swedish to me 

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Realm of Is

Dec 31st

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“Long underwear. Every day.”

Dec 31st

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How to Christmas

Choose one or more of the following styles and install in several or all windows of domicile, office, etc. a.b.c.d. e.f.g.h. You may install one or more of the following, as an alternative.  (See above note regarding placement and quantity.) i.j.k. Lights will be lit during all waking hours, including sunrise to sunset (1000-1500).  Participation is mandatory.  Non-participation may result in...

Dec 26th

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Dec 24th

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Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

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Dec 22nd

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Last week with Ulf, near Sälen, about halfway ¨up¨ Sweden, and 25 kilometers from the Norwegian border, I finally experienced real Scandinavian snow (and put the Sorels and skis to good use).  It was spectacular.

Dec 22nd

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Dec 13th

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That's noble

One of my great pleasures of the last couple months (besides saying, “President-elect Obama,” over and over) has been watching Paul Krugman call out George Bush and George Will on their bullshit with — oooh! — true facts, all the while teaching us something about how economies really operate.  You mean, free market forces aren’t the holy writ!?!  Another great...

Dec 8th

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Dec 8th

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Real Conceptual Couture →

On my design blog, I report on the punk princess dresses of Copenhagen-based designer, Anne Damgaard, winner of the Nordic Award in Textiles for 2008…

Dec 5th

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Local delicacy

Sweden is generally rather clean and fresh in character and smell.  Pine-scented forests, crisp Baltic and Nordic sea breezes, and the cosy-spicy aroma of baking pepparkakor (ginger cookies), are just a few typically Swedish things.  Yet, two of Sweden’s oddest national dishes have a horrible stench: surströmming (literally, rotten fermented herring) and Gothenburg metal (a.k.a. Melodic...

Dec 4th

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Dec 2nd

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Dec 1st

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