I came across this fellow the other day. Benny the Irish Polyglot claims to have found a method to learn a language almost perfectly in about three months. I was skeptical, as I'm sure you are, but I watched his progress with Dutch here and am suitably impressed. He even did speed-dating in Dutch! Maybe some handy tips for you Dutch learners out there?

Benny also recently wrote a very interesting post about his experiences in Amsterdam with the Dutch people. It's definitely worth a read. I found that I've had similar thoughts in my almost ten years in the Netherlands.