MAY 2nd, 2026.

It's 2026, and it's been fifteen years now since my father died. I cannot say that they were long years. Au contraire, looking back now, it's amazing how quick the time has passed. Life has been very challenging to me, with Kahler's Disease since 2012, the bankruptcy of my main supplier which almost tipped us over the edge too, and the general toxic climate for entrepreneurs in Belgium, making it harder and harder and harder to do business. When you are consumed by all that, life passes by like a speed train.

But fifteen years ago, on Monday, May 2nd, 2011, at about 22.05, my father left this world after four weeks on Intensive Care.

Only some weeks before, on March 24, 2011, he had turned 77. Apart from some minor troubles normal for a man his age, he was a healthy person. Not a week before being admitted to the hospital, he went with my mom to the annual dinner event of his old Institut Technique Ath schoolmates, and was by all accounts the healthiest and fittest of the group. Four days later he was on Intensive Care. Four weeks after that he was dead.

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me." ~ Psalm 23:4 ~

My mom, almost 87 now, hasn't been too good on her feet for the past three years or so, so I went to the cemetery alone at noon to pay my respects. After having deposited some modest but fitting flower ensemble and having said my prayers, I left again, checking out my own final resting place. Indeed, by a stroke of luck I managed to secure a concession for the 'caveau', a concrete enclosed pit fitting a coffin, right behind my father's grave last year. It did me nothing. I wish to be buried in the classical way, like my dad. I just hope that before my time has come, the Lord will grant me sufficient years yet to finish the three goals I set myself: complete my Shangri-La, build my astronomical observatory on top of it, and especially... write that Book I have had in my mind now for so long.


Time will tell and God will decide.


Rest in Peace father. It's been fiftteen long years, but we still think of you. God Bless.


MFBB.

SATURDAY NIGHT DB BOULEVARD, AMERICAN DAWN.

First DB Boulevard with Point of View. Released as a single in 2002.





DB Boulevard was an Italian electronic music band, consisting of singer Moony (Monica Bragato) along with producers Alfred Azzetto, Diego Broggio and Mauro Ferrucci.



Second, The American Dawn with Her. Released as a single in 2024.





American indie band from Tennessee around singer-songwriter Isaak Wesley Isbell.


Nite.



MFBB.

HAPPY EASTER 2026!!!

To all my followers and especially my fellow Christians, wherever you may hail from, I wish you a Happy and Blessed Easter!





May the Lord bless you and your loved ones. For those who are still seeking, discover the power of prayer. Do not ask that God solves your problems for you. Ask Him to give you the strength to face the challenges.



MFBB.

SATURDAY NIGHT RICHARD HARRIS, WISHBONE ASH.

Richard Harris with MacArthur Park. From his 1968 debut album A Tramp Shining.





"MacArthur Park" is a song written by the American singer-songwriter and composer Jimmy Webb, first recorded in 1967 by the Irish actor and singer Richard Harris. Somewhat curiously, this song about the end of a relationship (of Webb with his then love interest Susie Horton) is classically structured.



Wishbone Ash with The King will come. Album Argus (1972).





British rock band. Formed in Torquay, Devon in 1969 and still around!!!


Nite.



MFBB.

SATURDAY NIGHT TEARS FOR FEARS, DAFT PUNK.

Tears for Fears with Until I drown. From the 1995 album Raoul and the Kings of Spain.





Change was the hit that first caught my attention in what now seems aeons ago. Possibly one of the most underrated bands of the late eighties/early nineties. Curt Smith is from Bath, Roland Orzabal, who has Argentine roots, from Portsmouth. Friends since childhood, they formed TfF in 1983. To be sure, Raoul and the Kings of Spain was the second (and final) album without Smith's involvement, but they have since reconciled.



Daft Punk with One More Time. From the 2001 album Discovery.





French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.


Goede nacht.



MFBB.

RECOMMENDED VIDEO: ALI TABRIZI'S "TOP 3 PREDICTIONS FOR EUROPE IF ISLAM KEEPS GROWING".

Ali Tabrizi (* 8 October 1993, Ramsgate, UK) is a British filmmaker of Iranian origin whose main claim to fame is the Netflix series Seaspiracy.





It's not going to end well.


But then, I've been telling that to everyone on this here blog for about 22 years.


