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A Journey Back in Time: Remembering Life Before the Internet

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Guestspeaker

Originally posted on FabFourFamily:
Do you remember life before the internet? In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, it’s easy to forget how dramatically our lives have been transformed by the advent of the internet. For those of us born in…

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Posted in Culture, History, Thoughts of others, Welfare and Health, World | Tagged 1990s, Art of Patience, Conversation(s), Digital revolution, Digital technology, Exploration, Face-to-face interactions, Imagination, Internet, Journey Back in Time, Missing out, Patience, Power of Imagination, Technology | 2 Comments

Do you remember life before the internet? Ofcuz i can remember a few.

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Guestspeaker

Originally posted on Akemsblog.com:
Do you remember life before the internet? Life before the widespread use of the internet was quite different compared to the world we live in today. Here are some notable aspects of life before the…

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Posted in Culture, History, Thoughts of others, Welfare and Health, World | Tagged Collaboration, Communication, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1951, Entertaining ourselves, Entertainment, Internet, Lucky Akemokhe, Mail-order catalog(s), Media, Navigation, Networking, Newsgathering, Office work, Primary sources, Research, Sharing of information, Shopping, Social interaction, Socializing, Travel | 2 Comments

Remembering life before the internet

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Marcus Ampe

In general, before internet life was at ease and we made more personal contacts and real friends, much more sharing things with each other. Continue reading →

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Posted in Ballet + Dance/Dans, Culture, Dagboek = Diary, History, News and Politics, Reflection - Consideration or Contemplation, World | Tagged 1969, 1970s, 1990s, 1995, Apollo 11, Close friends, Cloud computing, Computer, Comrade(s), Cronies, Daily Prompt, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1951, Digital revolution, Digital technology, E-mail, Facebook, Fake world, File transfer protocol (FTP), Flemish Theatre Institute (VTI), Friends, I-pad, Instagram, Internet, Internet Explorer, Internet service providers (ISPs), Intimate friends, Journey Back in Time, Messenger (MSN e-mail system), Mobile-phone, Neil Armstrong, Newsgathering, Outside world, Patience, Portable phone(s), Preaching, Primary sources, Private life, Professional life, Schoolmates, Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) = e-mail, Smartphone, Snail mail, Social media services, Social networking, Tablet (computer), Technology, Television, Twitter, Virtual world, Vlaams Theater Instituut, Web 2.0 | 2 Comments

Queen of Rock n’ Roll Tina Turner died at the age of 83

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Marcus Ampe

In addition to being a once-in-a-generation talent that changed American music, Tina Turner, who died Wednesday 24, 2023, her voice shall sound forever. Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, History, News and Politics | Tagged Angela Bassett, Anna Mae Bullock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Erwin Bach, Ike and Tina Turner Revue, Ike Turner, Nutbush (line dance), Oprah Winfrey, Phil Spector, Phyllida Lloyd, Private Dancer (1984 T. Turner), River Deep—Mountain High (T. Turner), Roger Davies, the Ikettes, Tina Turner, What’s Love Got to Do With It (1984 T. Turner song) | 3 Comments

Hidden or hoped for skill

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Marcus Ampe

One of my wishes is to be able to play with words again and to be able to create some nice poetry. Continue reading →

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Posted in Ballet + Dance/Dans, Culture, Dagboek = Diary, Language | Tagged Cabaret, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1887, Playing with words, Poetry, Show work, Skill, Stand up comedy | Leave a comment

Why certain people are so stubborn and keep going against the mainstream

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Marcus Ampe

I first started to write about “Why certain people don’t understand some things” but this night wrote first more about the lack of empathy we encounter in this world. Being 4 am, I got lost in writing, forgetting the initial … Continue reading →

