The Further Adventures of Miss Kitten

One of my most favorite blogs is Mark Base’s Helsingblog (in his words), “A British-Canadian expat’s observations and opinions about life in a small city in the south of Sweden.” The small city in question is Helsingborg, which is way down there…only a short ferry ride away from Denmark (and cheaper beer). Anyway, he ends [...]

Yesterday, I got my first serious bite from a prospective employer. It was from an English language after-school program called English4Kids, which has locations all over the Stockholm area and recently in Göteborg. The regional manager of the Göteborg schools – who originally hails from the Chicago area – called me at home to tell [...]

British dwarf’s penis gets stuck to hoover

Mon Aug 20, 3:50 PM ET
A dwarf performer at the Edinburgh fringe festival had to be rushed to hospital after his penis got stuck to a vacuum cleaner during an act that went horribly awry.
Daniel Blackner, or “Captain Dan the Demon Dwarf”, was due to perform at the [...]

I discovered today that Virtual World Productions, the LA-based company for which I work as a journalist covering Second Life, is actually part of a larger multimedia company called LivePlanet, which was (and here’s the really cool part) co-founded by none other than Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Apparently, Messrs Affleck and Damon have little [...]

It simply boggles the mind how anyone could eat a single meal at a restaurant that cost over $20,000. But I suppose it’s not that hard if one drinks wines that cost nearly $6,000 a bottle. The following article was posted on The Local: Sweden’s News in English.
Restaurant free-rider is sex offender
Published: 19th August 2007 [...]

By now most loyal readers of my blog are aware that I’ve recently lost my teaching job. I wasn’t fired, nor did I quit. I was simply not given any teaching hours/lessons in the coming school year.
Apparently, I’m neither important enough to be fired, nor am I important enough to be informed about the possibility [...]

I learned a few things during my recent sailing trip up the fjords of Western Sweden. The most important thing I found out is that I’m not susceptible to seasickness. I mean I always thought I wasn’t…but let’s just say that during this two-day trip it was really put to the test. For the most [...]

Wow, it’s been a whole week since I’ve written a blog update. I can assure my loyal readers that it’s not because I’ve been busy…after all, I’m still on summer vacation. Nah, I just haven’t had anything really interesting to write about, and I promised myself that I’d never write a blog post that read, [...]

Guess what I’m doing? The Swede’s cousin and his girlfriend have taken a trip to Germany and I volunteered to look after their pet rats for them. They’re pretty cute and friendly little guys, but they’re kind of freaked out because they’re in a strange cage and in a strange place.
The Swede’s cousin left a [...]