IT’S PEOPLE!!!
I kind of feel like if you work for a company that has to state that it’s not grinding up people for food on their ‘about’ page, you should probably be on your best behaviour.
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Our short attention span
Is the economy so boring that this is the only way to attract people’s attention?
It should be against the law….
The Swedes know he rest of the world would never define this fusion of substances that were never meant to be served together as “cake.
Hey, I wrote a book, ya know.
I wrote a little collection of essays about being a Texan living in Sweden.
How to make the Olympics more exciting
7yr-old: Do they have waterskiing as a sport in the Olympics? Me: I don’t think so, but that would be fun. 7yr-old: Only if they had to jump over sharks.
I’m a tap dancer!
Snow grippers are great until you get them caught between the ridges of an escalator.
Please remove this creature
I wrote the doctor here in Sweden to make an appointment to have a mole removed. I may have mis-translated.
The kindness of Swedes
One thing that’s nice about Stockholm is that when you lose something, about 95% of the people will put it somewhere in the hopes that you will find it.
Not my neighborhood
Today I got lost on my way to work and ended up in front of the Latvian Embassy.
Thursday
This was the southeast Texas’ Facebook page this morning. Apparently they’re having some freezing temperatures for the next few nights. Here in Stockholm, we call this “typical Thursday weather,” and it lasts every Thursday for the next 4 months. Some of my favourite parts of this southern Facebook advisory: “…an appropriate coat.” What is an … Read more
No, thanks
I’ll try a lot of things – escargot, zip line, frog-hopping dances….. but this is where I draw the line.
Pet peeve
What happens after people sneak into a room and pull papers from a file folder? Do they put the files back where they belong?
Your friend died. Go play some Xbox.
I may be getting better at Swedish, but I still make mistakes. Our kids each had a friend over this week. One of the friends went home early and the other boy didn’t see him leave. When the boy asked where the friend went, I meant to tell him that he left (went away) and … Read more
Is it 2015 already?!
Wow! I think I fell into some sort of candy coma. The last thing I remember was loads of gingerbread, chocolates, saffron buns, and beef jerkey (to even out the sugar, of course). Allow me to salad-shock myself today and then I’m back on track! Happy New Year all! New Year’s Resolution: No candy until … Read more
Slideshow Holiday Fun!
No one wants to watch my slideshow I downloaded over the holidays. Aren’t we supposed to share slideshows when the family gets together?