shall slap you. You have been warned...... 
• My New Year Resolutions 11 years ago Truth be known, I had been holding off making resolutions for 2013 in anticipation of the planet (ours - this one) exploding in a fireball and/or the poles shifting and everyone being crushed/drowned by the resultant earthquakes/tsunamis. Of course it is now no secret that we were all disappointed....
• Halloween in Belgium 11 years ago Halloween is a quintessentially American holiday. Growing up in America, you are led to believe that it goes back to Ancient Times back in Deepest Darkest England when there were witches and wizards and hobbits everywhere and no one had anything better to do with their time than dress up in scary...
• Excerpts from a Lesser Known Holocaust Diary 11 years ago Less noteworthy than accounts by your Anne Franks at al, are the stories of those people who were successful at going into hiding during WWII. Here, presented in anonymity and in its 100% unauthenticated version, are excerpts from one such publication:September 19th, 1941Today we went into hiding. ...
• List of words I Hate 11 years ago 1. "Awesome"  - I've hated this since its' introduction into the vernacular ca. 2002, and I am very proud to say that I have never and will never use it in a sentence.  Enough is enough, people. It needs to go.2. "Trending" - What? I should like it because lots of other people are looking at it?...

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