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Posted in Christendom, Christianity, Culture, Dagboek = Diary, Education, Reflection - Consideration or Contemplation, Religion, Upbringing and Education, Welfare and Health, World | Tagged Accepting matters, Answers to questions, Approval of God, Argument(s), Believe, Believe in God, Believing God, Believing man, Better world, Bible, Biblical doctrines, Biblical teachings, Biblical truth, Birth of God, Birth of Jesus, Book of books, Causer or Provoker God, Christ High Priest for God, Circle of Life, Clergy, Cleric(s), Cultural differences, Daily Prompt, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1890, Darkness, Death, Death of God, Death of Jesus Christ, Differences, Eh-heh-yeh ashair Ehheh- yeh (I Am Who I Am) Jehovah God, Emergence of life and death, End of time, Followers of God's Word, Following Christ, Generations, God of Abraham, God of Israel, God of the Bible, gods, Going with the mainstream, Heavenly Father, Holy Scriptures, Holy Spirit, Human beings, Human doctrine(s), Human existence, Imperceptible Being, Inner thought(s), Inspired by God, Instinct, Invisible God, Jesus not a spirit, Jesus praying to God, Keeping to God's commandments, Last days, Life, Light, Looking for answers, Mainstream, Mediator Christ, New Testament God, non-Trinitarian Christian(s), Old Testament God, One God, Opposition, Philosophical thought(s), Question(s), Readiness to believe, Reincarnated god, Reincarnation, Religion, Self, Selfishness, Steadfastness, Stubborn man, Supreme Maker, to Gain the approval of God, to Hold fast, to Live by the hope in Christ, to See God, to Take on responsibility, to Transcend, True Christians, Uncertainty, Unseen Spirit God, Vanity, Words of the Bible | 3 Comments

Why certain people don’t understand some things

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Marcus Ampe

What’s something most people don’t understand? Throughout history, one can find some people who have acted weird, according to the majority of people. It was men and women who preferred to be themselves and not go with the mainstream. At … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Education, History, Reflection - Consideration or Contemplation, Welfare and Health | Tagged Attitude, Being different, Coming in contact with other cultures, Cultural differences, Daily Prompt, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1890, Differences, Education, Empathy, Following dreams, Gender differences, Growing up, Invention(s), Inventor(s), Lack of knowledge, Learning Empathy for others, Mainstream, Not understanding people | 5 Comments

The madness of rewriting or reworking literature continues

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Marcus Ampe

The further attack by publishers of novellas and literary masterpieces by simply deleting words and descriptions to be supposedly acceptable in our contemporary culture. Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Dagboek = Diary, History, Language, Warning | Tagged A Caribbean Mystery (A. Christie), Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None (A. Christie), Death on the Nile (A. Christie), Gypsy, HarperCollins Publishers LLC, Masterpieces, Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (A. Christie), Modern sensitivities, Native, Nubian people, Peoples, Racism, Re-editing, Resident, Rewriting, Sexism, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Tien kleine negertjes (Ten Little Niggers = And Then There Were None - A. Christie), to Describe someone, to Look at someone, Woke culture | 4 Comments

Opening sentence for my autobiography

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Marcus Ampe

You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? “This is the story of a man who as a child wanted to become a priest or a welknown musical star, and after 45 years having done his best in ballet, concentrated … Continue reading →

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Posted in Ballet + Dance/Dans, Christianity, Culture, Dagboek = Diary, Religion, Upbringing and Education | Tagged Aid work, Autobiography, Ballet, Church work, Daily Prompt, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1867, Dancing Career, Musical, Preaching, Social work, Wanting to become a star, Writing | 4 Comments

Word banning

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Marcus Ampe

There are those who think we should exclude certain words from use. On the contrary, I think we should allow as many words in our language as possible, as these variants enrich the language. Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Language, Reflection - Consideration or Contemplation | Tagged #Say NO, Abusive language, Banning, Black people, Coloured person(s), Cringeworthy word, Daily Prompt, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1859, F Word, Fack, Facking, Faggot, Feminism, Harmful behaviour, Hate, Hate speech, Ignore, Kassya Shlin, Moist, Mother fucker, N word, Narrow-minded opinion(s), Negativity, Negro, Niger, No, Overweight people, Patriarchy, People of colour, Profane language, Profanity, Racism, Racist(s), Roald Dahl, Sexual connotation(s), Shit, Swear words, White people, Word(s) | 4 Comments

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