The Further Adventures of Miss Kitten

The briefest relationship I ever had (meaning boyfriend/girlfriend..not one night stands) took place during my freshman year in high school. Even with my excellent memory I can’t for the life of me remember his name. I do remember that he sat behind me in Mr. Thomas’ Social Studies class, and he was in a band. [...]

The briefest relationship I ever had (meaning boyfriend/girlfriend..not one night stands) took place during my freshman year in high school. Even with my excellent memory I can’t for the life of me remember his name. I do remember that he sat behind me in Mr. Thomas’ Social Studies class, and he was in a band. [...]

The link to the following article was recently posted on The Local: Sweden’s News in English website. I haven’t been posting in Swedish as much I should but here’s a little Sweden-related news:
ANTI-GAY PREACHER FRED PHELPS TAKES HIS HATE ABROAD
The Midwest Times
Anti-gay preacher Fred Phelps has caused an international royal gay flap over accusations [...]

Melanie began our discussion about the origins of attraction with the following intriguing statement:
“It is the singular misfortune of the attractive woman to become entwined by the most degenerate of men. While other men admire her hesitatingly from afar, the debauched egotist strolls casually to the center of the stage.”
Indeed, it is not merely the [...]

The English language is not just my profession. It’s also my hobby. I couldn’t resist this one.
The English grammarian in me is continuously appalled at the quality of writing in the mainstream press. There are five major typos in the following Associated Press article. I know that it probably isn’t fair for me to pick [...]

*BlueEyedCat sighs*
Another Christmas has come and gone but the celebrations aren’t over yet. I’m not just referring to New Years coming up in a few days but to the Swede’s birthday, which also happens to be on December 31st. His family will be visiting during the day and I need to make something for his [...]

Remember that Christmas duet that David Bowie sang with Bing Crosby back in the seventies? Crosby sang the beloved classic, Little Drummer Boy and Bowie sang another song as a counterpoint to all the pa-rumpa-pum-pums called, Peace On Earth. The lyrics are so simple yet very touching:
Peace on Earth, can it be?
Years from now, perhaps [...]

Imorgon gör jag en jul middag. Jag vet att det inte är jul ännu, men Tobias vill ha jul middag nu! På julafton ska vi resa till hans pappas hus nära Stenungsund. På juldagen ska vi resa till hans farmor och farfars hus nära Göteborg. Så vi ska äta jul middag tre gånger!
På julbordet meny:
julskinka
prinskorv
köttbullar
vörtbröd
potatis
sås
lingon
Vi [...]

I haven’t really been posting very much in Swedish, have I? I promise my next post will be in svenska, Camp Fire Girl’s honor (I never was a Girl Scout).
I’ve recently discovered in a roundabout way that I’m considered the “cool teacher” at my school. My boyfriend’s cousin’s friend is one of my students. He [...]

Well, I can’t really back that statement up, but still. I went down to my school a little later than usual today because it’s the last day of school before Christmas vacation and the only thing I had planned was to pass out gingerbread cookies and finish watching A Christmas Carol.
An announcement found in my [...]