About nine months ago, I wrote a rather tongue-in-cheek post about the practice of autogoogling or self-googling. By now most people know that autogoogling is the practice of typing one’s own name into an internet search engine in order to see what results come up. To me, there’s just something masturbatory about that – not [...]
Sep
30
Self-googling: an update
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Sep
27
I’m 32 years old and have the skin of a 14-year-old
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And I’m not talking smooth and wrinkle-free. I know I’m probably not the only adult acne sufferer out there, but…*sigh* Last night I told the Swede that I felt physically repulsive. I never really had problems with acne when I was a teen, so why oh why am I having problems with it now??
It’s probably [...]
Sep
13
Awww…poor kitty
Category: Caturday, News and Current Events | Leave a Comment
It’s amazing to me that it took three weeks for someone to notice this cat.
Escaped cat lost at airport for three weeks
Published: 8th September 2007 12:48 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/8432/
A cat has been reunited with its owners after surviving cars, planes and rat poison for three weeks at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. The feline, Kattitz, escaped from his [...]
Sep
12
A Package From Dad
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I was absolutely stunned, flabbergasted, gobsmacked, etc, when I received a large flat package from my dad in the mail today. Neither of us is very good at keeping in touch with one another. I’ve sent him the odd post card from Sweden, and the last contact I had from him was a card/letter around [...]
Sep
4
Moar phunnee katz!
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Sep
3
Moving On
Category: Art and Culture, Holidays and Celebrations, Living in Sweden, Opportunities | Leave a Comment
It’s barely September, but looking outside the window here one might guess that it’s really late October. We had a pretty feeble summer here in Sweden and starting last week (the last week of August) I noticed that the leaves were already beginning to turn yellow. No, I thought, it can’t be fall already! It’s [...]


