The Further Adventures of Miss Kitten

I also thought the Japanese were better at assembling stuff than us barbarian westerners. After all, they lead the world in producing engineers, don’t they?
Japan tells Ikea to give better instructions
Published: 28 Apr 08 08:33 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/11394/
Swedish do-it-yourself furniture giant Ikea has been ordered to give better instructions in Japan after a customer suffered [...]

Who knew that taking out the trash could be so exciting? I flung the trash into one of the collection bins, but as I turned around to dispose of the pizza boxes from last night, I noticed that the cardboard recycling bin was engulfed in flames. I felt a twinge of guilt as I threw [...]

The Swede is just about over his sickness. He’ll be going back to school/work on Monday. Woo hoo!
I received my US primary election ballot in the mail, and I went ahead and voted. Haven’t had the chance to mail it yet, but the deadline isn’t until the 20th of May.
I’m still agonizing over what to [...]

I offer my apologies to my regular readers. I’ve been distracted by a combination of work, a very sick boyfriend, and medical appointments.
The Swede woke up a couple of weeks ago with a high fever and sore throat, and if that wasn’t bad enough a few days later he came down with some kind of [...]

Here’s a first for the “complaints department” category: an article about people complaining about something that shouldn’t be complained about by anybody. What’s the complaint in question? Too much cream in the cream cakes.
Council staff lodge cream cake complaint
Published: 4 Apr 08 16:58 CET
They ordered cream cakes and they got cream cakes. But there was [...]