Hi,This is just to let everyone in my network know I will be away from WA a while.Since my premium membership is due to renew in a couple days, I´ll be cancelling. So, you won´t even be able to contact me via the WA site. However, you can still do so via FB.Update: apparently the fb link in my WA profile doesn´t take you to my fb page. But if you type Tessa Vandervelde in the fb search thingie and my pic with the cap comes up, that´s me :-)I´ve become too entangled

Today, many folks over the Atlantic have been experiencing an extremely tough Monday morning. People are feeling more sleepy, grumpy and bluesy than on any other Monday morning. The reason is their night lasted an hour less because of daylight savings time. Two weeks from now, daylight savings will hit Europe and people here will be feeling equally out of sorts.Up until now, I´ve always been the only one unaffected by the daylight savings time blues. And year after year, I´ve been h

... the tough get going!Three weeks ago, FC Barcelona lost 4-0 away at Paris Saint Germain in the Champions footie Leage 1/8 finals. It was quite a deserved win by PSG as Barcelona rather sucked at it all ninety minutes.Tonight is the return match at the Camp Nou Stadium with 96,290 spectators in the stands. Is this match just a futility because surely no team will be able to overcome a 4-0 defeat and score five goals WITHOUT the other team scoring? It sure seems impossible. On the one hand, pl

In the Algarve Cup tourney, which is currently being held in Portugal, The Swedish women are not wearing their names on their shirts. Instead, they are wearing jerseys with quotes to empower women.The picture is courtesy of vi.nl