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Live life to the Max

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Don't waste time on giving hope

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Aan Jeanine Hennis

Jennis! Dus je komt terug in het volgende kabinet. Lijkt me terecht. Nog nooit kwamen er zoveel schandalen op het gebied van seksuele intimidatie in het leger n...

When to quit smoking

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Aan alle Amsterdammers

Beste Amsterdammers, Natuurlijk was de Vaarwel-brief van Eberhard van der Laan in al zijn eenvoud indrukwekkend. Je moet wel een hart van steen hebben om niet e...

Briefje van Jan aan... alle Kluivert-critici

Beste Kluivert-critici, Lekker makkelijk hè? Een Nederlandse oud-topvoetballer poseert in Zimbabwe met president Robert Mugabe. Hij overhandigt de president nam...

Briefje van Jan aan... Willem Bosch

Beste Willem, In Charlottesville (USA) reed een neo-nazi in op een groep betogers. Eén dode, negentien gewonden. In Amsterdam (Nederland) zei een scenarioschrij...

Always look at te bright side of life

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Delft Blue tile #07 KISS

The most difficult and most important thing in life: keep it simple, stupid!...

Memories of an orphan (2)

My mother recently made sure that there is a second song that will make me cry the rest of my life: Supermarket Flowers by Ed Sheeran. That was forever connecte...

Delft Blue tile #06 Problems

Every time someone interrupts you, it will cost you eight minutes to continue your own work......

Delft Blue tile #05 Puberty

The first sign of misery....

Delft Blue tile #04

Sometimes the lady is useful......

Memories of an orphan (1)

My mother was sometimes a bit naive. She once wanted to buy a 'Straatkrant' (like The Big Issue) of a homeless man in Rotterdam, where she worked at a departmen...

Delft Blue tile #03

Always think before you act......

I'm an orphan now...

The 9th of June my mother passed away. She was 80. I'm 54. Still... it was totally unexpected, so we were shocked. Most shocking however was the impact of being...

Delft Blue tile #02

Time-management is not difficult at all....

Delft Blue tile #01

How to interpret what people say....

Introduction

Hi, I'm Jan Dijkgraaf. I started my career as a sports journalist at a Dutch newspaper. Afterwards I became editor and sportswriter of the Dutch male magazine P...