Combined Challenge 2006

During some weeks of March this year, there’s a big military exercise in Sweden called Combined Challenge 2006. This weekend, and the next, part of the battle force is moving around close to where I live. Alexander and Janet when to inspect some of the …

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Guns N´ Roses to play in Stockholm on June 26

Guns N´ Roses to play in the Globe arena of Stockholm on June 26 2006; or so the story goes anyway. The tickets are set to be released on thursday March 9. So the band and (in particular) Axl has almost four months to cancel …

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What is up with Axl this time?

An “interesting” article on VH1 concludes that “something” is up with Axl. Well, those of us who wonder already know something is up with Axl. The question is, what is it this time? I want to see the “new album” released as much as anyone …

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Winter Olympics delayed by snow

Having watched the Swedish Ice Hockey ladies advance to the finals after a 4-2 victory against the US, I was thinking about the irony of some of the other events of today’s competitions. The women’s combination downhill race was cancelled due to severe weather (that …

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Alexander!

Happy 6th Birthday Alexander! It’s hard to believe I held you in my arms six years ago as a newborn, looking at your tiny hands and thinking that this is the greatest thing ever.. only to realize that watching you grow up is an even …

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Do what you’re told, by Sebastian

It’s not often that I consider so-called “hot new artists” to be anything remotely related to “hot” (in the musical sense). But the fact of the matter is that I am a little bit curious about Swedish Idol 2005 runner-up Sebastian Karlsson’s debut album, “Do …

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No more EEE

Yaay; I finally did it! I went ahead and deleted one of my IM-accounts.. whooohoo! 🙂 Oh, sorry – just had to get that off my chest. No more MSN/Hotmail for me. So let’s see.. now it’s down to Skype, Yahoo, and ICQ. I only …

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Abandoning the West Wing

So finally, SVT Channel 1 starts sending season six of West Wing, one of my favorite TV series. It was sad to hear the passing of John Spencer in late 2005. It was also sad to hear that West Wing has been cancelled by NBC …

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Fifty eight weeks have come and gone

Well, it’s now an official (?) 58 weeks, or a year and six weeks, since I was a “using nicotinist”, I guess in the tradition of AA, I’m now a non-using or sober nicotinist 🙂 Seven weeks Fifteen weeks. Thirtysix weeks GOOD ON ME!

Bird flu handled by being “cost effective”

Research from BirdLife International now shows that much of the “bird flu” is being passed on by humans bringing contraband across borders; very little of the current spread of the flu follow natural travel paths used by birds. Instead, there’s a “thin red line” along …

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