Mar
29
This list has been around for a while and has been altered occasionally to suit the changing times. Without further ado here they are:
The Religions of the World
Taoism:
Shit happens.
Hare Krishna:
Shit happens Rama Lama Ding Dong.
Hinduism:
This shit happened before.
Islam:
If shit happens, it is the will of Allah.
Zen:
What is the sound of shit happening?
Buddhism:
When shit happens, is [...]
Mar
27
My schedule is pretty compact and most days I don’t take the time to eat lunch at work although occasionally I treat myself to some sushi from the little shop right across the street from the school. Today was a sushi day for me. It had been about three weeks since the last time I [...]
Mar
25
Today is Waffle Day here in Sweden, and I’m still basking in the afterglow of a waffle-induced food orgasm. Sunday is usually pancake day in our household but this morning I sliced and sugared strawberries, made homemade whipped cream, and got out the old waffle iron…well actually, we’ve only had it about a year so [...]
Mar
23
Animal Planet is one of my favorite channels on TV and the Animal Cops/Rescue/Precinct shows are my favorite shows on Animal Planet. It makes me sad seeing the poor animals in such desperate and dire straits when the animal cops first find them, but it aways puts a big smile on my face to see [...]
Mar
20
This is unbelievable. The headline of the following article says it all. In addition to being the birthplace of Motown, Detroit, Michigan used to be the center of the US auto industry. Over the last twenty years auto manufacturing plants across the US have been shutting down and/or moving their operations abroad where an inexhaustible [...]
Mar
19
Four brave volunteers in my all-male English B class will be performing this sketch today.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus -
“Four Yorkshiremen”
[ from the album Live At Drury Lane, 1974 ]
The Players:
Michael Palin – First Yorkshireman;
Graham Chapman – Second Yorkshireman;
Terry Jones – Third Yorkshireman;
Eric Idle – Fourth Yorkshireman;
The Scene:
Four well-dressed men are sitting together at [...]
Mar
16
“Complete loose-stool-water. Arse-gravy of the very worst kind.” Actor/comedian Stephen Fry, speaking about Dan Brown’s novel, The DaVinci Code.
Oh come on, Stephen. I love you dearly and of course I acknowledge that Dan Brown’s novels certainly aren’t of the highest quality but I do enjoy them nonetheless.
Dan Brown’s thrillers are fluffy and lacking in substance, [...]
Mar
15
Thank you so much to gurraskvinna for sending me two boxes of the bestest tea in the whole world, unfortunately unobtainable in Sweden.
*Puss och kram*
Mar
14
Mar
10
I thought I’d try my hand at a little abstract painting. I know that abstract painting doesn’t appeal to many people usually because it doesn’t “look” like anything recognizable. There’s not much to the technique except to add color to the canvas or paper at random until it “feels” done. Even though I didn’t intend [...]
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