Month: September 2014
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Woman with the Golden Arm
“Part of Saint Birgitta’s golden arm, a relic of Saint Eugenia Catholic parish in Stockholm kept since 1875, was stolen Monday night from the church reliquary. “ More importantly – […]
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Nerf
I saw a commercial for a “new” Nerf gun. You know, the kind that shoots the foam darts? You had that around when you were a kid, right? Well they […]
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Is that a banana in your pants?
A woman asked if she could cut ahead of me at the store because she was in a hurry. No problem. But it got interesting when I realized she was […]
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87.5 and not one minute more!
Sweden is great because sometimes you can get 50% jobs as well as 75% jobs. It works out well especially if you have kids to pick up from daycare or […]
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Clean cars
I walked down an average neighborhood street yesterday in Stockholm past about 40 cars. As I looked in each one, I noticed they were all completely clean! No food wrappers, […]
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Dentist
I saw a dentist office with a video screen facing outside the window showing tools digging through people’s mouths. Why would this encourage me to visit that particular office? I […]
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Important questions in an election
We had elections here in Sweden yesterday. I was reading the morning paper which had a section where they ask people on the street “What do you think is the […]
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Deciphering job ads
I’m looking for something part-time to supplement my translating work. I like the ads that are straight and to the point. Too many of them are full of double-speak and […]
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Quit putting me down, Google!
I make fresh corn on the cob in the microwave about once a month. I have so many other things in my life to commit to memory, that I never […]
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15 years ago….
… my life changed direction. 15 years ago my husband and I met in person at the airport (No, I was not a mail-order bride)! We knew each other from […]
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Hero!
Can we quit throwing around the word hero? I just saw a sign saying “bicyclists are heros!” Yeah. Thanks for not using a car and all, but hero? Hey grandpa? […]
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Strange moments
Sometimes when I sit on the subway with my headphones blasting music, I hear a mumble of the driver announcing something from the speakers. Everyone looks around and then we […]
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Busy as a bee
I might have mentioned before that I have 2 kids. They are now going to different schools in different parts of town so we are learning how to adjust schedules. […]
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Piano paws
I saw a song on the Muppet Show that I wanted to learn on piano. I couldn’t find the sheet music so my first thought was “I’ll just watch the […]