2008

May

Generally I oppose messing with a...

But somehow I suspect this new variation of Toblerone will be worth the risk! It’s like a...
May 12th

Cruising the Lake of Zurich

The view from the upper deck on the way to Rapperswil.Mobile post sent by Shazzer using...
May 11th

Swedish practicality starts young...

A team of Helsingborg, Sweden, high school students has won a national award for its invention...
May 9th

The polls are open! The polls are open!

Just a quick shout-out to all my friends, family and loyal blog readership in the Hoosier State to...
May 6th
 At least they’re consistent! Administration Still...
May 6th

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

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May 5th
Warch Watch
New Rules for distiguishing the bitter from the idiots  Bill Maher is bitter because...
May 4th

When the cat's away...the mice eat...

Dr. Darling’s Mom is down for the weekend and the two of them made a rather...
May 3rd

From the Domestic Goddess Dept.

According to LiveScience.com: Men Create More Housework for Women So then why is it that The...
May 3rd

Pain at the pump: a little reality check...

I’m hearing plenty of griping about gasoline prices from my American friends and family...
May 2nd

Apr

The Supreme Court strikes out again

In the “most important voting rights case since Bush v Gore,” the Supreme Court...
Apr 30th

A Snickers a day keeps the Dr. away?

Tough job: Volunteers needed for chocolate study I hate to break it to the researchers, but...
Apr 29th

I'll believe it when I see it...

Turning tide in Indiana Worried about Iraq and the economy, some Republican Hoosiers are feeling...
Apr 27th
For Indiana Voters, Talk of Change May Fall Flat For the...
Apr 24th

Caffeine kick: short shots are better...

Caffeine jump-starts the body and sharpens the mind. But studies suggest that we Yanks are doing it...
Apr 23rd

Indianapolis tops list of sexually...

WTF? Not only is Indy numberone on the list, but the article goes on to say: “The Indiana...
Apr 20th

Mainstream media screws Americans again

Torturers in the White House: Why Is This Story Being Ignored? “The biggest news of the last...
Apr 20th

Obama administration AG would...

Obama would ask his AG to “immediately review” potential of crimes in Bush White...
Apr 16th

This onion has me crying...

Two stories from the latest issue of The Onion Daily Dispatch have me in tears of laughter...
Apr 14th
Despite my appreciation for both bacon and boobs… I...
Apr 14th

Gawker smart-asses share my opinion of...

Talk about serious vindication! Starbucks Geniuses To Stop Burning Coffee, Change World Forever (Of...
Apr 10th

Healthy spousal rebellion

Dr. Darling spent part of the past weekend up at her brother’s house in Halmstad for a big...
Apr 7th

Monday morning mindfulness

First I left The Penthouse-Nordic for the gym without my keys, but (thankfully) realized it before...
Apr 7th

Sushi turns my mood ring purple!

And purple stands for passion! Not that I can do anything about it with Dr. Darling out-of-town for...
Apr 5th

Welcome to the party, people!

Poll: 81 percent think US on wrong track Those of us who have been here since January of 2001 will...
Apr 4th

More justification for my java habit!

New research suggests that coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol...
Apr 3rd

From the Dept. of "No Shit, Sherlock"

Shocking revelations from the Indiana University Department of Psychological Sciences! Evidently a...
Apr 1st

Mar

Can you imagine the size of the bird?

These giant eggs are sitting in the center of the city’s main square with no signage or...
Mar 31st

Even baseball fans boo Dubya

Our illustrious “commander in chief” was heartily booed while throwing out the first...
Mar 31st
“Watching George W. Bush in operation these last couple of...”
— How Lethally Stupid Can One...
Mar 28th
Obama related to Pitt, Clinton to Jolie
Mar 26th
“Man, it is impossible to do a satire of FauxNews, as you...”
— Only Two Newspapers Put 4,000...
Mar 26th

What the hell happened to spring?!

Train station, Landskrona, Sweden, March 20-frigging-6th, 2008.Mobile post sent by Shazzer using...
Mar 26th
Clearly I don’t pay enough attention to my cereal A...
Mar 23rd

My favorite Easter-themed headline so...

It comes from those fab snarks at one of my favorite Gawker Media blogs, Jezebel. And it goes a...
Mar 20th

Stand by Your Man is so yesterday

Blogger Amanda Marcotte has a great post on AlterNet calling on politicians’ wives to stop...
Mar 18th

Starbucks, completely unavoidable

So while yesterday’s stop at Starbucks was intentional (we were looking to score a free wifi...
Mar 16th

Saturday night in Edinburgh

It’s not quite 10 pm, and Dr. Darling is already sawing logs. Evidently a full day of...
Mar 15th

Greatiings from sunny Edinburgh!

