Month: August 2013
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Wildlife seasons in Sweden
It is now the beginning of drunk moose season here in Sweden. The first article appeared in the paper yesterday. This time of year, the apples on the trees start […]
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Anyone need a professional mystery watcher?
Ever since my unemployment, I have become hooked on British mystery shows. So far, haven’t found an ad that hires for that, but in case anyone out there is reading […]
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Beavers: This time it means WAR!
If you check the Swedish news carefully, you will start to notice an alarming number of stories about recent beaver attacks. They’re coming for us, people. Stay sharp and don’t […]
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This banana is MINE!
I was in the grocery store the other day when a man walked from the outside up to the cash register to show a banana to the cashier. He then […]
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IT-girls
Finally found a job today that was just listed as “IT-girls.” Unfortunately, it wasn’t “it-girls” as in fashion, but IT as in internet. However, through reading the ad, I found […]
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Delicious Donuts
I found a place in Berlin called Delcicious Donuts – but guess what? No DONUTS! It’s some sort of night club. No donuts involved! There must be a lot of […]
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Economy assistant to a bread roll
…. is what I read when I see this ad in Swedish: Ekonomiassistent till en bred roll
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Super unemployable!
I noticed that some of the people in the unemployment office on Monday were wearing superhero t-shirts. I suppose in Sweden there are lots of unemployed superheros on welfare. Not […]
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All the lonely people…
Yesterday I got turned down at my job interview (for bad Swedish) and had to go to the unemployment office with the other scary people. When I got in the […]
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Berlin Hotels Continued
Here’s what I got when I tried to click on “rooms” at a hotel in Berlin. Yep. That’s pretty much what I think of when I think of Germany. Especially […]
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Culture week in Stockholm
Apparently this was culture week in Stockholm. They really should advertise better to people who rarely go out, don’t read newspapers and don’t watch local t.v. I had no idea. […]
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Berlin hotels
Next month, my husband and I will be going to Berlin over a weekend. It’s my job to find the hotel. I have lots of nice suggestions, but my husband […]
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Neighborhood seance
Each day I walk through a trail near the woods to pick up my children from school. And each day I pass a sign regarding saving the woodsy area that […]
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This animal does not talk
I’m currently studying Italian on a computer program. Today’s lesson was about animals and people. The examples they use are: This woman is Chinese. She speaks Chinese. This panda is […]
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United States of Bacon
While flipping around the channels the other night, we came upon a program called “The United States of Bacon.” Our first reaction was disgust… Then – “well that seems about […]
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Hives
My son had a case of hives the other day. I learned that you cannot use Swedish Google to look up the medical condition of Hives, because you naturally get […]
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Our month long trip to Texas in one minute
A video of our trip to Texas condensed into one minute. [youtube=http://youtu.be/Se5r7R0BUXE]
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Hip Hop Abs
After a month-long stay in Texas eating fried foods, cheese dip and ice cream almost every day, I decided to try this “Hip Hop Abs” program that I saw on […]
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Spices
I’m trying to cook Vietnamese Pho for dinner. I know I won’t be able to get it exactly like the restaurants, but I try my best. However, I’ve realized I […]
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Proof that Americans can’t say my husband’s name
I kept a record this year while we were in the U.S. of the ways people misspelled my husband Måns’ name: Monds Mens Maans And our favorite – Bones.