And the results...

First of all, thank you for your input. And since you gave me so many inspirational subjects (not only in the comments, but elsewhere too) I will discuss them all.

The difference between a village and a town. Some people claim that it depends on whether a 'settlement' has got the rights and privileges of a municipal corporation (in Dutch: stadsrechten), but if we use that definition it would mean that Den Haag is not a town. I think we can all agree that Den Haag is a real town, so I would like to throw that definition overboard. Then what is the difference? An obvious answer would be 'size'. I agree that size determines partly whether a settlement is a village or a town. However, I could not say what the minimum amount of inhabitants would be to count as a town. So I would like to add some additional factors. First: a town should have at least one theater and a movie theater. Besides, it should have a railway station. It also should have a hospital.
In my opinion, when a settlement has a reasonably large size (I know that is vague), and these additional factors, it qualifies as a town. And, for your information, that means that Hoogeveen is in fact a town (if you have never heard of it, look it up on a map)!

Old people. I do not really have a general opinion of them. They can be very sweet and they can make you laugh (sometimes on purpose, but mostly not; the latter usually being the most hilarious option), but they can also be really mean, whiney, really hard to understand and asses in the queue at the supermarket, when they make it clear they have no desire to wait even though they have nothing better to do all day. I'm aware that is a generalization, but it holds for quite a lot of them! I suppose they might be good at telling stories, but since I don't have any grandparents I don't have a lot of experience with that.

Flat tires on your bike. Annoying! And a bicycle-pump that doesn't work doesn't make it much better. Luckily I can fix them myself, and if I don't want to do that I can always pretend I don't know how to fix it and get a guy to do it for me.

Shopping. Good if you have the money. Unfortunately I'm just a poor student, which makes the experience a little less enjoyable. But then there's always the H&M, plus that delicious ice-cream store (no not the store, but the ice-cream is delicious).

Dutch people vs. the world. We rule! And we can make topics worldwide trending on twitter even though we take up only a very small percentage of the world population (16 million/6 billion =... well, that percentage). And by the way, orange is a beautiful colour.

Ben & Jerry's. Delicious! Lovely combinations and chocolate is a part of it very often. A little expensive, which is of course the negative side (see 'shopping'). However, it's worth the price!

Stupid men. Men in general don't understand women even though they're trying, they don't understand hints, and they mostly think of only one thing, but sometimes they can be useful as well and okay, maybe even sweet. However, since we are talking about stupid men here, the latter part disappeares and they are just... well, stupid, obviously.

Love. Lovely. If it is mutual. If it is not the fantasizing part is left, but that is just an unsatisfying substitute for the real thing (a little like the Aldi-version of Ben & Jerry's). And it can suck as well. For more opinions about love I refer to Google.

Harry Potter. I must admit that I've only seen the first three movies. However, I have read all the books and it is pretty annoying that in the Dutch version they translated all the names, since I read only the last book in English and half of the time I didn't have a clue which person the book was talking about. Furthermore I hate crazes, but I guess I can't blame the book for that. And yes, the books are good, well written and exciting. I enjoyed them.

The world in 50 years where humans will be let out by aliens, an alarm that goes off whenever someone is having a fight, at world's end someone is referring to a woman's genitals and people are being killed if they don't use the Human App. Strange, I remember a certain play about all of these events. Well, anyway. I don't think humans will be let out by aliens, that is just ridiculous, who came up with that idea? The alarm that goes off whenever someone is having a fight sounds like a good idea, except that I think we will go crazy by the sound, since there's probably a fight somewhere at any time of day. And I think we will get lazy if something like a Human App is invented. It can be useful to implement passports, bank cards and keys in it, because it is easy to forget them and we need them a lot. However, I don't think we should implement clothes in it, because if we do that, the fun of backpacking sort of disappears.

So much for the ideas offered in the comments, continuing on to some ideas I read at other places.

Magnus: A book by Arjen Lubach. Go read it. It's good.

Recensiekoning: Many more opinions on any subject you can think of. Funny. And no I'm not marketing anything right here, nobody asked me to. But www.recensiekoning.nl

Rubber ducks. They are cute. And they exist in different sizes, colours and professions so they are great items to collect. You gotta love them.

Winnie the Pooh. Even cuter. And he has a lot of friends, so he must be nice. Just wanted to have said that.

Kinderen geen bezwaar: It is a good show, and funny. There are not many Dutch family comedy shows left anymore, so the fact that it still exists after almost 10 years, I think, is a good sign already. And Joey van der Velden is (was) in it.

Cool Best Raw Juice. A new fruit drink with real pieces of fruit in it. Although there are still some problems with the lid, the drink itself is good. Refreshing, and it tastes really good with your breakfast. And because of the pieces of fruit, it also tastes really healthy, so it makes you feel good about yourself. Question to other people who tasted it: What do you think about the structure and about the taste?

Roger Federer: Still the best tennis player in my opinion. Although lately he has started to lose some matches, his style is still admirable. He is one of the few that does not seem to get mad when his playing is bad, he knows how to control his emotions and he does not let them distract him from the game. Another great thing is that he does not make those annoying noises whenever he hits the ball. It is just a pleasure to watch him play tennis.

Well, I think that's enough for today. If there's more subjects you want my opinion on, let me know!

Inspiration, where art thou?

Inspiration. Where do you get it? Each week I try to find an interesting subject to write about, so you have something interesting to read. If you think about all the subjects in the world you can write about, there should be no problem finding a topic you like. However, these topics never seem to come to mind.
So here I am again. Struggling to find something to write about, to type some words that make sense. So far, I'm not doing very good. No controversial topic, no clear opinion, nothing that would add anything to the world.
However, since there are many interesting topics out there, and I'm sure you all know something you would like me (or anyone) to write about, I'm gonna need your input. Let me know what my next blog should be about and I might write about it. With your help, the next blog could be the best one so far, or even the best one ever!
And, after all, isn't blogging about sharing? And isn't helping eachother out a kind of sharing? And isn't a blog also about responding to eachothers ideas? So would that mean that maybe I'm doing exactly what is expected of me? Am I making any sense here? Are these too many questions, although half is retorical? Shouldn't I be ending this blog before it starts getting even less serious?

So, let me know what subject you want to know my opinion about!