Veering under the influence

Beer can cause many things to veer. It could be quite troublesome if that thing happens to be a vehicle. However, beer also causes conversations to veer - often serendipitously. Just the other day, a conversation at a pub veered into words without antonyms. 

Cycling, Serendipity & Zemblanity

I had a potentially dangerous, but eventually funny accident last Tuesday while riding to the Leiden Students' Movie Night. At a fairly high speed, I was flung over the handlebars of my bicycle when the dynamo came loose and got stuck in the front wheel. Funnily, I landed on the grass, without a scratch. The front mudguard came loose and a couple of spokes in the front wheel were slightly bent. The bike had dutifully served me for over 2500 kilometers over the past six and a half months, but the time had come to move on - at least as far as recreational riding was concerned.