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Today I Say Goodbye

5, Aug 2011

I love you Mom. May bunny take care of you on your next path in life.

Domestic Terrorist Attack Kills 92 in Oslo, Norway

22, Jul 2011

Update, July 24, 10AM: The shooter, Anders Behring Breiviks, also produced a book on how plan a successful terrorist. This information was first released by 4chan.org. It is available on Piratebay and several other sites. Aftonbladet and DN have short Swedish translations here and here. Please beware the book is disturbing and promotes terrorism, violence, [...]

English Books & Movies for Sale

8, Jul 2011

I have a bunch of English books for sale. I have collected them over the years here in Sweden and brought them with me from the States. I just want to clean up our overflowing bookshelf and make way for new crap. I can mail the books to you but you will have to pay [...]

Take Quizzes About Sweden

26, May 2011

I’m bored and have nothing to write about. Instead, take the quizzes below and I’ll compile them into a post.                  

Krogveckan in Sweden

11, Apr 2011

Okay, if you like good deals and enjoy good food, there’s a break at last in Sweden. It’s Krogveckan! Literally it means, restaurant week, and guess what, it’s a week of deals at the major restaurants all over the country. The Details Started April 8th and ends April 17th. You must book online through bookatable.se [...]

Sweden, Julian Assange, Feminism, and WikiLeaks

24, Feb 2011

A few hours ago the British court granted Sweden the right to extradite Julian Assange on sexual molestation and rape accusations. Assange in return called the accusations “incredible lies” and called Sweden “the Saudi Arabia of feminism.” Assange’s lawyers will naturally, appeal the British court decision. And naturally our joke that dating Swedish women was [...]

Going to a New Home!

1, Feb 2011

Update: We’re at a new home and were dead for four days. Hopefully things are running smoothly on the new server. Post a comment if you have problems with anything. More photos from the indian wedding week! Beach Panorama in Mumbai Townside rukhwat decoration table at the wedding shoes off at the alter mehndi for [...]

War and Peace at the Nobel Ceremony

10, Dec 2010

It’s that time of year again, Swedish Christmas decoration, endless supplies of glögg, and the Nobel Prize awards ceremony. Most notably is the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Mr. Liu Xiaobao, presented in Oslo. Last year the committee awarded President Obama the peace prize, a controversial decision considering the President’s short time in office. [...]

Smelling Pickled Herring in the Wikileaks Arrest

7, Dec 2010

When Wikileaks released the nearly 400,000 documents about the Iraq war, I was ambivalent. I did not like the idea of innocent civilians being exposed and possibly killed because of the information that leaked out. Or, having national security paraded on the internet. Then the diplomatic cables released and I thought the Wikileaks founder was [...]

The End of November

30, Nov 2010

Finally, this month is over. I had my hopes up last week that November was ending on Monday but alas, I was heartbroken to find it it would be the 29th. The 30th would be Tuesday, today. Now that depressing November is over, we can move onto happy holidays and snow and Christmas in Sweden. [...]


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