Things I like, May

1. My new improved hairdo 2. My first publication, soon to be found in PLoS ONE 3. This book, by the very talented and very funny the bloggess 4. Estonia’s song in the Eurovision song contest 5. This video. Maybe I should save the link on my phone and show it as an excuse every time [...]

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Books

After this year’s crazy days I decided to see how many unread books I actually possess. Quite a few as it turns out. Two of which are currently in theaters… Apart from the obvious problem of how I’ll find the time to read them all, I’m currently wondering if I’ll even be able to drag the Patrick [...]

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Turku is showing it’s dark side

I went to the library to borrow some magazines. And I thought it was my lucky day when they had all the latest issues of Damernas värld and Amelia. I quickly grabbed two copies of each, but it was then that I noticed… they all had little notes on them. And what did it say [...]

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Some thoughts about today

Today I ignored my want for eating porridge in the mornings and went to get a tan instead of buying a microwave oven. Did not get a tan since I got out around 6pm. Did however get to spend some time with my favourite author William Gibson and read sentences like: “The Panther Modern leader, [...]

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What I did on Friday

I spent half of my Friday cursing Itella (the Finnish postal service). First of all I cursed it for the fact that it always takes two days to send anything, from a small postcard to a large package, from Vasa to Helsinki even though they kind of promise that it will only take one day. [...]

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Books I’ve read

    I saw this in facebook and thought it could be fun… The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. Instructions: 1) Look at the list and put an ‘x’ after those you have read. 2) Tally your total at the bottom. 3) Tag others and pass [...]

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Helsinki Manga Café

Today I want to open up a manga-rental in Helsinki. A place where you can rent a comic book and then sit down in a comfy sofa to read it. They have them everywhere in Asia and now, with the growing interest for manga in Finland, I think it’s about time that we get one here as [...]

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My own version of Oprah’s bookclub

Guest at Oprah: With my busy schedule I only give a book 100 pages to see if it is good or not. If it’s not, I simply stop reading. I don’t want to waste my precious free time on something I’m not interested in. Oprah (who always have to have the last word): I only [...]

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