Feb 28 2012
Sweden’s annual “Vasaloppet” cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday in March and widely believed to be the longest and oldest of its kind in the world, is hugely popular in this country. Although it is typically won by one of the sport’s elite athletes, virtually anyone crazy enough to want to ski 90 …
Feb 26 2012
On Feb. 13, Freedom to Marry launched their “Democrats: Say I Do” campaign, aimed at lobbying the Democratic Party’s drafting committee to formally adopt a position of supporting marriage equality into the party platform. Nancy Pelosi has already said she’s on board, and I think it could be politically savvy given where the majority of …
Feb 21 2012
One never-ending source of both laughs and frustration for me since moving to Sweden has been learning the language. I am considered functionally fluent at this point and my command of Swedish is good enough to garner regular compliments from native Swedes, (though I suspect this has more to do with them being stunned that I …
Feb 19 2012
I finally got around trying the eggs baked in avocado recipe I was so excited about a couple weeks ago and thought I would share what I learned. First of all, I need to have larger avocados or smaller eggs, because even after scooping out a generous portion of the avocado flesh, a single egg …
Feb 17 2012
This post is dated February 17 because that’s the date I actually attended the event described. But it wasn’t posted until February 22 at the request of the friend and brand new barista who invited me to said event. (I suspect the “pre-opening social media blackout” rule only applied to Starbucks employees, but whatever.) So …
Feb 29 2012
What if Brokeback Mountain’s main characters had been female?
Alt-Media-Commentary, Pop Culture
A hilarious (though not entirely realistic) look at a double-standard that also happens to indulge my thing for cowgirls. See more at CollegeHumor
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