Holding my first Aikido class

The head instructor for the evening could only hold the first segment of the class today. So three of us were handed the responsibility of holding the second segment of the class. For some reason I was voted to handle it (probably as the person-most-in-need-of-help). …

Read more

Vilma’s Crisp Bread

If you’re into “crisp bread” or “cracker bread”, you should really give the Vilma’s product line a try. It’s hand made crisp bread with a number of different flavors (all natural) available. If you’ve never tried this type of bread, which can best be described …

Read more

Crossing the Alter Bridge

This should have been my fourth or fifth audible surprise of 2005; but I wasn’t paying enough attention the first two times I listened to the album. So instead, “One day remains” will have to count as the first musical surprise of 2006. I belong …

Read more

Mediterranean Veggie Sanwich

“Sliced cucumber, tomotoes, provolone cheese, shredded lettuce, dilled hummus spread and an olive tapenade served on a focaccia style bread.” — well, that’s what the menu at Hard Rock Café of Stockholm says anyway. Meanwhile, back on planet earth, the sandwich (note the d) comes …

Read more

Toll stations – Stockholmsförsöket

So today the fabulous “road tolls” go live for the Stockholm region. It’s a project full of flawed logic, a rushed schedule, and some major political gambling. Contrary to many other places where so called toll booths are used, this was considered impractical for the …

Read more

New Canon EOS 20D firmware

For those of you who, like me, missed the 2.0.3 update to the EOS 20D, you’ll find it here: web.canon.jp/Imaging/eos20d/eos20d_firmware-e.html. The word “new” in the title of this posting doesn’t really apply, the 2.0.3 update was posted on 2005-10-26 according to the Canon BeBit page.

Your Japanese name is…

Taku Hojo. Well, mine is anyway, according to www.blogthings.com/japanesenamegenerator. From the same source of wisdom, there’s also www.blogthings.com/fortunecookiegenerator.

You know you’ve been too long in Sweden when..

You pass a supermarket and think “Wow, it is open, I had better go in an buy something!” You refuse to wear a hat, even in minus 20 degree weather. You know that “religious holiday” means “let’s get pissed.” You find yourself debating the politics …

Read more

The Jacket

Just finished watching “The Jacket” starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley among others; way cool movie! A bit weird, and a bit slow, but for being an “angel-life-after-death-get-the-message-and-live-while-you’re-alive” type of movie, it did good!

Wow, a whopping 9%

A humiliating view.. and I can’t even claim to have examined every square centimeter of these countries. Want to create your own worldmap? Head on over to world66.com and go crazy!