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| Sep 19, 2005 |
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AmÈlie Ahammad-Geens |
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AmÈlie Ahammad-Geens was born on a harvest moon to my sister Francesca and Nazz. She is beautiful, alert and strong, and she blogs....
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| Mar 2, 2005 |
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What is it like to be Elizabeth Costello? |
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In Elizabeth Costello the novelCoetzee's latest novel to come out in paperback here in Stockholm is currently on sale during the annual countrywide...
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| Feb 8, 2005 |
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The Kungsholmare |
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"Because envy is the color of Kungsholmen." — 60cl Absolut Vodka — 20cl Rose's Lime Cordial — Top with Rekorderlig p‰roncider (sparkling alcoholic...
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| Feb 5, 2005 |
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UPC: Useless Piece of Cable |
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Rant. You have been warned. This post is a wholly optional read.Having just moved into my seventh apartment in the two-and-a-half years I've...
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| Jan 28, 2005 |
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Googliography: Viola Ilma |
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An new occasional series on people, places or objects which have influenced me.(Or, confessions of a preteen philatelist) During my first stint as...
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| Jan 20, 2005 |
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Evolution in practice |
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Welcome, Oliver Strassel Rose....
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| Jan 10, 2005 |
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Apologies for the delay... |
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But the new look is almost ready. Come back later today (Monday). If you could do me a favor in the meantime and...
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| Dec 15, 2004 |
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The 2004 Steffies |
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Since I will spend the remainder of the week trying to finish work projects on glˆgg hangovers before heading off to Ireland for...
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| Dec 1, 2004 |
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Rebel Rebel |
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It's been just a tad busier than usual here, and I'm only mentioning it by way of explanation for a whole four days...
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| Nov 27, 2004 |
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Virtual sideblog |
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I really need to get a sideblog. In its absence, a quick list of interesting blogs and links I accumulated these past few...
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| Nov 24, 2004 |
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Icycle |
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Taken outside my front door in Stockholm. Fortunately, my bicycle was stolen back in october, so it's not mine. Note to future self:...
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| Oct 22, 2004 |
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An ode to pears |
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I had a pear today at work. Every Monday, a fruit basket arrives on our floor. The bananas always go first, followed by...
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| Oct 13, 2004 |
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Radiotj‰nst guy |
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Well, they found me. The knock on the door came barely a month after having moved. I actually thought it was the landlord...
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| Aug 30, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm, VIII |
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The eighth in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seatingNine: Culinary relativismEight: PreÎmptive planningSeven: Premature masticationSix: Irrational discalceationFive: Radiotj‰nst i Kiruna ABFour: Temporal engineering Three:...
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| Aug 24, 2004 |
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The kr‰ftskiva |
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Somewhere towards the northern end of the Stockholm archipelago there is a red wooden house atop its own island, snug in a glade...
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| Aug 9, 2004 |
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Charles and Pamela get married |
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Fellow SAISer, ex-housemate and blogger Charles Kenny got married to Pamela Street over the weekend at Balliol College, Oxford, on an splendid day....
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| Jul 24, 2004 |
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Perfect Day 2 (July 23, 2004) |
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Perfect Day 1 was May 5, 2002.If somebody were to ask me to describe a perfect summer vacation day, it might go something...
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| Jun 22, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm, VII |
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The seventh in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seatingNine: Culinary relativismEight: PreÎmptive planningSeven: Premature masticationSix: Irrational discalceationFive: Radiotj‰nst i Kiruna AB Four: Temporal engineering...
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| Jun 20, 2004 |
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The letter, part 4: Meeting Margaretha |
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If you haven't yet read parts one through three, you can read all four parts chronologically here. In fact, it's a good refresher...
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| Jun 16, 2004 |
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Summers on the Jersey Shore |
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This is an exception to the two-week no posting promise. I promise.In this week's Prairie Home Companion [RealAudio], a truly standout edition, including:...
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| Jun 12, 2004 |
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The prime of summer |
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I'm now going to cash in two weeks out of the six annually I have just alotted myself as vacation from long-form blogging...
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| Jun 3, 2004 |
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If on a summer's night... |
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While walking up the stairs after my run today I thought I might write boastfully here about my first sub-hour circumnavigation of Sˆdermalm,...
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| Jun 1, 2004 |
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Heart of Twilight |
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In my continuing mission to infiltrate the Swedish psyche I managed to finagle my way into a proper Swedish student ball over the...
