TL:DR = Griff is tired of all this crap and blowing off steam.

Special Note: Through the editing of this post, I must express my sincere respect to those researchers whose bloodhound sense of scent can keep them focused on a single "trail" through all the "rabbit holes".

It is a formidable task to maintain that focus, and you dedicated researchers have my utmost respect.

Sadly, my trains of thought often...

I have been working the past 18 months on a book. It is a novel about a CIA agent who goes directly to work right from college graduation. The agent's name is Max 'Lion' Irons. You get to experience his exploits from 1979 to whenever I finally finish the book.

The period from '79 to '98 builds up to 9/11. Max gets assigned to NYC and the fun begins. He gets involved with Sandy Hook and Orlando as a 'consultant'. Via those two events, he works backwards to solve 9/11.
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Since 2005 I have been plaintiff in a court case against my employer ABN AMRO. On September 16, 2014 the higher court (Gerechtshof) finally ruled that ABN AMRO should pay me my overdue salary, which was around 600,000 euro gross, increased with compensation for my costs in the law suit, or an estimated 350,000 euro net, see (in Dutch): [url]http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:GHAMS:2014:4060[/url]
My attorney Van Woudenberg (law firm Keizerhof) resigned on October 3,...

Here’s a list of some unfortunate (strange) occurrences in my life.

1986. In the Netherlands in the last year of the primary school (basisschool) all the children take the “Cito-toets”. According to the Cito-toets I am among the smartest 2.5% (the highest category). My teacher advised an intermediary level (instead of the highest) for the follow-up college (voortgezet onderwijs), limiting my choices.
1988. I repeatedly became ill (including fever) some 30 minutes after lunch....

Since January 2005 I’ve been represented by no less than 11 law firms, that all stabbed me in the back (or at least tried to). They have billed me for over 60,000 euro (for pleading against me, that is).
You must have heard the phrase: “everything you say can and will be used against you”. It is really the good cop/bad cop routine they play. The good cop (attorney) to defend you against the bad cop (police). When you’re the victim of state terrorism, the stupidest thing you can do, is to...