Gunilla Pontén – a remarkable woman
Gunilla Pontén got her first assignment in 1954 and this year she celebrates 50 years of fashion designing. Photo: Mats Landin, ©Nordiska museet. Gunilla Pontén...
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Art cow decapitation
So called “militant graffiti artists” stole one of the Cow Parade cows that are on display in Stockholm, and sent out a video clip where...
The lamp project
At the start of summer we went looking for lamps. I had had the same rice lamps since I moved into my last apartment five...
Wired's cutting the i short in internet
Just five or six years late, Wired is following Aftonbladet’s lead, no more capitalizing the I in internet. Funny it should take such a long...
Let's talk about the weather
I’m gonna talk a bit about the weather. People are said to talk about the weather when they have nothing to say. But in fact,...
Pride parade
Today has been a nice, stress-free day. Much welcome. Also good weather for once. Me like! I and K met Gitta, Chris, Hastur and Karin...
Traditional Midsummer celebrations
I’m not a great fan of the Midsummer holidays. Mainly because of the pressure, growing up, to go to some great party on Midsummer’s Eve,...
Scamming the scammer
I had a good laugh today, checking out an old link in the website forum on Skom. It was a page describing how this guy...
Shopping in Japanese
I ordered some records from the Japanese version of Amazon a few weeks ago. Estimated time of delivery was sometime between June 26 and July...
Literary scams
Ever since I signed up for the Creative Writing class three years ago, William, our teacher, has warned me and the other writers of literary...
Sverre turning twelve
K’s appartment is starting to look really nice. The hallway, bedroom and bathroom are redecorated and today I’ve helped him put some stuff in the...
Baby boom?
Is it just me, or do we have a new baby boom? People all around me, in all sorts of constellations of friends, and at...
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