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| May 13, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm, VI |
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The Sixth in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seatingNine: Culinary relativismEight: PreÎmptive planningSeven: Premature masticationSix: Irrational discalceation Five: Radiotj‰nst i Kiruna AB So, Radiotj‰nst,...
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| May 6, 2004 |
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Two-minute taxes |
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May 3 was the deadline for declaring one's taxes in Sweden. As I am far more efficient under deadline, I left everything until...
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| Apr 29, 2004 |
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Top ten things I hate about Stockholm, V |
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The fifth in an occasional series.Ten: Predatory seatingNine: Culinary relativismEight: PreÎmptive planningSeven: Premature masticationSix: Irrational discalceation. This one really baffles me. If you've...
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| Apr 13, 2004 |
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Oog goes Live |
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Oog is Dutch for eye, but now it is also the Geens family photoblog, and it has just gone live properly, with an...
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| Apr 11, 2004 |
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Terrorism 101 at Skavsta |
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Previous RyanAir rants here, here and here.Written Saturday, between Skavsta and Brussels: Everytime I pass through Skavsta Airport, it has doubled in size....
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| Apr 2, 2004 |
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Fredagsfyra v 14 - 04 |
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It turns out I am named after the founder of the Serbian nation, Grand Zupan Stefan Nemanja. He atoned by becoming a monk...
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| Mar 28, 2004 |
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Fredagsfyran |
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Basically, I have always disdained blog gimmicks like the Friday Five. In Sweden, this meme translates to the Friday Four, because Swedes are...
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| Mar 23, 2004 |
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Spring Cleaning |
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It's been a productive weekend, in a behind-the-scenes kind of way. The Sighs server has had a spring cleaning, and now comes with...
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| Mar 18, 2004 |
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Commute |
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The weather turned balmy this week, above freezing even, and so I shed layers and took the iPod to work yesterday, the extra...
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| Mar 10, 2004 |
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Shameless |
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One six month subscription to the gym at Eriksdalsbadet: 2300 kr. One "Free Brunei" T-shirt, just arrived: $20.99 My Blogger "hoodie", just arrived:...
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| Feb 25, 2004 |
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Date with Domesticity |
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Apparently, I have just done something terribly Swedish: I have reneged on a movie date with a friend on account of it conflicting...
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| Feb 25, 2004 |
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Tidbits |
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By way of explanation for the slackening of the pace around here, I've spent all my free time this past week immersed in...
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| Jan 29, 2004 |
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Why I eat at McDonalds |
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After some snarky comments on my last post, I feel compelled to explain why I eat at McDonalds. Every saturday, no matter where...
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| Jan 12, 2004 |
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In fatta |
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It's linguistic deja vu all over again: After embarrassing episodes with mores and awry it now turns out I've been making arguments in...
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| Jan 4, 2004 |
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New Year's in Stockholm |
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On New Year's eve, while I am packing for an early move on Jan 1, my friend E— calls. Her Polish cleaner is...
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| Jan 3, 2004 |
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Wish list |
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Two things I want but am too lazy/ignorant to build myself: One: I want instant translations of words I do not understand in...
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| Jan 2, 2004 |
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Back from being away |
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I now declare the 2004 blogging season open. Disregard this post — it's my spring trainingThat's baseball terminology, as Matthew will be proud...
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| Dec 17, 2003 |
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LOTR, Return of the Bet |
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Felix, any time you want to redo our bet on the Lord of the Rings movie, this time for the third installment, let...
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| Dec 2, 2003 |
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JulkommittÈ |
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HELP. I've been volunteered to the JulkommittÈ, or Christmas committee, where I work: It's my very first representative position at a Swedish institution,...
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| Dec 2, 2003 |
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The Letter, part 3: Margaretha writes back |
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[If you haven't yet read The Letter, parts one and two, please do so first. This post won't make any sense otherwise] Margaretha...
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| Dec 1, 2003 |
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The Letter, part 2: Finding Margaretha Lennerbring |
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[If you haven't yet read The Letter, an earlier post about a letter I found on a New York City sidewalk sent to...
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| Nov 24, 2003 |
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iChat unbound |
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I'm watching the 2003 All-Stars Scrabble Championship on ESPN on a television in New York... via Apple's iChat AV! Fellow Scrabble player and...