We’ve had a lovely first day so far…the weather was about as good as it gets this time...
Mar 14th

Pre-empting technical difficulties

So I’m sitting on the train home from work, mentally packing for tomorrow’s roadtrip....
Mar 12th

The new two-laptop minimum

From the Dept. of Help me Justify Another Expensive Gadget comes this article via a ComputerWorld...
Mar 12th

Not making my Monday morning any...

“The L Word” ending run on Showtime Where am I going to get my (preferably tastefully...
Mar 10th

City Library, Malmo, Sweden

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Mar 8th
“A crippling idiom shortage that has left millions of...”
— Idiom shortage leaves nation...
Mar 5th
Vermont towns vote to arrest Bush and Cheney
Mar 5th
“An appeals court overturned Texas’s ban (on sex toys),...”
— Sex Toys Are Finally Legal in...
Mar 5th

Performance artist takes 5 in Lund,...

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Mar 4th
Oh MY. That’s all I have to say, really.
Mar 4th

Looking for love in all the tech...

via Gizmodo: Visit the Apple Store, Get Laid Because if Cosmo says it, you know...
Mar 2nd

Feb

OMG…it’s my dream salad! Kudos to Not Martha, my...
Feb 29th

'Bout DAMN time!!!

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the Justice Department on Thursday to open a grand jury...
Feb 29th

Gee, I wonder how this will impact their...

The European Union is fining Microsoft Corp. $1.3 billion for charging rivals too much for software...
Feb 27th
Warch Watch
Diebold accidently releases results of 2008 election early I suspect this is much closer to the...
Feb 26th
Warch Watch
Incredibly cool large-scale public prank in NYC This was perpetrated by a group called “Improv...
Feb 24th
Yes, Jesus loves me! The photographer’s comment: Not...
Feb 22nd

Obama security lapse sounds WAY fishy to...

A Texas newspaper is reporting that security details for Barack Obama’s campaign rally in...
Feb 22nd

I can bring home the bacon and fry it up...

According to a fascinating article currently posted on AlterNet, “the idea that liberated...
Feb 20th
German puts out cigarette with fire...
Feb 20th
Warch Watch
“What the French, Toast?!”  Awesomely clever ad for chewing gum. I’m trying very...
Feb 18th

Chocolate lessons for Valentine's Day

Blogger Tim Ferriss recently took a serious look at my favorite food group. Learn to Eat Chocolate...
Feb 14th

M&M's finally embraces the green ones

Many (many) years ago, on a trip to Indianapolis for our state’s high school marching band...
Feb 11th
“Bush literally drives the country into a ditch while...”
— Media Matters: The press...
Feb 8th

1st Audio Utter via e-mail.amr.

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Feb 7th
“Only on American TV could a knotty policy issue like...”
— In Election ‘08, is...
Feb 7th

Happy Fat Tuesday from Sweden!

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Feb 5th

Okay, so maybe she's not completely...

Angelina Jolie is a technophobe Okay…so I take that back.
Feb 5th
 Big Media loves McCain/hated Edwards/screws us all Why is...
Feb 3rd

Jan

Daily Kos: A Thank You Card to the Edwards...
Jan 31st
Are Men Smarter Than Women? They Sure Seem to...
Jan 30th

Websites I love: The Onion

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 State Of The Union Address President Bush delivered his last State Of...
Jan 29th
Warch Watch
Al Gore “comes out” for marriage equality “I don’t understand why it is...
Jan 26th
Kucinich Starts New Impeachment Drive
Jan 24th
It's official: 935 Lies
Jan 24th
Bill Clinton: 'Screw It, I'm Running For...
Jan 24th
Large majority of Swedes want to allow gay...
Jan 22nd

Blogs I LOVE: Go Fug Yourself

This post would be brilliant even if I wasn’t historically annoyed by the Spice Girls. Every...
Jan 22nd
Just found the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for my...
Jan 22nd

From the Dept. of WTF?!

Britney Spears voted Most Attractive Female Celebrity Where the hell was this poll taken?  On planet...
Jan 21st

Patriotic duty defined

The receptionist at my Swedish workplace just asked me this: “Will you be the best American...
Jan 21st
“It all comes down to greater equality in the relationship....”
— Gay couples more likely to...
Jan 20th
Indiana gay-wed ban won't get hearing
Jan 20th
Press No Longer Qualified To Help Us Pick a...
Jan 19th
Sturdy skirt a hit with Swedish workmen I can think of few...
Jan 18th

Ask a stupid question...