MFBB.

SATURDAY NIGHT NEIL DIAMOND, THE HOLLIES.

Neil Diamond with I am...I said. From the 1971 album Stones.





American singer/songwriter from Brooklyn, NY. Still around, still active (somewhat) despite a respectable age of 85 and Parkinson's Disease.



The Hollies with He ain't heavy, he's my brother. From the eponymous 1969 album.





English rock/pop band which formed in Manchester in 1962 and is also still around - unbelievable!


Goede nacht.



MFBB.

RECOMMENDED VIDEO: "BELGIAN BEAUTIES; THE RENARD FIGHTERS" BY ED NASH'S MILITARY MATTERS.

As a Belgian myself AND an aviation enthusiast to boot, I have known about the Renard designs for a long time, but for most of my followers I guess it will come as a surprise that in the late thirties, several sleek fighter prototypes represented an interesting 'what if' for Belgian military aviation. Unfortunately, the promising R36 lost its attractiveness for both the BAF and potential foreign buyers after the prototype crashed. And the R37 and R38 simply came too late to even be considered for purchase, as Belgium had alreay bought Hawker Hurricanes, Fiat CR42s and Brewster Buffaloes. Still, it's an interesting story, told well by Ed Nash:





A Renard type that DID make it in active BAF service was the R31, a parasol monoplane used for recce. In the event, during the so-called 18-Day Campaign in May 1940, it even performed some ground attacks. The type was Remi Van Lierde's mount.



MFBB.

RECOMMENDED VIDEO: "HOW FEMALE POWER CAUSED THE DECLINE OF THE WEST" BY ALEXANDER GRACE.

Highly recommended, and before you start huffing and puffing, WATCH IT TILL THE END. I admit the title is somewhat clickbaity, but the guy is delivering truthbombs in spades... and is NOT targeting females at all. If after viewing you still think so, you have understood zilch.





MFBB.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!!!

To all my followers (are you even still there?), my very best wishes for a happy, prosperous and above all healthy New Year!

And another year has passed. One that was fraught with downright depressing developments, be it one the battlefield in Ukraine, on the streets of Western Europe, or in the Pacific.





From the looks of it, it doesn't seem to be getting any better in the short term, although as regards the war in Ukraine, I have modest hopes that this is the last war winter. As for Western Europe, I guess we still have to swallow a LOT more mayhem before sufficient Europeans rise up and hang their traitor politicians from the nearest lampposts. The influx of litterally millions of semiliterate, unassimilable 3rd World welfare seekers continues unabated and one can only conclude that if it is not by design (although more and more I tend to think it IS), then, in any case, it is facilitated.


These are momentous times. On the one hand tech empires in East and West come up with ever more baffling milestones in the field of space exploration, quantum computing, biotech, AI and what not.


On the other hand we are witnessing an incomprehensible desire by the Western Left to obliterate all that is good, noble and worthy of preserving. In most if not all western societies, there are signs that people have had enough and are standing up. But will there be enough time? Will there even be sufficient Europeans and Americans who object to being replaced?


Time will tell. As for me, I will do my damnedest best - modest though my efforts are - to stave off the apparent leftist desire to turn our beautiful countries into the 3rd World hellholes where their favored constituencies come from.



MFBB.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2025!!!

It's that time of the year again.

Christmas time.


Like every year, I wish my followers and all people of good will a Merry Christmas!




The Adoration of the Shepherds by Bonifazio de'Pitati, painted in or around 1540.


If you are or were able to celebrate Xmas with your loved ones (perhaps enjoying a decent or even exquisite meal with fine wines) please spare a thought for the lonely out there. Try to pay someone falling into that category a visit tomorrow, even if it is only a short one. And a small gift can do wonders.


Have a good night.



MFBB.

SATURDAY NIGHT COCTEAU TWINS, THE THE.

Cocteau Twins with Cherry-coloured Funk. From the album Heaven or Las Vegas (1990).





Scottish dreampop/shoegazing band, active from 1979 to 1997. Elizabeth Fraser's ethereal voice is perfect for the genre!



The The with Uncertain Smile. From their 1983 debut album Soul Mining, although it had been released as a single the year before.





English rock band from London, formed in 1979 by Matt Johnson, it's sole constant member. Still around!



Good night.



MFBB.