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| Oct 29, 2003 |
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Northern plight |
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Why oh why am I never allowed to see the Aurora Borealis? It's the solar storm of a lifetime up there, it was...
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| Oct 28, 2003 |
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Blog for life |
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There are a growing number of these around, but this is the first one made by a friend: noahjoaquin.com, a most excellent baby...
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| Oct 27, 2003 |
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My Swedish dentist |
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American and European dentists must really loathe each other's work. In the US, my dentist was agape at the coarseness of the European...
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| Oct 24, 2003 |
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A block of writers |
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I already know how my next post will begin: The bus from Newark discharged its passengers — a ... of Swedes and myself...
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| Oct 11, 2003 |
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Ryan Air Watch |
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Ryanair is taking its philosophy to the logical extreme. I saw the future of air travel on my way to Ireland for the...
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| Oct 9, 2003 |
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Just begging to differ |
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A few days ago I partook in a half-day consulting workshop with my colleagues at work. Several important fundamentals about branding and positioning...
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| Oct 4, 2003 |
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New York state of mind |
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I'm in a New York state of mind tonight, missing the city. I was put there by an article by Gary Shteyngart in...
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| Sep 21, 2003 |
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Week ends |
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The sun heads into the southern hemisphere today, but yesterday Stockholmers soaked up every last ray. In Sˆder, the terraces on SkÂnegatan were...
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| Sep 14, 2003 |
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Voting day |
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This morning, on a beautiful late summer day, I went to my local school here in Stockholm to vote in Sweden's EMU referendumIt...
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| Sep 4, 2003 |
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Blogs ‡ clef |
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In 1995, a SAIS student magazine called Sighs became Sighs.com, the news clearing house for that year's graduating class. Over the years, the...
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| Aug 28, 2003 |
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With republicans like these... |
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Who needs democrats? Seriously, I just met up with my friend Ben N. from SAIS, who is passing by Dublin, and we had...
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| Aug 20, 2003 |
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Accidental tourist |
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I take it all back, everything that I said about Ryanair. Two months and 6 flights later, it's clear that deregulation is drastically...
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| Jul 4, 2003 |
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Life of Ryan |
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It was inevitable that I eventually tried RyanairI wrote this post a few days ago, but have been unable to secure unfettered internet...
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| Jun 28, 2003 |
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The letter |
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In the summer of 1999 my morning commute went thus: I would walk up St. Marks Place to the N/R subway under Broadway,...
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| Jun 18, 2003 |
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Shifting allegiances |
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I've been down on the United States for the past few weeks. When the missing-WMD meme hit mainstream on the weekend of May...
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| Jun 14, 2003 |
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Updated links page |
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I've updated the links page, adding many new links and taking out the ones I never visited (and hence you probably never did...
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| Jun 5, 2003 |
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Summer of the mind |
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There is something Platonic about summer in Sweden. On one level, it is an abstraction, a collection of ideal things about summer, much...
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| Apr 16, 2003 |
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Save the Robots |
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In London yesterday morning, BBC television news carried a quitessential New York story: a bouncer had been stabbed and killed by a patron...
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| Apr 10, 2003 |
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Swedish Odds & Ends |
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The acute reader may have wondered, as I did upon rereading my own recent posts, how I could have known that the La...
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| Apr 3, 2003 |
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Blue Karmann Ghia |
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Fergus McCormick has his music website up, timed to correspond with the release of his eponymously named debut album. I'm mentioning it because...
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| Mar 14, 2003 |
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Continued travails in Swedish: Social Realism |
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Three days in a row it's been 10ºC and sunny in Stockholm. Three days in a row all the Swedes I know have...
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| Mar 10, 2003 |
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Obligatory meta-content post... |
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No posts for over a month because in my mind, BLOG@STEFANGEENS.COM had aquired lame-duck status qua design. This involves a non-trivial amount of...
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| Feb 28, 2003 |
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RIP, stefangeens v1.0 |
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The old site look is gone. I've preserved a sample page here. It keeps the random image delivery method that I used. To...
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| Jan 20, 2003 |
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Sighs.com's turn |
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On the heels of MemeFirst.com comes the revamped Sighs.com, the site which started it all for me way back in 1995, when 5-letter...
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| Jan 16, 2003 |
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MemeFirst.com is up and running |
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You may have wondered what I've been up to this past week. I've had the flu, but there has been one productive outcropping...
