Interesting link - word usage through history:
(Rise and Fall of Cities)[http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=Utrecht%2CAmsterdam%2CChicago%2CHouston&year_start=1700&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3]
(Netherlands vs Holland)[http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=Netherlands%2C+Holland&year_start=1700&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3]
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12/17/10 7:02 PM
I updated my address with my new skype phone number. It's a Bozeman area code, so US rates apply.
Oh, and Schiphol airport is currently closed due to snow, along with most other European airports, and the Dutch rail services are "severely disrupted" due to a power cut in Utrecht and "a number of incidents" elsewhere, and the roads were described as "complete chaos". Merel said her normal 9 minute commute took 60. So there's that.
rsj and I have made gingerbread cookies, sugar cookies, Russian teacakes, and almond pretzels so far today. Rita is napping now and we'll frost the cookies this afternoon.