Shazz: How is that we did laundry four days ago and there are six pairs of your underwear in the load I washed tonight?
Dr. Darling: I had on a pair of new ones Monday morning, and then I remembered that I didn't want to work in them.
Shazz: Okay, that would account for one extra pair.
Dr. Darling: The other ones were ripped off me while having sex with my lover.
Shazz: Then why isn't she washing them?
Jan 17th
“This is an essential struggle to illustrate the extent to...”
— Dan Rather’s search for...
Jan 17th
Republicans Prefer a Dead Man Over Their '08...
Jan 17th
Single Women Flex Democratic Muscle
Jan 16th
Bush Legacy: Presidents Can Be Impeached...
Jan 16th
“What does one say to a young woman gang raped by men paid by...”
— Halliburton Gang Rape Victim...
Jan 15th
CBS Poll: 75% of Americans think US is on the...
Jan 15th
So McDreamy is the new Versace guy? I suspect Gianni, like...
Jan 11th
Warch Watch
A partial answer to the universal question: Why is bacon so magical?
Jan 11th
“Late payments have resulted in telecommunications carriers...”
— U.S. Justice Dept. Inspector...
Jan 11th
Salon.com: How bashing Hillary backfired
Jan 10th
Bangor (Maine) Daily News First Major...
Jan 10th
Andrew Sullivan: Gay Couples in Exile
Jan 9th
Women Are Never Front-Runners - New York...
Jan 8th
George McGovern Calls for Bush and Cheney's...
Jan 7th
Jet Lagged - A Users Manual to Seat 21C
Jan 7th
What Obama's Iowa Win Means for Everyone
Jan 5th
Well Done, Iowa: All Three Top Dems Trounce...
Jan 4th
NYT Editorial: Looking at America
Jan 1st

2007

Dec

Jolie named 2007’s top celebrity humanitarian Angelina Jolie...
Dec 27th
Bush to Personally Promote US Image Abroad in...
Dec 27th
Innocent Icelandic Woman Chained, Held,...
Dec 27th

Pecan Pie: Post-Christmas Breakfast of...

Think about it.  It’s made with lots of eggs and nuts.  It’s a protein...
Dec 26th
The disappearing civil liberties coffee mug “The ideal...
Dec 24th
The Queen Launches YouTube Channel
Dec 24th
The Amy Winehouse Snow Globe Has Been...
Dec 24th
Guess what Tom Cruise and I have in common? ‘Valkyrie’...
Dec 20th
Lynne Spears' parenting book cancelled after...
Dec 20th
“Jolie seems to have been precision built to turn cinema...”
— Empire Magazine names Angelina...
Dec 20th
Dr. Darling’s Dream Gadget! Cerevellum Bike Computer...
Dec 18th
AT&T engineer says Bush Administration sought...
Dec 18th
Democracy needs the voices of Jon Stewart and...
Dec 18th
Just blogged this: Entry extravaganza!: My 11 loyal readers, especially those who subsc.....
Dec 17th
Pundits Say Hil or Obama, But Edwards Is Best...
Dec 17th
Europeans shop for bargains in NYC
Dec 17th
Christmas Stupidity: Man Lives in Giant...
Dec 16th
“‘There’s a real shift going on here where I...”
— In stand for marriage...
Dec 16th
Jodie Foster comes out… finally - Times Online And...
Dec 15th
Just blogged this: Back to the grind, sort of…: I’ve been working half-time this .....
Dec 15th
Heading into the office 4 the 1st time since the surgery. Only marginally nervous!
Dec 14th
The Local - Army castrates heraldic lion Protests from...
Dec 14th
Why do I always end up at the grocery store at 5:30 pm?
Dec 13th
Kebab shop is packed. Evidently nobody wants to cook tonight!
Dec 12th
On a packed train 2 Lund 4 the radio show. Crowds and darkness is not a good combo 4 me.
Dec 12th
Use of mp3 players without headphones on public transport should be against the law.
Dec 12th
Kucinich Putting Finishing Touches to...
Dec 12th
Survived my 1st restaurant meal with no spills! Yeah, baby!
Dec 11th
Just blogged this: Merry Charlizemas!!!: This title of this entry the subject line of a.....
Dec 11th
Merry Charlizemas!!!
Dec 11th
First solo outing after dark. Unsettling.
Dec 11th
Anti-Gay Boy Scout Leader Arrested for...
Dec 10th
Just blogged this: One-on-One Weekend: Given that I’ve been off work recovering fro.....
Dec 9th
One-on-One Weekend
Dec 9th
UK Civil Partnerships Not Equal Study Says
Dec 9th
How to Really Love Your Country: 5 Objectives...
Dec 9th
Giuliani’s Shag Fund Scandal Gets a Little...
Dec 9th
Just blogged this: Cleared to fly!: I had my surgical follow-up with the eye doctor yes.....
Dec 8th
Watching “The Sound of Music” with Swedish subtitles. It still rocks!
Dec 8th
Angelina Jolie tops 100 Sexiest Movie Stars...
Dec 7th

Can I post by e-mail?

Evidently I can!  SWEET!
Dec 7th
Bush White House Tries to Redefine...
Dec 7th
Kelly Clarkson clearly hasn’t seen any of the Swedish Idol series…otherwise she never...
Dec 7th
Swede