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| Jan 5, 2003 |
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Coldplay |
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I set a new personal record last weekóI was out in -32∫C (-26∫F) stomping around in waist-deep Norwegian snow trying to get Itay's...
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| Nov 3, 2002 |
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Odd ends |
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It's been 48 hours in my apartment, and I must say, it's great to have your own place. Here is a pic of...
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| Oct 19, 2002 |
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Swedish lessons, continued |
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Some Swedes' mastery of the English language is a bit frayed at the edges. I've been apartment hunting, and today I found a...
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| Oct 14, 2002 |
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More coincidences |
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The suspicion that my presence in New York is a prerequisite for the Yankees doing well in the post-season was strengthened by their...
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| Oct 2, 2002 |
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New phone number |
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My new permanent number is +46 70 611 5711. I wanted to get a 555 number to freak out Felix but they were...
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| Sep 30, 2002 |
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Svenska Scrabble |
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I played my first game of Swedish Scrabble yesterday, with Magnus and Anna. I tied with Magnus; Anna wasn't even close. The game...
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| Sep 25, 2002 |
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Virtually There |
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I am listening to WNYC on the stereo. It's 4 am in New York so the BBC is on. Soon, the news shows...
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| Sep 22, 2002 |
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Steal this movie |
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I, Eurof has been uploaded to the site. To debrief those who did not make it to Andros last week, John/Eurof and Yianna...
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| Sep 19, 2002 |
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Return to Barcelona |
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I was last in Barcelona 10 years ago, almost to the day, after having spent the Olympics there chauffeuring (and sometimes translating) for...
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| Sep 6, 2002 |
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Nationalist Geographic |
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We went to Jericho two days ago, and then on to Qumran, where they discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls. In Jericho we visited...
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| Sep 2, 2002 |
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You're all wrong |
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The first comprehensive study of this blog has been conducted by Matthew Rose. Here are the findings: You wondered once why some of...
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| Aug 27, 2002 |
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Mostly Moses |
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Last weekend the parents and I drove to the Sinai peninsula to root around St. Catherine's Monastery, at the base of Mount Sinai,...
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| Aug 17, 2002 |
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I made it to my parents |
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I made it to my parents....
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| Aug 13, 2002 |
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Apocalypse Nöw |
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I'm always happy when surströmming articles happen. There is a new one in today's Wall Street Journal, though I am very disappointed with...
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| Aug 9, 2002 |
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No wonder this rat is leaving the ship |
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It's a favorite conceit of mine that wherever I happen to live is the absolute coolest place in the world. For the past...
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| Aug 2, 2002 |
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Suba rue |
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I wanted to reserve a table for 8 for tonight at Suba. They wanted my phone number. Then they wanted my email. Why?...
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| Aug 2, 2002 |
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Short shrift |
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So you weren't invited to the world premiere of Beaver Me First and Apartment 5E at the exclusive Two Boots Den of Cin?...
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| Jul 20, 2002 |
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Transforming the East Village |
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Sometimes I wonder... Usually, playing word association with the words "transformer" and "East Village" leads directly to Lou Reed's classic album and...
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| Jul 18, 2002 |
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End of the world as we know it |
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Sign I saw at a 1st-Avenue deli yesterday: "Marlboro Lights: $6.66"...
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| Jul 3, 2002 |
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Sea, sex and souvlaki |
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Studies show that John Uppington will have a long, healthy life. Hmm, maybe I should have kept that one for the speeches at...
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| Jun 26, 2002 |
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Cortland Street stop, N/R |
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For 4 years up until September 10, 2001, I often took the N/R subway to work, getting on at 8th Street and getting...
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| Jun 17, 2002 |
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A favorite east village haunt, |
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A favorite east village haunt, Bar Veloce, was the site of a bizzare hostage taking/shoot-out with police last night....
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| Jun 4, 2002 |
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Apartment 5E |
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There is no denying it: I will do silly things for the sake of art. if you are in New York in July,...
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| May 7, 2002 |
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Perfect Day (May 5, 2002) |
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On Sunday (May 5, 2002) New York experienced one of those periodic perfect days famously eulogized by Lou Reed. The weather was exactly...
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| May 1, 2002 |
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Emoliate: Now in Google! |
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In Jamaica last week, an otherwise disappointing Scrabble game against Simon Clark did yield one fine bingo on my part, which he did...
