So the Swede’s gawd-awful-early alarm clock woke me from an odd dream this morning, and as long as we were both awake I figured I might as well tell her about it. I was on a road-trip with three good friends, and as is often the case in my dreams, they were not people I …
Category Archive: Domestic Bliss
Feb 10 2013
We’re having “Oobleck” for lunch
via shazzersurfing.net Based on the appearance of this weekend’s juice concoction, I was sure the Swede had been inspired by Dr. Seuss. (Either that, or she was just highly successful in trying to match the exact hue of of our green veggie cutting board.) But it turns out, Dr. Darling has never even heard of …
Oct 23 2012
The Honey Don’t List
Evidently Copenhagen‘s Ph.D postal carrier hit some kind of “overtime wall” yesterday and was told by the boss at the end of the business day to take the rest of the week off. Gee, a little notice would have been nice. I do actually have a fair number of comp days banked, but most are …
Sep 28 2012
A spouse by any other name
Copenhagen‘s PhD Postal Carrier worked late today and through some minor miracle, I actually managed to leave my office when I was supposed to for the first time all week. This put us both at the Penthouse Nordic at the exact same time, which hardly ever happens. So we’re talking to each other as we …
Aug 15 2012
Whoever said “getting there is half the fun” was lying
We’ve been at Kastrup for two hours now, and have just now settled in at the gate … which only opened about 3 minutes ago despite the fact that all airport info signage has been directing people here for hours. The Qatar Airlines staff I talked to yesterday when the electronic check -in system did …
Aug 15 2012
Africa-bound!
We are soon headed for Copenhagen to begin our journey to the Dark Continent … and by “dark” I mean *extremely limited internet access*. Which means most of the stories and images from our adventures will probably be share after-the-fact … kind of like NBC’s version of the London Olympics! I’d be lying if I …
Jun 26 2012
The gift that keeps on giving
Dear Dr. Darling, Always remember that no matter how old you get, I will always be a lot older. Love, –Shazzer




