I appear to be getting a jump on what I like to call "the sleepless season." In past Swedish springs/summers, I’ve been able to get through the first week of June before breaking out the sleep mask, but not this year. I suspect it has something to do with the dormer windows in The Penthouse – …
Monthly Archive: May 2006
May 28 2006
Bits and bobs…not to be confused with Bob’s bits.
Cruella Comeuppance Update #2: The city’s main anti-discrimination organisation decided that our crazy landlady’s behavior toward Dr. Darling on the day she handed over our keys was worth a looksy by the head honchos in Stockholm, and so sometime late last week our former landlord received notice from the government of Sweden that a formal …
May 27 2006
Obviously I don’t buy enough booze…
I had occasion to visit one of Sweden’s state-run liquor stores today, and for the first time since moving here I didn’t feel like a criminal on parole while buying a bottle of wine. I guess I don’t buy alcohol often enough to get too bent out of shape over the taxes, but it does …
May 25 2006
“It’s the day Jesus flew.”
This is Dr. Darling ‘s understanding of Ascension Day, a major feast in the Christian liturgical calendar…which remarkably enough is a national holiday here in secular Sweden. So I’ve had the day off, which was really nice. Too bad the same can’t be said for the weather. We managed to get a stroll in while …
May 24 2006
He’s somewhat heavy, he’s YOUR brother.
Dr. Darling and I both have brothers on the brain lately. We each have one…and it appears as though their paths are going to cross for the first time next month. My younger brother (Davy) is presently shepherding a bunch of (insert large midwestern university here) engineering students around the island of Crete and will …
May 22 2006
Driving Dr. Darling to drink…
Like most blogs, ShazzerSpeak is riddled with stat counters keeping track of assorted things. Some are really obvious, some not so much, and some are completely invisible. But unlike most blogs, the stat counters here are solely for the comfort of the author's Significant Other. You see, Dr. Darling is a tad paranoid when it comes to …