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| Apr 15, 2002 |
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Ayse & Cemo's wedding pics |
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Finally, after much delay (all of it my fault), the pictures I took at Ayse and Cemo's wedding in Istanbul last year are...
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| Mar 20, 2002 |
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SAIS Professor Marco Biagi gunned down |
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SAIS Professor Marco Biagi gunned down in Bologna....
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| Feb 1, 2002 |
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Anagrammed friends |
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Today's post is brought to you courtesy of the Internet Anagram Server, responsible for hours upon hours of immature snickering at expense of...
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| Jan 28, 2002 |
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Sechery |
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Another batch of pictures from Sechery has been posted on the relevant page....
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| Jan 22, 2002 |
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Salmon has now gone mad |
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Salmon has now gone mad. Just this weekend, he's posted no fewer than 2 new pieces on l'affair Sullivan ñ an affair, I...
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| Jan 16, 2002 |
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New Year's in Sechery |
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New Year's was spent in the Ardennes with friends. I've scanned the first batch of pictures (Michelle's) and put them up on the...
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| Dec 20, 2001 |
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The Oscars bet |
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For the record, here is the bet between Felix Salmon and myself: "BVC" shall mean "bottle of vintage champagne" throughout. "LOTR" shall mean...
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| Dec 8, 2001 |
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A guest editorial contribution by Belmeloro: |
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Getting engaged is not a casual event. It marks a new phase in one's life, borne of a readiness to forgo life's easy...
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| Dec 3, 2001 |
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Art alert |
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Most likely you visit my site because you know me or because you have impeccable taste. If you also happen to be in...
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| Nov 27, 2001 |
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St. Mary's Scrabble Invitational |
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Last Saturday, while Kim & I watched Withnail & I, Matthew Rose spent a marathon session on my Mac editing the footage we...
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| Oct 25, 2001 |
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Surf report |
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I resisted for over 5 years, but when I switched from DSL to cable-based internet access a few weeks ago the pricing was...
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| Sep 27, 2001 |
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I quit smoking a year ago |
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I almost forgot. September 26 was an anniversary of sorts: I quit smoking a year ago. To commemorate the occasion I unwittingly arranged...
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| Sep 17, 2001 |
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After September 11: Vermont |
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On a whim, Itay, Rosa and I rented a car last Thursday afternoon and drove it to Northern Vermont. With nothing to keep...
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| Sep 12, 2001 |
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September 11: Night |
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I've been able to reach most friends in NYC and so far everybody I know is fine. I'm home now, it's night outside,...
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| Sep 11, 2001 |
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September 11 |
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I'm fine, so are Matthew, Kim, Itay, Rosa, Felix, Michelle, Liz Wollman, Zach and Julia--I've talked to or seen them all. [Sept 12--also...
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| Aug 23, 2001 |
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Photos of Tonje and Auran's wedding |
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Photos of Tonje and Auran's wedding in Oslo on Saturday, August 4, are finally scanned and posted. The wedding was tremendous fun, as...
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| Aug 10, 2001 |
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Stefan Greens |
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Steve Greens, Steven Genes, Stephen Jeans--I've seen all possible permutations of my name written or pronounced by those unfamiliar with the soft lilt...
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| Aug 3, 2001 |
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Oslo |
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Two days in Oslo is an experience of the near future, if you're an optimist. Everybody has a cell phone, debit/credit card use...
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| Jul 10, 2001 |
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Scrabble checklist |
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Here's a checklist of what I need to do to get better at Scrabble: [x] Learn all 96 2-letter words. (AA, AB, AD,...
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| Jul 6, 2001 |
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Petra photos |
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The black-and-white photos from my trip to Petra in January 2001 are finally sorted, scanned and presented after a fashion. Feel free to...
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| Jun 12, 2001 |
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My Dominican chicken recipe |
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My Dominican chicken recipe: 1. Make friends with someone who has a Dominican Mother (in my case, Rosa). 2. Have Dominican Mother visit...
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| Jun 11, 2001 |
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Ephrat has a new mailing address |
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Ephrat has a new mailing address in Senegal. It goes as follows: Ephrat Livni Peace Corps BP 5001 Passy, Senegal (Very) intermittent email...
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| Jun 10, 2001 |
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Scrabble winnings |
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Today, I won $18.40 off Itay and $21.40 off Zach at Scrabble, all the while quaffing down some of Rosa's mother's delicious flan...
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