Monthly Archives: February 2009

Stockholm: not for boozehounds

Stockholm is a beautiful city of storybook buildings, romantic bridges, great pie and the strangest alcohol purchasing system I’ve ever seen. Basically, if you want to buy alcohol you have to go to something that resembles a state run Argos for booze called the Systembolaget. The state-run monopoly regulates the sale of alcohol to: “help [...]

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Going to the chapel and we’re goinna get married

The last month has been dizzying, but wonderful. Guy proposed to me at the end of January in Stockholm at sunset, on a bridge near the castle with a gaudy plastic ring.  We celebrated with raspberry pie and champagne. It’s been a challenging few months, while we’ve been trying to figure the best way to [...]

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Bloody wordpress 404 etcetera

I’ve just spent the better part of the last hour and a half trying to figure out how to get my old posts to show when you click on any of the previous post/archive links to work again. Having zero patience with programming and general troubleshooting (which is funny as part of my job is [...]

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