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Vacation

Posted by Edward on July 12th, 2007

Summer vacation is finally here. Four weeks of lovely nothingness. Too bad I have all those “should have done” left.
The first week of my four week vacation is almost over and I haven’t even realized it had begun. I spent the first days in Linköping loosing speed and calming down by playing World […]

I’m an uncle - again!

Posted by Edward on June 20th, 2007

As I was writting about the wedding my father phoned to say that I had become an uncle yet again. My sister gave birth to her second son at twenty minutes to eight this evening. Good for her! I wonder what they will name him?

Wedding of the Year

Posted by Edward on June 20th, 2007

Last weekend I went to the Wedding of the Year. Not only because it’s the only one I’ve been invited to this year, so far, but also because it was a most excellent wedding. Childhood friend Fredrik Wedén married his beautiful girlfriend Sophie von Stockenström in Åker kyrka (that’s Åker church for all you English […]

Nordiska guda- och hjältesagor

Posted by Edward on June 4th, 2007

This book is an anthology composed of nordic myth. Åke Ohlmark has selected nineteen sagas that he retells in this book. For those who are unfamiliar with Åke Ohlmark he is a Swedish writer and translator mostly remembered for his translation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings into Swedish. He has also translated and […]

An update on …

Posted by Edward on June 2nd, 2007

… “the read all unread books in the bookshelf” project. I’ve come to realize that I won’t have time to read all unread books before my assignment in Norrköping is at an end. In fact my reading has barely scratched the surface of the pile of books. So baring any life altering events (which may […]

Ken Follet: Night Over Water

Posted by Edward on June 2nd, 2007

Afte I had read the first chapter I realized that I had already read this book at some time in my life. Well, it got of to a good start and I couldn’t remember the plot so I kept reading.
The story takes place just before the outbreak of war in Europe (WWII). Chamberlain has […]

Conspiracy - The Super-Secret Goon Squad

Posted by Edward on May 29th, 2007

I’m not a conspiracy buff, although I do like conspiracy themed movies and books, but yesterday I got into a conspiracy detecting mode while driving to Stockholm. On the motorway travelling south came the Super-Secret Goon Squad [SSGS]. I have no better name for them for I know not what they where. I had never […]

SOF 2007 - Prelude

Posted by Edward on May 18th, 2007

It has already started, SOF 2007 that is, but I won’t be getting jiggy with it for another hour or two. So what is SOF and why am I writing about it? Well SOF stands for Student Orkester Festivalen (The Student Orchestra Festival) and it occurs every other year in Linköping. In the interim […]

The judgement

Posted by Edward on May 12th, 2007

Wow, what happened to time? I was going to write a short notice on my latest health check when I realized that it was nearly a fortnight since I recieved my judgement from the physiotherapist. Time flies!
Every year we get to do a health check at a local fitness center called Feelgood. Usually it’s just […]

A brief confused lesson in Swedish

Posted by Edward on March 20th, 2007

Sorry Hannes, no new code yet. Instead I give you this brief explanation of Swedish grammar to confuse any non-swedish reader of this blog; if there are any. There is no apparent reason for this blog but as I finished the last book and was considering translating the title to English or not my mind […]